sharko69 Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 I am pretty certain this is a squlicorax bu have never seen one this thick or this shape. Beatiful tooth. It is from Post Oak Creek an is almost 3/4 inch long.
Auspex Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 It does have a Meggy look, doesn't it! Were it one, it would have to have been imported, though. "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!
sharko69 Posted June 21, 2014 Author Posted June 21, 2014 For sure. Have have found at least 100 squalocorax but never one like that.
Fruitbat Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) That came from Post Oak Creek? I've never seen anything quite like it in any of the collections of Cretaceous shark teeth from this area. It just doesn't have that Squalicorax 'feel' to it...but what else COULD it be...unless it's a transplant as Auspex suggested. -Joe Edited June 21, 2014 by Fruitbat Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library
sharko69 Posted June 21, 2014 Author Posted June 21, 2014 It is serrated and as far as understand, squalacorax is the only Texas Cretaceous serrated tooth. It is from post oak. Only place I hunt. What else could it possibly be? I have searched the net and have not seen another one like it. It is a beautiful tooth and one of my favorite I have found.
Auspex Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 From Oceans of Kansas: "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!
Sélacien34 Posted June 22, 2014 Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) Strange tooth that seems rather thick, the shape of her strong root and her straight crown is different with strong serrations it seems. I have seen another one special from another place on the forum : http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/34011-need-a-little-help-with-these-two/ Strange for squalicorax, could it be a contamination, or pathologic tooth ? More close to this one i think, but even for the anterior teeth, the crown and the edges look rather straight for S. falcatus. Edited June 22, 2014 by Sélacien34
sharko69 Posted June 23, 2014 Author Posted June 23, 2014 Would be nice to have a picture from the front side of these teeth. Would a picture from the side help?
Sélacien34 Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 It's always useful to have pictures from every sides to compare
sharko69 Posted June 27, 2014 Author Posted June 27, 2014 Here are a couple of pitures to show the thickness of this tooth. Not sure if they make it any better.
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