nivek1969 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 I have this piece, which sadly I do not know much about, being that it was acquired at an estate sale and had no info. I have not been able to find something similar looking online, except for maybe a small section of teeth from a helicoprionid shark? The piece is about 6 x 7" and the teeth(?) are about 1/2" in length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivek1969 Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 I am thinking this may not even be teeth at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 7 hours ago, nivek1969 said: I am thinking this may not even be teeth at all. Not sure but that matrix and teeth definitely look like an Oreodont skull/jaw partial. I'm not very familiar with mammal fossils, but they show up so often on the site. Just run a search. Cheers, Brett You know ... there must've been lots of them running around ... because folks are always showing them off. And prepping them .. which makes one 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivek1969 Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: Not sure but that matrix and teeth definitely look like an Oreodont skull/jaw partial. Not much up on mammal fossils, but they show up so often on the site. Just run a search. Cheers, Brett I believe you are correct! Looks very much like Oreodont teeth. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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