Frank Menser Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Another pond find, this tooth measures a half inch and has striations running the length of whats left of it's enamel. I thought it might be Encodus except it is perfectly round rather than flattened like the Encodus I have found there. Any ideas? Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Why is it not mosasaur? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 it is mosasaur. why do you ask, auspex? definitely not enchodus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 it is mosasaur. why do you ask, auspex?definitely not enchodus. I think he asked because enchodus is less commonly thought of than mosasaur, therefore perhaps he presumed that Frank had thought of it already and, since he thought of enchodus, must have ruled it out? Just MY presumption ~Major Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 [attach ment=32240:Mosasaur...uffleton.JPG] I did think of Mos but the strairations on this tooth are not like those on any of the Mos I have collected there. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Owens Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Plesiosaur? -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 hmmmmm - differential striations....fascinating, captain... but it don't smell like a klingon, so it's a mosasaur (dear readers - i'm not a "trekky" or anything, so i have no idea why i phrased that in a spocky way. i think it's because early in the morning, my brain striations pulse from overnight precipitation of dilithium crystals) <shaking head vigorously> plop! WHAT WAS THAT?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Just to break mindset here, don't forget crocodile teeth are round and have striations. I'm jus sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 looks like the croc teeth we find here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawooten Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 A Mosasaurs tooth is not round at the bottom part like in the third picture it is a bit elongated and I would bet on an alligator myself. I have a good collection of alligator teeth and it’s right on. I also have Mosasaurs teeth and I get a fast id by looking up into the tooth. The best days are spent collecting fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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