falcondriver Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Found in Mansfield TX, never had an idea what this was until I spotted it in this book. I think--What do you guys and girls think? FD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Looks like a good match! I did a quick Google Image search, and it reinforces my suspicion that you are correct. Here's a 3-view of a 12" (!) specimen I came across; compare the morphological details: "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Could be. Maybe check plesiosaur pictures also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Looks like one to me. Nice!!! For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 ...Maybe check plesiosaur pictures also. There are a lot of similarities, but all the plesiosaur teeth I can google are not as deeply ridged, and the root is not as bulbous. Then again, I certainly don't know what's definitive. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 nice find. I have a few whole teeth that have those grooves on them. I was told they were Mosasaur. But They look the same to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 There is no doubt that your fossils are pliosaur. Very nice find. Go back and get more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 If you were hunting the Lower Britton fm, look up Polyptychodon and see if it looks like a match. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Beee-- YOOO-ti -ful tooth!! Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Looks like this one. I have heard this is a Mosasaur. Let the experts speak... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Here's something else to add to the mix. It's a pic of an Ichthyosaur tooth. This specimen is only 3/4 inch but I have seen some around 4 inches including the root. http://www.fossiliferous.co.uk/MR%20203.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Here's something else to add to the mix. It's a pic of an Ichthyosaur tooth. What's the age of the Mansfield area? Icthyosaurs were extinct by the end of the Turonian stage (90 MYA). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 The age of the Mansfield, Texas area? Louis Jacobs estimated about 94-95 million years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 So Icthyosaur is at least a possibility, though they were well on the way out; Plesiosaurs were out-competing them into extinction. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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