espeton Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 This is the last one: Thanks again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 all three of your finds are reptile teeth, but they are a little beat up to give you an exact id. id say that they are either croc or mos though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Looks like croc. Mosasaur has elliptical or at least irregularly round hollow at base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I agree with croc on this one Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenacanthus Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Definitly croc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpevahouse Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I don't believe croc fossils are found in that formation, marine fossils only. You'd have to go down to south Jersey east of Camden to find croc fossils. Mososaur teeth are very common in the northern Monmouth County creataceus deposits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 That's not true Jerry... here is a Thorocasaur vert, and a Deinosuchus tooth from Monmouth county... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Ahoy Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Crocodile teeth and scutes are pretty well known from the Monmouth County streams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfin1974 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 yup i fins alot of croc there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 On 1/20/2013 at 3:29 PM, lordpiney said: That's not true Jerry... here is a Thorocasaur vert, and a Deinosuchus tooth from Monmouth county... That looks like a mosasaur tooth. Deinosuchus doesn't really appear in the main streams. Really nice tooth and croc vert though. “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, The Jersey Devil said: That looks like a mosasaur tooth. Deinosuchus doesn't really appear in the main streams. Really nice tooth and croc vert though. That's been debatable for a long time... I do however agree on Mosasaur, most likely Prognathodon, until I'm proven wrong (which would be tough when you are dealing with an isolated reptile tooth). I don't know of anything diagnostic to say for sure so I default to 'most common'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, frankh8147 said: That's been debatable for a long time... I do however agree on Mosasaur, most likely Prognathodon, until I'm proven wrong (which would be tough when you are dealing with an isolated reptile tooth). Of course the usual characteristics such as defined cutting edges and usually more elliptical base somewhat distinguish Mosasaur from Croc; however, @Plax mentioned some time back that Croc teeth are built out of many concentric layers, and I’ve seen a good diagram here: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Posterior-Deinosuchus-rugosus-tooth-from-the-Blufftown-Formation-locality-as-in-Figure_fig11_277955352 Mosasaur teeth are solid. So I think they should be pretty distinguishable. 2 “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I do see what you mean Joseph. That said, here is my example of a potential Prognathodon, which I found at Big Brook a few years back and has been debated as being Deinosuchus due to those layers. Its a lot wider and more robust than any Mosasaur tooth I've ever found. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 @The Jersey Devil Again, this is simply a 'layered' tooth from Big Brook that I currently have as Prognathodon but I'm always open to correction. Isolated reptile are tough! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 51 minutes ago, frankh8147 said: I do see what you mean Joseph. That said, here is my example of a potential Prognathodon, which I found at Big Brook a few years back and has been debated as being Deinosuchus due to those layers. Its a lot wider and more robust than any Mosasaur tooth I've ever found. Well it is sort of layered (all reptile teeth seem to show layering of some sort), but I’d expect Deinosuchus teeth to have very fine concentric circles, especially at the base. The paleoenvironment also matches Mosasaur much better for this one “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 The eliptical depression is a mosasaur characteristic for me. When looking at the base of a croc tooth there are numerous fine round laminations. Deinosuchus is an earlier campanian croc but guess one could be found in the Monmouth County brooks but wouldn't expect one from there. Time and environment are wrong but a resistant clast like a croc tooth could go a long way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Oh I agree with all of this, on Mosasaur for both teeth in question, I just can't pass up a good discussion on New Jersey reptile teeth' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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