Bone guy Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Does this tooth fit the Deinosuchus label? It's about 2 inches, and recovered from Aguja, West Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Harvey Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 If it's from the Aguja Formation and is confirmed to be crocodilian in origin then it's probably a Deinosuchus. Edit: I'm not aware of any other crocodilian genera from the Aguja Formation, and a quick internet search hasn't revealed anything about any other crocodilians from this locality, so it's probably from Deinosuchus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Just like to point out that although only one Croc, Deinosuchus is named as well as only one Hadrosaur, Kritosaurus that does not mean other species do not exist. They just have not found enough material to describe it. Rowe's et al, paper points out the following have been identified Crocodylia: Goniopholidae This paper Goniopholus cf. kirtlandicus Lehman, 1985a Deinosuchus riograndensis This paper; Colbert and Bird, 1954 cf. Leidyosuchus Langston et al., 1989 cf. Brachychampsa Standhardt, 1986; Langston et al., 1989 The Campanian Terlingua Local Fauna, with a Summary of Other Vertebrates from the Aguja Formation, Trans-Pecos Texas Timothy Rowe, Richard L. Cifelli, Thomas M. Lehman and Anne Weil Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 12, No. 4 (Dec. 15, 1992), pp. 472-493 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 The fluting along the sides is similar to the Deinosuchus teeth that I’m familiar with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 55 minutes ago, Troodon said: Goniopholus I believe that’s an earlier Cretaceous old world croc. “...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...
Troodon Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 1 hour ago, WhodamanHD said: I believe that’s an earlier Cretaceous old world croc. That paper was 1992, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone guy Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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