Praefectus Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I was browsing online and found this tooth for sale. The seller says it belongs to hainosaurus and that it is from Ouled Abdoun, Morocco. I was wondering if this tooth was real and if it had any restoration to it. Also, can anyone verify the species? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 I’d say *they* were real at some point but it’s had quite a bit of work. I say they because those aren’t all the same tooth. Seems like somebody had a heck of time figuring out how to use epoxy to me. 2 Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Crown likely real, but the root seems a bit unnatural for a mosasaur tooth IMO. I am also pretty sure that the identification is incorrect (Possibly an intentional misidentification for marketing). I have never heard of T. bernardi fossils outside of the Low Countries/surrounding areas. IMO, the tooth looks like a Mosasaurus beaugei to me. 2 If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Thanks for the replies. What is the purpose of the epoxy? Is it there to hold together multiple teeth in a composite or is it covering up a "bad" spot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 This tooth is completely real. No compositing here. It's a very nice big rooted tooth with no or little repair. That area that UtahFossilHunter circled is indeed glue. But this is just on the surface. What is likely is that the whole specimen has been stabilised with glue and that area just has a bit too much. This is pretty common on specimens where it has been stabilised in a hurry. The area around the gluey area has some damage where the enamel has gone. It's clearly a single tooth crown because the other side looks immaculate. The root is real as well. Though sadly the white area has been damaged or sanded down. The join between the root and crown also shows the telltale signs that it's real. The little layering and pores and such. You don't get this kind of detail on composites. Hainosaurus is not described in Morocco as far as I know. So it's likely a different mosasaur. So yeah. Completely real. 3 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Nice rooted tooth, overuse of wrong type of glue to stabilize the enamel like LordTrilobite mentioned. Like others have said ID is incorrect. @jnoun11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoun11 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 hi its a tylosaurus tooth lower jaw to me . more slender than baugei. 1 The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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