ebrocklds Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 so i'll just cut to the chase. cretaceous, phospate mines in Morocco. found in association with a mosasaur. size is just under an inch the tip is unfortunately broken so an occlusional view is not very helpful. any help would be greatly appreciated Brock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 so i'll just cut to the chase. cretaceous, phospate mines in Morocco. found in association with a mosasaur. size is just under an inch] Sorry no help from this end. However, if it was not so Small I would say the only question would be whether it was a "left hand" or a "right hand". It's a curious fossil and, like you, I will be interested to see what knowledgeable FF members come up with re to an ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Possibly the root end of a Dalpiazia stromeri rostral tooth. I don't have one to compare, but there is one from another thread (last picture in the first post) http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?sh...t=0&start=0 There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 That looks spot on. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrocklds Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 Possibly the root end of a Dalpiazia stromeri rostral tooth. I don't have one to compare, but there is one from another thread (last picture in the first post)http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?sh...t=0&start=0 northern thanks for the help with your lead i have found a great moroccan fossil identification site. and your id was perfect. here is the link to the site for anyone intersted http://users.telenet.be/sharkteethcollecti...gatiepagina.htm Brock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Great link Ebro, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Exactly what I was going to say - it looks like a gigantic version of the root of Schizorhiza (sp?) which was a fearsome sawshark that had a rostral dental battery. But ya, sawshark was my guess (or saw fish? I can't remember pristids right now for the life of me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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