John S. Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 Eagle Ford float material, Denton County, TX. Mosasaur jaw bone? Thanks for input. North Central Texas Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation
John S. Posted January 13, 2015 Author Posted January 13, 2015 ... North Central Texas Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation
Foshunter Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 Nice finds, your hunt area keeps on producing some real treasures. Everything looks proper to age except the Cowrie, strange things show up while fossil hunting----Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me"
John S. Posted January 14, 2015 Author Posted January 14, 2015 Can cowrie be found anywhere or what? Never seen one before North Central Texas Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation
Auspex Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Probably a discarded decorative knick-knack. "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!
John S. Posted January 14, 2015 Author Posted January 14, 2015 Gotcha that was a strange find North Central Texas Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation
izak_ Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 That cowrie looks modern, lol. Nice find!- indeed it is a mosasaur jaw, with tooth hole.. What would you call a tooth hole?!
RickNC Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) That cowrie looks modern, lol. Nice find!- indeed it is a mosasaur jaw, with tooth hole.. What would you call a tooth hole?! A socket? I don't know if the term applies to mosasaurs or not. Edited January 14, 2015 by RickNC
Carl Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 If you mean the concavity I think it's referred to as a resorption pit. Mosasaur teeth didn't really sit in sockets: they were fused to the jaw. And when a new one is growing in it resorbs the tooth root and fused bone of the previous tooth. I think...
RickNC Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 If you mean the concavity I think it's referred to as a resorption pit. Mosasaur teeth didn't really sit in sockets: they were fused to the jaw. And when a new one is growing in it resorbs the tooth root and fused bone of the previous tooth. I think... Hence why I said I wasn't sure the term 'socket' applied here.
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