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Possible dino tooth from Calvert cliffs, MD


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Found this fossil fragment in Calvert cliffs, MD, believing it was some kind of tooth or perhaps a crab claw. It doesnt appear to be either since what look to be serrations are on the outside edge of the fossil. When looking at similar species found in the area, I was still unsure how to identify it. So I turn to you fossil forum! Can you help me figure out what this is?

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Welcome to the forum from Carroll County! This is a crab claw, the last non-avian dinosaurs had gone extinct 50 million years prior.

“...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

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It's likely a crab claw. Here are two more I found online which looks similar. You can tell from the surface texture, and the dent in the middle.

 

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Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday!

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After seeing your posts this fossil seems like it checks out as crab claw. Thanks all!

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