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Rare dino tooth found in Mississippi!


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https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/rare-dinosaur-tooth-discovery-sheds-light-on-history-of-north-america/vi-BBBsJL7?ocid=edgsp

 

Check out his cool video!

 

Basically a Ceratopsian tooth discovered in Mississippi.

From the Owl Creek Formation of sediments roughly 68-66 myo

The gentleman that found it stated that ceratopsid fossils have never been found in the eastern US before!!

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George who found it is a FB friend who helps me ID some of my finds. He knows his stuff.

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10 hours ago, FossilDudeCO said:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/rare-dinosaur-tooth-discovery-sheds-light-on-history-of-north-america/vi-BBBsJL7?ocid=edgsp

 

Check out his cool video!

 

Basically a Ceratopsian tooth discovered in Mississippi.

From the Owl Creek Formation of sediments roughly 68-66 myo

The gentleman that found it stated that ceratopsid fossils have never been found in the eastern US before!!

 

Here's a paper on a partial ceratopsian tooth found last year in eastern NC.

 

Longrich 2016 - leptoceratopsid from Appalachia (L K Black Creek Grp of NC).pdf

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Don't know much about history

Don't know much biology

Don't know much about science books.........

Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World

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