Deinocheirusmaster! Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I bought a chunk of sediment from Morroco from a fossil dealer a couple of months ago and I found some shark teeth, shark vertebra and this mosasaur tooth. What’s really interesting is that it’s extremely small. It’s a little bit bigger than my pinkie nail. Could this be a baby mosasaur tooth. (Note that I had some repair done to it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Yes I would call it mosasaur, nice small tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Yup, mosasaur. Possibly Mosasaurus sp. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Mosasaur tooth -yes, but "baby" tooth is debatable, because mosasaur regrow their teeth on a regular basis. 1 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...
caldigger Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Some species are of a smaller variety also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 that wouldn't be small by east coast of USA standards. (not exactly large either). Attached a pdf of a set of loosely associated teeth from the Peedee formation. I believe the smaller more curved ones are from the roof of the mouth. Please note that I said loosely associated. I believe that most of these are from the same individual but there's no way to be certain. they are not from a lag concentration. ECL mosasaur teeth.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 2 hours ago, ynot said: mosasaurs regrow their teeth on a regular basis Used to, anyway (unless you've been holding out on us). 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 8 minutes ago, Auspex said: Used to, anyway (unless you've been holding out on us). 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...
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