Bob-ay Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) Recent finds from my new year day adventure. Found these two teeth within 2 feet of one another. One I am confident in saying is a Mosasaur but the tooth on the right I need some help with! If anyone can shed some light it would be appreciated! Thanks Edited January 4, 2022 by Bob-ay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob-ay Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 @Trevor @The Jersey Devil What you guys think? Always a big help with NJ finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 @frankh8147 @Carl 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Fossildude19 said: @frankh8147 @Carl Plesiosaur is a good bet for the larger one. The smaller one os too beat up for me to make a confident ID, but mosasaur's a fair bet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob-ay Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, Carl said: Plesiosaur is a good bet for the larger one. The smaller one os too beat up for me to make a confident ID, but mosasaur's a fair bet. Thank you! Yes, trying to get a good ID on the larger one as I have nothing like it in my current collection. Hoping to be first Plesiosaur piece! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) I'm really having trouble seeing the smaller one but am decently sure the bigger one is Plesiosaur. I think better pictures should confirm. Edited January 4, 2022 by frankh8147 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob-ay Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 26 minutes ago, frankh8147 said: I'm really having trouble seeing the smaller one but am decently sure the bigger one is Plesiosaur. I think better pictures should confirm. Measured at 1.30” Here some additional pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S233 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Mosasaur + Plesiosaur 1 : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 The larger one looks like a plesiosaur tooth to me too: it has the striations for it, lacks the carinae a crocodile tooth would have, doesn't have compression but does have a type of root that matches plesiosaur. Moreover, this tooth doesn't look like Enchodus to me as this would require the tooth to be more laterally compressed and show carinae. This thus rules out what I believe would be the most likely alternative interpretation. The smaller tooth I'm hesitant to declare a mosasaur, as there isn't enough detail I can make out about it. Could be crocodilian as well. Better photographs from different angles and one from the top and base would be needed to help in identifying this specimen. '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...
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