Pliosaur Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Hello All! Was wondering if this is a possible Liopleurodon tooth? It is from the Orton Brick Pit, a site known for marine fossils dating back 150 million years to the Jurassic period, now a private site closed to the public due to conservation. Tooth measures approximately 2 inches, pictures attached below 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rocket Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 might be this helps a little bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliosaur Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 @rocket Thanks! Based on the striations diagram on that post, I’m stuck between (B) Simolestes vorax, (C) Liopleurodon ferox, (D) Liopleurodon pachydeirus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Seeing as the striae reticulate in certain parts, I'd say this is Liopleurodon, rather than Simolestes. And due to the boldness of striations rather L. ferox than L. pachydeirus, which striae are much finer... 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Quality tooth! Pleasure to look at. I'd say 100% Liopleurodon, but Alexander is an expert here 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliosaur Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon@RuMert Thank you for the identification, I’ve been looking for a Liopleurodon tooth for a while now to add to my collection, they’ve been quite hard to find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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