Ptychodus04 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 This one is a mystery. My local rock shop owner got this in a collection he recently purchased. Any ideas? Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 some type of brachiopod, isn't it? Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Coral?? Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Could be conulariid but I can't make the last photo fit... Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 File-splitting ptychodus? "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...
Walt Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Auspex said: File-splitting ptychodus? Gesundheit Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Yeah, methinks conularid, but it's bit odd. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 The internal bryozoan-looking texture is just as intriguing as the wonderful external ornament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Anderson Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Reminds me of a puffer fish mouth plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I am with Auspex on this, file splitting ptychodus. 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...
westcoast Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 +1 vote for conulariid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, Kevin Anderson said: Reminds me of a puffer fish mouth plate. I think Kevin has it right. I think this is a partial diodontid upper -- the grinding mill portion of the mouthpart. The beak portion is missing. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, Harry Pristis said: I think Kevin has it right. I think this is a partial diodontid upper -- the grinding mill portion of the mouthpart. The beak portion is missing. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I concur with diodon or relative tooth, they are quite strange. “...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...
FossilDAWG Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I agree as well with Kevin. Photo 3 in particular shows a smooth gently curved surface with a median division or septum, which is entirely inconsistent with a conularid. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I do like Auspex's response, but I think its a: Lotsalinus toothis. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Al Dente said: I agree. I think it's a puffer fish (or relative) mouth plate too. It doesn't look like one from the first view but that third shot looks just like a bottom view when the beak is separated from the grinding part as Harry noted. However, in the specimens I've seen the grinding part shows a shiny enamel-like surface. It might just be weathered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Puffer fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Puffer Daddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Thanks all. It was a total oddity to me. I'll tell him it is a rare dinosaur/puffer fish hybrid Tyrannosaurichthys bloaticus. Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ptychodus04 said: I'll tell him it is a rare dinosaur/puffer fish hybrid Do that! Let's see how much they get for it on that auction site! Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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