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Is this a Suchomimus or Sarcosuchus tooth?


Muffinman217

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I have been looking at adding a suchomimus tooth to my collection and have come across this specimen.

 

However I am not sure whether it is a suchomimus tooth and is not instead a Sarcosuchus tooth.

 

It is 6.4 cm (2.51 Inches) and was found in the lower cretaceous outcrops from the Erlhaz formation in the Tenere desert Niger.

 

I would very much appreciate any advice, thanks so much!

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This appears like a good Sarcosuchus or Stolokrosuchus tooth to me.

 

I've never seen the carinae positioned like this on a Suchomimus tooth. Also, I'm not able to see any serrations on them.

 

The base shape also looks more circular than oval, wich would all lead away from Suchomimus teeth.Screenshot_2024-07-28-12-23-42-041_com_ebay.mobile-edit.thumb.jpg.32f2dd713c300ae6eae7723759eddb8e.jpg

(I saw this tooth too, so I included a picture of the base of it wich was still missing)

 

@Kikokuryu, @North might be able to help further, but after all, this looks more like a croc tooth to me.

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It is pointier than Sarchosuchus teeth I usually see, but still quite robust.

Im not seeing anything that would suggest Suchomimus, but rather towards crocodilyform.

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There's no such thing as too many teeth.

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I'm in agreement with @North It looks like a crocodilyform to me.

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Cheers!

James

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Yep. Crocodylomorpha indet., possibly Stolokrosuchus.

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