D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Dear Guys, I recently found one plate like tooth in dolomite erratic, probably Late Triassic age. It is 6 mm length and has rough texture that is not typical to chimaeroids. I guess it could be mouth plate of sturgeon (its mouth opens when four plates spread in the sides) but I did not find information about isolated these elements. Some very similar teeth are shown in interent pictures and are dating by Early Jurassic: http://www.darwincountry.org/explore/005818.html?CatAdd=5818&sid= Please help to identify this specific taxon of fishes with the same appearance of teeth, I think it belongs to actinopterygians. Best Regards Domas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Kinda hard to see, but assuming it is in fact a tooth ( rather than bone) it is from some sort of durophage. Sorry I can’t help much more than that. “...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...
ynot Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Looks like a pebble to Me, not seeing a tooth. 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...
Plax Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 is it flat enough to get a scan of it? You can put it on the scanner and leave the top open to get the scan. It could be a laggy example of what is in your link I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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