megabass22 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 So, a couple of days ago i bought this fossil dinosaur tooth. The information i got was the following: - It is a real fossil dinosaur tooth - It was found in Morocco - It is 80 million years old By looking at it, it is about 1,2 cm long (i do not have anything to measure it with right now). Judging from what i know about moroccoan cretaceous fauna i´d say it´s a dromaeosaurid, but i am not sure. It could be a mosasaur or shark tooth, but that would contradict the information i got (i do not know if it´s real information though). In the photo i´m providing i realise that it looks like plastic, but i can guarantee that it doesn´t look like that in real life, plus, it´s not my first dino tooth, so i´d say that it´s a real fossil dinosaur tooth, i only need help to identify it. Did this belong to a dromaeosaurid (sorry for the quite big picture) ?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Looks like Mosasaur to me. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Are there any serrations on it? Back off the camera a bit, and take pics from multiple different angles, sides, bottom, top, and edges. also a ruler for scale. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Moroccan mosasaur tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I agree ... appears to be a Mosasaur tooth from Morocco Link Mosasaur Link Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megabass22 Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Mosasaur Tooth? ok. I got some more pictures with measurements, turns out it was 2 cm long, 0,7 inches. Could these help to identify which species it is?: Is more required? Also, yes it seems the tooth have small serrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megabass22 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) Sorry for double posting but i need to know what had this tooth. So if i'm right this is what we know: - 80 million years old - morocco - mosasaur tooth - 2 cm / 0, 7 inches long - small serration like structures My guess would be either Liodon anceps or a Prognathodon. Am i right? Does it look more like another species? Edited July 24, 2013 by megabass22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCW Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 There's no doubt in my mind that that tooth came from a mosasaur. It is atypical of those fossils found in Morocco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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