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I tried to enlarge and brighten your photos - but to me, this doesn't look like a tooth. :unsure: 

 

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I'm not seeing any enamel, and the shape is odd.

Maybe some bigger, close up pictures of the item would help. 

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11 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

I tried to enlarge and brighten your photos - but to me, this doesn't look like a tooth. :unsure: 

I'm not seeing any enamel, and the shape is odd.

It's different because it's a premaxillary tooth of a theropod from the Morrison.  It's pretty beat up making it look the way it is.  I cannot ID it beyond theropod indet. and suggested he post it. 

 

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6 hours ago, Troodon said:

It's different because it's a premaxillary tooth of a theropod from the Morrison.  It's pretty beat up making it look the way it is.  I cannot ID it beyond theropod indet. and suggested he post it. 

 

 

Thanks for the explanation, Frank!

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I'm not familiar with the Morrison Formation theropods, also the specimen in question is hardly weathered, but in my thought, I've tried to recognize an Allosaurus tooth. Could be as possible to be A. fragilis ? :headscratch:

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