Maxabbott Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) Found this today and I’ve never seen anything like it. The tip was poking out of a lump of Cotswolds stone. 2 cm long, 1cm wide, 4 mm thick. Edited February 5, 2018 by Maxabbott Additional pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 What is the size and can We see the side and end views? 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...
jdp Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Some sort of chimaera toothplate, I'd think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 It's the crushing tooth of a shark or fish, i don't know which one. http://www.darwincountry.org/assets/userfiles/index.php?GetFile=/assets/userfiles/large/sy6146.jpg Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Looks close to Asteracanthus magnus (hybodont shark), well known from the Bajocian & Bathonian. Fine specimen. 3 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomotodon Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I agree, looks like Asteracanthus. According to the Internet, Cotswolds is Jurassic in age, and Asteracanthus is known from Jurassic to Cretaceous. The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxabbott Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 30 minutes ago, Maxabbott said: Found this today and I’ve never seen anything like it. The tip was poking out of a lump of Cotswolds stone. 2 cm long, 1cm wide, 4 mm thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxabbott Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Thanks so much, this is why I love the internet!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Really nice specimen! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 You really lucked out on the quality of your specimen. Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Fine, congratulations ! "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD1991 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 2/5/2018 at 11:50 AM, TqB said: Looks close to Asteracanthus magnus (hybodont shark), well known from the Bajocian & Bathonian. Fine specimen. Strophodus was recently revalidated by Stumpf et al. (2021), and thus Strophodus magnus is back to being in the genus in which it was described, because all nominal species of Strophodus described by Louis Agassiz, including the type species S. longidens, morphologically differ from the teeth of the new Asteracanthus ornatissimus specimen described by Stumpf et al. (2021). Stumpf, Sebastian; López‐Romero, Faviel A.; Kindlimann, René; Lacombat, Frederic; Pohl, Burkhard; Kriwet, Jürgen, 2021. A unique hybodontiform skeleton provides novel insights into Mesozoic chondrichthyan life. Papers in Palaeontology spp2.1350. doi:10.1002/spp2.1350. ISSN 2056-2799. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now