BadlandTraveller Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Recent auction post labelled 'MOSASAURUS FOSSIL TOOTH ROOT BONE'. I'm a little new at this so bear with me but - The root bone looks real but the teeth look placed. Is it a red flag that one tooth curves to the left while the other curves to the right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Looks good to me. The one inside is called an erupting tooth. There's authentic bone material there, and some mosasaur roots are known to have a "backup" tooth within. The curving could be due to deformation during the fossilization process. I stand corrected. Seth is more knowledgeable than me in this area so you should defer to his judgement Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Sadly these are both nice teeth but have indeed been placed. The upper tooth has been attached using typical moroccan plaster and is a Maxillary tooth. The bottom tooth looks to have been inserted, as this is not how they naturally sit in the root area, and is a premaxilarry tooth. Both teeth are Prognathodon however. 6 _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadlandTraveller Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Great info Seth thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 2 hours ago, BadlandTraveller said: ...The root bone looks real but the teeth look placed... Good eye. "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...
sseth Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 34 minutes ago, BadlandTraveller said: Great info Seth thank you. No problem. Having seen thousands of these over the years It becomes easier and easier to spot things like this. Good catch on your part. _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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