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North Sulphur River Trip - Jawbone & Mystery Bone


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Made it out to the North Sulphur River yesterday and found a couple of interesting pieces of bone.  One was a small jawbone that may be mosasaur but may be small enough to be from some type of fish, not sure.  The other piece was one of the largest that I have found but is an odd shape and I am not sure if it may be from a mosasaur, most of the material from this area falls into that group?  Any thoughts would be appreciated.  

 

 

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The jaw fragment looks like Xiphactinus.

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That jaw is pretty cool, nice find :) 

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Cretaceous fish skull fragment and fish jaw section. Most likely Xiphacitnus. 

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23 hours ago, JarrodB said:

Cretaceous fish skull fragment and fish jaw section. Most likely Xiphacitnus. 

Thanks Jarrod, that is some great info. 

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