frankh8147 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Hello everyone! I was hoping for opinions on this fossil I found in Monmouth County New Jersey. Doing a search, I saw that it was similar to some Hadrosaur jaw sections but is very thin. What does everyone think? -Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Interesting find but would lean against it being hadrosaurian. Looks to thin and the alveoli grooves are at different widths, they should be similar 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Troodon said: Interesting find but would lean against it being hadrosaurian. Looks to thin and the alveoli grooves are at different widths, they should be similar Any idea what ot might be? It's Extremely stream worn so it's tough. In the light, the grooves look more similar than in the pictures (looks like a lot was worn off) but yes, ot is VERY thin. Texture looked right for Dino though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 The clearly different spacing on the alveoli grooves does not suggest dinosaurian. Not sure what it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Ornate turtle or croc scute for me but not 100% sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captcrunch227 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 This is just a wild guess, but any chance it could be an imprint from an ammonite? I see where you would have thought hadrosaur, but like Troodon said its incredibly thin and not uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 22 hours ago, Captcrunch227 said: This is just a wild guess, but any chance it could be an imprint from an ammonite? I see where you would have thought hadrosaur, but like Troodon said its incredibly thin and not uniform. Nah it's definitely Cretaceous bone.. it's just a weird one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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