M3gal0don_M4n Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Hi. I bought this Mosasaur tooth about 8 years ago, and never tried to find out what it is. (I was too young) I was thinking probably Beaugei but I am unsure. The one thing that makes me sceptical is the fact that it appears quite small. Could it potentially be a juvenile?(Sorry for using the carpet as a backdrop, if that doesn’t work.) Signature goes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brevicollis Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon migth know. But the pictures migth be to blurry to properly identify it. 1 Are good signatures really that important ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3gal0don_M4n Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Okay. I’ll try and take better ones once home. Signature goes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Seeing as the curvature of the tooth, and the fact it's lacking an aneurin anterior carina, this is a palatal tooth. Species may be difficult to arrive at, but better photographs will certainly increase chances of doing so... 1 '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...
M3gal0don_M4n Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Here are some more images. Signature goes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 When taking pictures. Its better to place fossil on to the table or platform. Your hand moves a bit and causes plurrines. On table, there is less depth, so camera has easier to get object on focus. Also its easier for you to hold camera/phone steady. 1 There's no such thing as too many teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Looks like a mosasaurine palatal tooth, but species still isn't identifiable from the photographs. My guess, however, is M. beaugei, with the size and lack of prominent faceting being suggestive of this being from a younger individual. '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...
Praefectus Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Can you take pictures with the tooth in focus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3gal0don_M4n Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 17 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: Looks like a mosasaurine palatal tooth, but species still isn't identifiable from the photographs. My guess, however, is M. beaugei, with the size and lack of prominent faceting being suggestive of this being from a younger individual. That was what I thought. Signature goes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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