Feedboy Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Hello I was wondering if anyone could help identifying this fossil. It was found around Eugene Oregon. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Wow.. now that is interesting.Are you sure its not from Morocco? Certainly looks like a tooth. Did you find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feedboy Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 I didn't find but was told it was found in a deep gravel pit around Eugene Oregon So I don't know maybe someone was telling stories but would like to find out what it was from if anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Thats interesting. @Troodon should be able to help Can we have a picture of the tip and the base front on, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feedboy Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Here are some more pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Looks like a sperm whale tooth to Me. @Boesse should know for sure. 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...
Boesse Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Not a sperm whale - it's got cutting edges (carinae). Looks like an enormous croc tooth to me. Do you know the precise location? If so, the geologic unit can be pinpointed. This could be quite important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feedboy Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Yup, thanks, already seen those views. What about the location? That is what is critical for a partial specimen like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feedboy Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Just ask my father. Unfortunately said he doesn't remember. I remember him saying oregon when I was younger like 20 years ago. Sorry I can't be helpful with location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 That's really unfortunate. That could have been a scientifically significant fossil if some basic information for it were recorded. For more on this, here's a blog post on field notes I wrote: http://coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2015/10/paleontological-research-tips-i-field.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 If you knew the location it was found, it could be something very important. It still could be, but sucks not knowing where the item was collected. Is there any way you could find out where it was from? Anyway, really nice fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Nice fossil. Would have been great if it came from ,e.g.,John Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feedboy Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Is there any way to test it for mineral content and maybe help with location ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 7 hours ago, Feedboy said: Is there any way to test it for mineral content and maybe help with location ? No, not without the use of equipment from large laboratories. everyone is dancing around the fact it looks like a worm spinosaurid from morroco, but this cannot be sure. It also looks kinda like a huge croc or alligator, maybe dienosuchus? “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Remains of Metriorhynchus have been described from the Jurassic of Oregon, and Oregon was also marine during the Cretaceous, although I've found no reference to crocs or alligators (certainly not spinosaurids). “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 16 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: No, not without the use of equipment from large laboratories. everyone is dancing around the fact it looks like a worm spinosaurid from morroco, but this cannot be sure. It also looks kinda like a huge croc or alligator, maybe dienosuchus? It's Deinosuchus. Spell check doesn't like "e" before "i". Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Just now, SailingAlongToo said: It's Deinosuchus. Spell check doesn't like "e" before "i". No it doesn't. Deinosuchus is Cretaceous, right? “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Yes, at least the Deinosuchus rugosus is Cretaceous. Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Campanian formation says are only found along the coast in Oregon? But deinosuchus is only known to inhabit the North American interior sea way and the east coast, as well as north Mexico. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feedboy Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Thanks for the info! Crazy coincidence I was googling deinosuchus and I share the same last name as the guy who first documented some teeth back in 1858 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feedboy Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 I sent my father a picture of the tooth and Jarred his memory it was found in Oregon he had also found a mastodon tooth around same area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Just now, Feedboy said: I sent my father a picture of the tooth and Jarred his memory it was found in Oregon he had also found a mastodon tooth around same area Well mastodon are from very different environments than crocodiles/gators and a different time period than deinosuchus. It is possible that the two deposits were near each other however, or one could have been redeposited. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 I'm not convinced it's Deinosuchus. Or even a reptile. It could easily be reptile or mammal to my eye. As for spinosaur, the color isn't exactly right for Morocco, but I guess it's at least possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feedboy Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Does anyone know of a place in Oregon where I could take to have examined. Does OSU or UofO have a department for fossils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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