FossilsandScience Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Hey everyone, I was digging in the White River Formation when I found this amazing maxilla of some creature. Through some questioning and conversations with various paleontologists, many people have different opinions of what this is. The responses I’ve had are all different, being Oreodont, Dire Wolf, or a species from the family of Brontotheriidae. The w shaped teeth might suggest Brontotheriidae... What are your guy’s opinions? The maxilla is about 6 inches long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FossilsandScience Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 I would upload more photos, but I can’t because they are all above 3.95MB... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsandScience Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 W shape on teeth... don’t know if that suggests anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Just looking at the teeth it suggests Oreodont to me. Do you have side and top pictures? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 That looks like really sweet matrix. Have you thought about cleaning more of it off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Here are two Oreodonts of mine for comparison 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 +1 for oreodont 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Definately all wrong for Canis and Brontothere/Titanothere. Certainly looks like Oreodont. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead9 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 oreodont 1 Still Life Fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I agree with the others, Oreodont maxilla. @Harry Pristis or @fossillarry could probably determine which species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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