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Found this tooth within the first 10 minutes of walking through the North Sulphur River in northeast Texas yesterday! My suspicion is mosasaur, but someone on another site cast doubt on that notion, so I would just like to confirm whether or not it belongs to a mosasaur. Additionally, if at all possible, I would love to have an ID on it. Edit for clarity: not shown in the pictures, but the tooth is fairly conical and has one blade edge, which is on the outside curve (sorry, I don’t know the official terminology). I can provide extra pictures if needed.
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Hello, everyone! I went hunting along the North Sulphur River yesterday (before today’s nasty weather), and I found some fossils and what I am almost positive is an artifact. Could someone please help with IDs, if possible? Pictures #1 and #2 are of the same bone; I found the circular striations in the 2nd picture particularly intriguing. #7 (the artifact) is broken at the base and is fairly thick at the point where it is broken.
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This was found by myself in Ellis County, TX. I believe the formation was the Atco (or at least the Austin Chalk & Eagle Ford, if I’m not mistaken). The scale is in centimeters. I can post other images if needed; these were the two I just happen to have accessible at the moment. A couple of people who saw it in person said it was Squalicorax. I have some Squalicorax that have the well-known distinctive shape, but I also know that Squalis have teeth that don’t have that angled look. I’d never seen a non-angled Squali tooth before. However, when I posted it online in a Facebook group, an experienced shark tooth collector was absolutely adamant that this is Cretoxyrhina. So now I am unsure. I am more inclined to say it is Cretoxyrhina, but I am far less familiar with vertebrates than inverts. Thank you for any help!
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