FF7_Yuffie Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Hello, so I saw this a while ago, and seller has sent me some extra photos. It's a very strange little tooth from Ksar es Souk, Kem Kem. The seller found the closest match being the pterosaur Ornithodesmus latidens at a museum, so assumes this comes from a pterosaur of a similar species. I haven't seen any Kem Kem teeth like this. It is 1.5cm long, has slight serrations. I am wondering if it might actually be a juvenile tooth from Hamadosuchus or one of the other serrated-toothed crocs from there. I see some of their teeth have this triangular shape--though not an exact match. Would love to see others ideas. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Agree with croc tooth, most likely Hamadasuchus rebouli. 43 minutes ago, FF7_Yuffie said: pterosaur Ornithodesmus latidens Is that a pterosaur species? I thought it was reclassified as a dinosaur genus. Do pterosaurs have serrated teeth? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Agree I would lean toward it being a Crocodyliform. Possibly another good candidate is Araripesuchus rattoides Cretaceous Crocodyliforms from the Sahara by Sereno et al. 2009 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF7_Yuffie Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said: Agree with croc tooth, most likely Hamadasuchus rebouli. Is that a pterosaur species? I thought it was reclassified as a dinosaur genus. Do pterosaurs have serrated teeth? Cheers -- you're right, I've just looked and the pterosaur fossils which were assigned to ornithodesmus have been reassigned to Istiodactylus now. Guess the seller's info is out of date with the ornithodesmus ID. Thanks for taking a look. I had an inkling it was croc, but good to have it confirmed. Cheers 3 minutes ago, Troodon said: Agree I would lean toward it being a Crocodyliform. Possibly another good candidate is Araripesuchus rattoides Cretaceous Crocodyliforms from the Sahara by Sereno et al. 2009 Cheers. Yeah, they are a good fit. More fitting with the size of this tooth too. Thanks for taking a look Edited May 25, 2021 by FF7_Yuffie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Agree, I'd classify this as a crocodilian tooth of the type commercially labelled as Hamadasuchus rebouli. Here are some further examples: 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...
BellamyBlake Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Hamadasuchus rebouli was my first instinct as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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