Foshunter Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Protosphyraena teeth or any part of this fish is pretty hard to find in any condition. I was lucky enough to find a portion of the snout, on the under side shows where the large forward pointing teeth grew. The gloss black tooth is the longest I had the chance to find in the NSR at a length of 59mm. The teeth are wide but very thin in appearance with some showing breakage after the fossil process. This fish as well as most in the Cretaceous had very formidable means of harvesting a meal by the standards of today's fish--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 You're killing me with these wonderful "group portraits"; don't stop! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 (edited) Very cool! I have a few partial bills from the Protosphyraena. Came from the Sulphur, but not the North Hi Tom, here is what I have so far from the Protosphyraena, 2 rostrum sections and one tooth... The tooth is from POC, the bills are from the S.Sulphur Edited May 9, 2011 by CreekCrawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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