sixgill pete Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Most of the material I have seen on Lee Creek crocodiles have identified them to the Genus Thecachampsa; and to the species antiqua. However, I have one tooth that is different from all the others. Are there others species of croc present in the Lee Creek fauna? This tooth is almost a dead wringer for the tooth pictured in this drawing by William Bullock Clark The tooth in this drawing id identified as Thecachampsa contusor (Cope, 1867) Illustration of a tooth of Thecachampsa contusor (=Thecachampsa antiqua) collected from Aquia Creek, Maryland. 4a. Lateral view. 4b. Basal view. Printed in Eocene, Volume 1 by the Maryland Geological Survey, William Bullock Clark (1901). So second, is T. antiqua synonymous with T. contusor. Here is the tooth 3 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...
powelli1 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Hi Don Aquia creek is in Aquia Harbor, Virginia. I have had the Crocodile teeth that I have collected IDed By Dr Rob Weems up in Virginia, 10 as Thecachampsa sercodon from the Pungo of Lee Creek & 10 as Thecachampsa antiquus from the Pungo of Lee Creek and the Calvert formation in Westmoreland County Virginia. 11 he could not do an ID on and half of the antiquus crocodile teeth look like your tooth. I hope this helps you some. George 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Maybe from a position in the jaw where the teeth are wider. Still, there's a chance it may come from another species/Genus or it could be from a juvinile. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 1 minute ago, powelli1 said: Hi Don Aquia creek is in Aquia Harbor, Virginia. I have had the Crocodile teeth that I have collected IDed By Dr Rob Weems up in Virginia, 10 as Thecachampsa sercodon from the Pungo of Lee Creek & 10 as Thecachampsa antiquus from the Pungo of Lee Creek and the Calvert formation in Westmoreland County Virginia. 11 he could not do an ID on and half of the antiquus crocodile teeth look like your tooth. I hope this helps you some. George Thanks George. It is helpful. Glad you saw this. Hope your doing well. 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...
powelli1 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Hi Don Glade to help you out, let me know when you are going to be up in Greenville so you can come by to look at the croc teeth I have & get Dr. Weems info. Take Care George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Hey George! Didn't know you were on here! Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 excerpt from R. W. Purdy, V. P. Schneider, S. P. Applegate, J. H. McLellan, R. L. Meyer and B. H. Slaughter. 2001. The Neogene sharks, rays, and bony fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90:71-202 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 10 hours ago, powelli1 said: Hi Don Glade to help you out, let me know when you are going to be up in Greenville so you can come by to look at the croc teeth I have & get Dr. Weems info. Take Care George Hey George, I may actually be in Geenville next Tuesday or Wednesday. If I do I will contact you. I would love to have the info from Dr. Weems. 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 January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Thanks for the info abyssunder. I have not had any luck finding that Lee Creek Volume. 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...
abyssunder Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Here it is, Don. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 According to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thecachampsa In addition to reassigning G. americanus and G. carolinensis to Thecachampsa, Myrick [2001] combined all previously named species of Thecachampsa with the type species T. antiqua. The different tooth shapes that distinguished the species were considered variation in the dentition of a single species.[8] However, the variation in dentition could only be seen in complete tomistomine skulls, all of which had been referred to Gavialosuchus before the genus was synonymized with Thecachampsa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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