KimTexan Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) Can anyone tell me what type of animal or species this vertebrae is from? I found it in the North Sulfur River near Ladonia, TX, which I think is in the Ozan Formation. Edited October 2, 2017 by KimTexan To add size reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Welcome to TFF! I will guess it is a mosasaur, but wait for others to verify that id. 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...
KimTexan Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 I would think mososaur too, but I honestly don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Mosasaurus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Harvey Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Definitely Mosasaur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 Thank you all. I have a number of other things I found that I don't know what they are. I haven't been hunting in the Ozan Formation before so there are a number of new things to me. My favorite places have been around Lake Whitney and Hamm Creek near Rio Vista, TX. I'd like to know what this it. I think it looks like a tooth with 4 roots, but I'm pretty sure it must be something else since I can't think of any animal that would have teeth like that in the Ozan Formation. I found it in the same place as the vertebrae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 your tooth with four roots is a section of Baculites. The vert is a mosasaur. And I have no idea on the others. And just to keep everyone honest, grammar police says: a single backbone is a vertebra, the plural is vertebrae. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 Thank you. I was mostly curious about the phosphatized piece. I found other baculite pieces, but they were more easily identifiable. The Ozan Formation is pretty new and the deposited material is very different than where I usually hunt. So it's pretty new and unfamiliar to me. I'm learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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