Frank Menser Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Ok..Found this at the pond and I am pretty certain it is yet another Enchodus tooth, though there are differences. This one is thicker at the base. However, the bone it sets in is of a shape different from the others I have found. My reference pics didn't match this, so my question for the fish experts is...where in the jaw would this fit? (Sorry about the blur in that one shot. It was taken looking staight down at the tooth so the bone beneath would display better). Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 (edited) Ok..Found this at the pond and I am pretty certain it is yet another Enchodus tooth, though there are differences. This one is thicker at the base. However, the bone it sets in is of a shape different from the others I have found. My reference pics didn't match this, so my question for the fish experts is...where in the jaw would this fit? (Sorry about the blur in that one shot. It was taken looking staight down at the tooth so the bone beneath would display better). Are you sure it's Enchodus? those enchodus teeth are more triangular in cross section. That looks more reptilian to me. Edited September 28, 2009 by bowkill For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 looks mosasaur to me, with a couple of fragments of dark jaw bone stuck on the lighter-colored root. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 (edited) Frank, At first blush, I have to agree with the other two. It might be a mosasaur tooth. Is the light area in the first pic part of the replacement tooth "pocket"? Here's a mosasaur pterygoid for reference. Edited September 29, 2009 by JohnJ The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyrules244 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Frank, At first blush, I have to agree with the other two. It might be a mosasaur tooth. Is the light area in the first pic part of the replacement tooth "pocket"? Here's a mosasaur pterygoid for reference. I would say mosasaur for sure I find them quite often in the Lumber river "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 Here are some Mosasaur teeth I collected within a few feet of this. I agree this looks Mos to me, but earlier on this forum another piece (with a badly broken tooth was IDed as being Enchodus that looked Mos to me as well. When placed side by side they look like they came from the same jaw. One of the problems is that in both cases there is a lot of erosion wear (obscurring detail). I am thinking then that my hunch on the first one was correct and that both pieces are mosasaur. Incidently, rsmull (who was hunting with me) found yet another larger fragment of Mos jaw. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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