zekky Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) Today I got the opportunity to go through a lot of Chinle Formation teeth from Arizona. (Late Triassic) I picked the only I was pretty sure was a dinosaur. It is about 3/4" long. There are serration present but faint. I'm not sure if they are worn or washed in a river or something. But is this tooth agatized or what? Nice and compressed Serration, they are small and worn, but there Edited June 4, 2016 by zekky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 What do you mean by "chinle" teeth? I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Very nice tooth!! Congratulations on the sweet acquisition! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekky Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 Sorry, Chinle formation of Arizona. Late Triassic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Sorry, Chinle formation of Arizona. Late Triassic. I believe the "Chinle" is early Triassic. Still think it is a beautiful tooth! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekky Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 No, Chinle is Late Triassic http://sed.utah.edu/Chinle.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Quite nice. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 No, Chinle is Late Triassic http://sed.utah.edu/Chinle.htm My bad! You are correct! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 It looks like the same colors you find in the petrified wood in Arizona. Right on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) It looks like the same colors you find in the petrified wood in Arizona. Right on! That's because the Petrified Forest of Northern Arizona is a member of the Chinle Formation and this tooth may be from there. Edited June 4, 2016 by Troodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekky Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) This tooth is from a very old collection, could be from around there. Edited June 4, 2016 by zekky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=752ACC39B12C8778624C3909F92FF007?doi=10.1.1.210.6052&rep=rep1&type=pdf Amongst other things,it will show you the age of the Chinle,although the Upper Boundary is "Rhaetian" some palynostratigraphy: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285673725_Palynology_of_the_upper_Chinle_Formation_in_northern_New_Mexico_USA_Implications_for_biostratigraphy_and_terrestrial_ecosystem_change_during_the_Late_Triassic_Norian-Rhaetian Edited June 4, 2016 by doushantuo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgroper Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 What a great looking tooth! The colours are really nice mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) Based on the beautiful colors it's most likely from the Petrified Member of the Chinle Formation. Not a lot of dinosaur have been described from the Chinle Fm of Northern Arizona. Your tooth does not appear to resemble a Coelophysid type morphology but I'm not an expert on these teeth. The paper I've attached describes the Herrerasaurid, Chindesaurus bryansmalli who's bones were found in the Petrified Forest Park but the PF member extends throughout Northern Arizona and into other states. No skull was found so that is one possibility just based on size. I would identify it as a theropod indet. until a better match is made with new discoveries. Chin.pdf Edited June 4, 2016 by Troodon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Really beautiful colors. Years ago a woman I worked with gave me a piece of petrified wood from Arizona with the same coloration. Really awesome! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekky Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 There was a tooth found with the holotype of Chindesaurus, but I can't find a pic or description. Theropod us what it will be labelled as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 New Mexico Museum NH Bulletin 4 describes in detail, with sketches, of all of the finds in the holotype. However is no mention of a tooth, why a photo my not be available, don't know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekky Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) Hmm maybe what I read was wrong about the tooth being apart of the holotype. Edited June 5, 2016 by zekky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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