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Small Judith River Formation Teeth?


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Going through some micro site material and found these two that I can't id both are around 5mm

 

 

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The first fossil appears to be an ankylosaurian tooth, not exactly sure if it's ankylosauridae or nodosauridae, but here's a helpful thread:

The second is a bit of a head scratcher. It could be a very weathered small crocodilian tooth, a pachycephalosaur spike, ankylosaurian spike, or perhaps something akin to a tortoise spur like we see from some of our Peace River regulars. Although I believe tortoises are unknown in the Cretaceous, so it could be from another terrestrial turtle like Basilemys, albeit I'm unaware of any convergent limb ornamentation. Certainly a mystery, but I'm curious what opinions may be held by our peers. 

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32 minutes ago, PaleoNoel said:

The first fossil appears to be an ankylosaurian tooth, not exactly sure if it's ankylosauridae or nodosauridae, but here's a helpful thread:

The second is a bit of a head scratcher. It could be a very weathered small crocodilian tooth, a pachycephalosaur spike, ankylosaurian spike, or perhaps something akin to a tortoise spur like we see from some of our Peace River regulars. Although I believe tortoises are unknown in the Cretaceous, so it could be from another terrestrial turtle like Basilemys, albeit I'm unaware of any convergent limb ornamentation. Certainly a mystery, but I'm curious what opinions may be held by our peers. 

I thought it was a nodosaur tooth but wasn't sure! 

 

Yeah the bottom tooth was embedded in a harder rock I had to get it out with a pocket knife it looks crocadillian to me but wasn't certain

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