Navajo Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Can someone identify this tooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Mosasaur for starters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navajo Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Thank you!!! 2 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Mosasaur for starters. Thank you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I'm far from qualified p, but Prognathadon sp. is an idea. Some one who is good at this kind of thing is @LordTrilobite “...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...
LordTrilobite Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 A typical Moroccano Mosasaur tooth. I agree with WhodamanHD, it looks like it could be Prognathodon sp. as it has quite a fat shape. Though there seem to be some facetting on the enamel which many Prognathodon species don't have. Loose mosasaur teeth are notoriously hard to identify on their own. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 It is a faceted tooth, so I think it could be from M. beaugei. excerpt from H. P. Street. 2016. A re-assessment of the genus Mosasaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae). A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Systematics and Evolution. For a better convenience can be used this link. 2 " 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...
Navajo Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 4 hours ago, LordTrilobite said: A typical Moroccano Mosasaur tooth. I agree with WhodamanHD, it looks like it could be Prognathodon sp. as it has quite a fat shape. Though there seem to be some facetting on the enamel which many Prognathodon species don't have. Loose mosasaur teeth are notoriously hard to identify on their own. Yes it is faceted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navajo Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 3 hours ago, abyssunder said: It is a faceted tooth, so I think it could be from M. beaugei. excerpt from H. P. Street. 2016. A re-assessment of the genus Mosasaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae). A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Systematics and Evolution. For a better convenience can be used this link. Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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