Cretaceous Croc tooth?

[nala]

I received this little plate from an exchange ,it's from the Famous site of Cherves-Richemont near Cognac Charente where there is a bones bed from the beginning of the cretaceous,berriasien (-141  -135 ),is it two crocodile tooth with Lepidote fish scales?

[Darktooth]

Nice specimen! Looks like croc to me!

[nala]

Thanks Darktooth,i had a doubt because my Tertiary samples looks different

[Auspex]

As slender as they are, I might think pliosaur...

[PFOOLEY]

2 minutes ago, Auspex said:

As slender as they are, I might think pliosaur...

Yes, but gar scales scream fresh water.

[Auspex]

9 minutes ago, PFOOLEY said:

Yes, but gar scales scream fresh water.

I guess my idea would only make sense if the deposit was laid down in an estuary...

[nala]

Thanks Auspex and PFOOLEY,i have found this ID "Goniopholis is an extinct genus of goniopholidid crocodyliform that lived in Europe and Africa during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous."I think it could be the good ID,the head found on the site

[abyssunder]

The scales are assigned to Scheenstia mantelli (alternative combinations: Lepidotes mantelli, Lepidotus mantelli).

 

list of fossils described

Edited March 13, 2018 by abyssunder

[abyssunder]

Goniopholis

 

 

 

How about Pholidosaurus purbeckensis ?

 

 

 

[nala]

Yes Abysshunter,you are right! it looks like Pholidosaurus schaumburgensis !Thanks

[abyssunder]

P. purbeckensis has a distribution in France and U.K., while P. schaumburgensis has only in Germany (Harrl quarry, Bückeburg).

 

[nala]

right again Pholidosaurus purbeckensis will be the good one !thanks abyssunder!