njfossilhunter Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Wow ...That Theropod is a great find for eastern cretaceous deposits. I'm also thinking that your other tooth might be a Hadrosaur tooth TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Well how awesome is that Don! Congrats! : ) Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Wow ...That Theropod is a great find for eastern cretaceous deposits. I'm also thinking that your other tooth might be a Hadrosaur tooth Thanks Tony. I guess we will find out about the other tooth. Hadrosaur was my first instinct. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Well how awesome is that Don! Congrats! : ) Thanks Jeff. 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...
Rustdee Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Great teeth! Always nice to see dinosaur material from our state and that theropod tooth is definitely one of the nicest I have seen. Congratulations! p.s. Definitely fossil of the month worthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Great teeth! Always nice to see dinosaur material from our state and that theropod tooth is definitely one of the nicest I have seen. Congratulations! p.s. Definitely fossil of the month worthy! FOTM seconded. Based on the cool serrations + rarity of NC theropods + I'm an NC boy. :-) Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 My theropod tooth is far to be as nice as yours. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan from PA Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Wow! That theropod tooth is amazing! The serrations are beautiful! Congrats on an awesome find! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Looks like You scored a couple of really nice teeth, congratulations! 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 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 The serrations on that theropod tooth look awfully like a dromaeosaur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Nice theropod tooth. I'm pretty sure the other one is a piece of modern deer tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Nice theropod tooth. I'm pretty sure the other one is a piece of modern deer tooth. Now that you mentioned it.......I think you might just be right. TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Don Not sure I can ID your theropod tooth but can you do a serration count at the midline of the tooth on the distal and mesial carinae (5mm wide). Dryptosaurus teeth are Tyrannosaurids are around 8 and 8.5 per 5mm on these edges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anchiornis Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 That theropod tooth is one of the best East Coast dinosaur teeth I've seen! Any chance you could send a picture of it to the NC Museum? It might be a new species, for all I know! The bottom tooth doesn't look hadrosaurid though; what could it be? Assuming Troodon is right and it is ceratopsian, that's even more valuable, as there is very little evidence for East Coast ceratopsians aside from one NC leptoceratopsid whose jaw is currently in Yale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 (edited) That is a beautiful theropod tooth! Eastern USA teeth are extremely rare, I only have two in my collection after many many trips searching for them, and yet, they are both hadrosaurids. I might have to take a trip to NC, if I ever get the time. I would not label it Dryptosaurid, Drypto has sort of become a catch all for Eastern USA teeth because it is one of the only theropods from that area that has been given a name. I would label it as Eastern USA theropod, and I would definitely send some photos to the experts to get some opinions as to a more specific identification. Edited June 22, 2016 by TNCollector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 (edited) That theropod tooth is one of the best East Coast dinosaur teeth I've seen! Any chance you could send a picture of it to the NC Museum? It might be a new species, for all I know! The bottom tooth doesn't look hadrosaurid though; what could it be? Assuming Troodon is right and it is ceratopsian, that's even more valuable, as there is very little evidence for East Coast ceratopsians aside from one NC leptoceratopsid whose jaw is currently in Yale. I have such fond memories of the NC museum. I remember taking a field trip with an elementary school class in the early 1960's. I stared up in awe at the huge skeleton of a whale suspended from the ceiling. That one visit opened my eyes to the world and changed me forever. I went back many times until we moved away. Edited June 22, 2016 by CraigHyatt Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 That is a beautiful theropod tooth! Eastern USA teeth are extremely rare, I only have two in my collection after many many trips searching for them, and yet, they are both hadrosaurids. I might have to take a trip to NC, if I ever get the time. I would not label it Dryptosaurid, Drypto has sort of become a catch all for Eastern USA teeth because it is one of the only theropods from that area that has been given a name. I would label it as Eastern USA theropod, and I would definitely send some photos to the experts to get some opinions as to a more specific identification. That's how just about every isolated Dino tooth should be labelled. As theropod, hadrosaur, etc. The critical info being specific location. Only then is some reference made in attached notes to a possible genus and the reason given why 'that' genus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Nice theropod tooth. I'm pretty sure the other one is a piece of modern deer tooth. Thanks Al Dente. And the other tooth; after doing some close up looking, comparing it to my Hadrosaur tooth (from the same location) and looking at pictures of deer teeth I think you may be correct. It is a very good match for an incisor. Oh well, embarrassed I am. The one I was so sure about, I am wrong. The one I was unsure about I am right. Not the first time, nor will it be the last that I miss an ID. Thanks again Al Dente. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Don Not sure I can ID your theropod tooth but can you do a serration count at the midline of the tooth on the distal and mesial carinae (5mm wide). Dryptosaurus teeth are Tyrannosaurids are around 8 and 8.5 per 5mm on these edges. Troodon, I took some pics up close of the serrations, they are rather blurry so I wont post them. But if I understand your directions right there are about 14 or so serrations. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 That theropod tooth is one of the best East Coast dinosaur teeth I've seen! Any chance you could send a picture of it to the NC Museum? It might be a new species, for all I know! The bottom tooth doesn't look hadrosaurid though; what could it be? Assuming Troodon is right and it is ceratopsian, that's even more valuable, as there is very little evidence for East Coast ceratopsians aside from one NC leptoceratopsid whose jaw is currently in Yale. Thanks for your comments Anchiorins. I have yet to send any pictures but was planning on sending them to several people I know. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 That is a beautiful theropod tooth! Eastern USA teeth are extremely rare, I only have two in my collection after many many trips searching for them, and yet, they are both hadrosaurids. I might have to take a trip to NC, if I ever get the time. I would not label it Dryptosaurid, Drypto has sort of become a catch all for Eastern USA teeth because it is one of the only theropods from that area that has been given a name. I would label it as Eastern USA theropod, and I would definitely send some photos to the experts to get some opinions as to a more specific identification. Right now the tooth is simply labeled as Theropoda indet. with locality info. I have been searching Cretaceous areas for fossils here in N.C. for 20 years or more, but until last year and at this same site I had never found a dinosaur tooth. So I would not advise taking a trip here just to find 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...
Troodon Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Troodon, I took some pics up close of the serrations, they are rather blurry so I wont post them. But if I understand your directions right there are about 14 or so serrations. Is that 14 over 5mm on both edges ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Super tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Is that 14 over 5mm on both edges ? That was the total in a 5mm span from both sides (edges) ( which is over half the tooth) from the center. and honestly it is very hard to count these 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...
Al Dente Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I tried to attach this photo earlier to show how it compared with a deer tooth but had computer problems that prevented it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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