Omnomosaurus Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 So the odd Kem Kem tooth I bought online arrived today. It does have a bit of a funky shape to it. • Chunky with a recurve. • Oval cross section. • Mesial carina naturally extends only to 1/2 way down the mesial face. • Distal carina reaches cervix. • No wrinkled enamel. • No obvious interdental succuli. Denticle count at midline - Mesial: 13/5mm Distal: 10/5mm Close up of denticle shape (distal midline): 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SULLY Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Good looking tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omnomosaurus Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 23 minutes ago, SULLY said: Good looking tooth! Thanks! It looked so unusual, and @Troodon thought it looked like a good buy, so I had to snap it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Carcharodontosaurus maybe? 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omnomosaurus Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 minute ago, JohnBrewer said: Carcharodontosaurus maybe? I'm leaning towards Carcharodontosaurid (with my limited knowledge haha), mainly because of the denticles and how chunky dentary teeth can be. But the profile of the tooth and the short mesial carina are very different from any Carch teeth I've seen in the past though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Another interesting tooth, good to have. Yes it could be an anterior Carch but I have not see one with the mesial carina ending so high so not sure what to say. The denticles work for Carch but nothing is published on their positional teeth so its indeterminate in my mind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omnomosaurus Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 53 minutes ago, Troodon said: Another interesting tooth, good to have. Yes it could be an anterior Carch but I have not see one with the mesial carina ending so high so not sure what to say. The denticles work for Carch but nothing is published on their positional teeth so its indeterminate in my mind. Thanks as always, Troodon! I'll label this one Theropod indet and hope that something/anything gets published in the near future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omnomosaurus Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Denticle comparison (distal) with probable Carcharodontosaurid indet. anterior dentary tooth of approx same size. (Left) Theropod indet crown height = 36.5mm (Right) Carch. indet crown height = 37.5mm Enhanced: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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