Billy_Rees Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Hi, I recently bought this online and it was listed as a Trimerorhachis Insignis tooth from Jefferson County, Oklahoma. After comparing it with other images I think this could be a claw and not a tooth, but I'm not 100% certain... Could anyone please confirm if it is? Thanks, Billly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Welcome to TFF! It is a tooth, not s clsw. I can not help any further with ID, but others will be able to. 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...
Troodon Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 What size is what we are looking at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicParkCarnotaurus Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Eryops maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Definitely a tooth, but I'm not convinced it is Trimerorhachis. Can you post a photo of the place where the tooth broke off from the jaw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy_Rees Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 Troodon, the size of it is about 3-4mm in length... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 I dont think its Trimerorhachis their teeth dont appear to have cutting edges and this one seems to have them but the photos are not clear. Pretty small. I would also like to see a photo looking into the base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy_Rees Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 This is the best I can get... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Troodon said: I dont think its Trimerorhachis their teeth dont appear to have cutting edges and this one seems to have them but the photos are not clear. Pretty small. I would also like to see a photo looking into the base At least some trimerorhachids do show cutting edges on some of the teeth, primarily the palatal fangs. So it's possible. I'm not seeing consipicuous labyrinthine infolding though so I don't know. It could also belong to a handful of other animals with similar dentition, but realistically I don't think you're going to have an easy time making a confident determination. Part of me even wonders if maybe this is some sort of fish tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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