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Tabatha K posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 2 years, 11 months ago
2 years, 11 months ago2 years, 11 months agoTabatha K has contributed specimen mFeM 101036 to myFOSSIL!
Tabatha K posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 2 years, 11 months ago
Tabatha K has contributed specimen mFeM 101036 to myFOSSIL!
Maybe a shark tooth ?
Did you find that in Texas? I’m not a vertebrate specialist but that doesn’t look like a shark tooth. That looks awfully like a dromaeosaur or tyrannosaur to me. If you found it, I think you should take it to your natural history museum and let them know where you found it.
I found it in Alvord Texas
That’s a very cool find. The Perot Museum is located nearby, I highly recommend you show it to them.
Maybe @matthew-gramling could help out
@matthew-gramling
Greetings @tabatha-k ! Alvord possesses Early Cretaceous strata, so you specimen could be a number if things. It almost looks like theropos dinosaur tooth fragment , but I won’t assert that conclusively. Possibly shark, but I’m leaning more toward a reptilian ID. I don’t think it’s from a crocodilian either since their teeth are usually a serrated cone shape. Your specimen is relatively flat. @bill-heim might be able weigh in on it.
Geological formations are Antler Sands and Trinity Sands. Both were marine environments. So, your specimen could be from a marine reptile or shark.
So, in sum it appears to be a tooth from an early Cretaceous marine vertebrate from the Antlers Sand or Trintiy Sand Formations. I would probably take @patrick-hsieh advice about contacting someone from the Perot Museum.
*theropod
Thank you.
100% Theropod