Protoceratops andrewsi tooth? Can't be surely

[Jaimin013]

Seller has advertised this tooth as a Protoceratops anyone familiar with this type of tooth. I highly doubt the seller's ID is correct..

 

Location info from them is: Djadochta Formation, Gobi Desert,Mongolia

Details: 29mm fully rooted upper premaxillary tooth, Protoceratops was the only known ceratopsian with any premaxillary teeth.

[Rockwood]

@Carl Probably has seen a few.

[Troodon]

Peg teeth are widely distributed among basal ceratopsians and are surprisingly consistent between taxa.

They are present in a number of taxa including: Aquilops, Archaeoceratops, Auroraceratops, Liaoceratops, Yinlong, Yamaceratops, and Protoceratops andrewsi.  Auroraceratops has some big premaxillary teeth.  This tooth could be Proto but may also fit other named or yet to be discovered ceratopsian in that fauna.  

Protoceratops 

 

Yinlong

[Carl]

Can't say I've stared at them up close, but I could easily see this as a basal ceratopsian premaxillary tooth.

[Rockwood]

2 hours ago, Carl said:

Can't say I've stared at them up close

Here ya go. 

[Jaimin013]

Thanks everyone!

[Jaimin013]

I am thinking of buying this tooth. Do you think its a rare tooth because teeth from this location are not in the open market as often?

[Troodon]

1 hour ago, Jaimin013 said:

I am thinking of buying this tooth. Do you think its a rare tooth because teeth from this location are not in the open market as often?

Yes but irrespective of the market condition rarely saw this tooth position when they were sold a few years back

[Carl]

On 7/2/2018 at 11:13 AM, Rockwood said:

Here ya go. 

  

Ha! Of course I've looked at them, but this would require a prolonged stare.

[Rockwood]

2 hours ago, Carl said:

this would require a prolonged stare.

I tried that with the T Rex teeth.

Didn't work for me.