Tom
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Post by Tom on Mar 27, 2014 8:40:51 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 27, 2014 9:26:52 GMT -5
I don't think it's a claw, I'm thinking tooth. The white being tooth enamel. In the third photo, the curved grey area on the left would be facing into the mouth.
Don't know which tooth, maybe an incisor, or what animal. What is the age of the deposits where it was found? Jean
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 27, 2014 10:30:45 GMT -5
I'm thinking tooth also. The left portion of the pics would be the visible part of the tooth if the critter were still alive. Right portion in the pics would be the root.
A google search should give you an idea of what sort of critters lived in the area where you found it, 15 or 20 million years ago. Cool find.
I'm thinking from the size and shape, the critter was a plant eater.
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bushmanbilly
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Post by bushmanbilly on Mar 27, 2014 12:10:45 GMT -5
I don't think it's a claw, I'm thinking tooth. The white being tooth enamel. In the third photo, the curved grey area on the left would be facing into the mouth. Don't know which tooth, maybe an incisor, or what animal. What is the age of the deposits where it was found? Jean Jean its mostly Jurassic and Cretaceous era. I would guess by what I have seen in the RTM (Royal Tyrell Museum) it is a Crocodile or a Plesiosaur tooth. |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 27, 2014 14:55:03 GMT -5
Crocodilians are cone shaped but a bit concave outward. Could be chipped. And their root is collinear with the centerline of the entire tooth. It looks like an incisor/ front tooth.  |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 27, 2014 18:17:22 GMT -5
Tooth also...........Take it to a local University in your area,they can ID it for you-awesome find!
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Post by Pat on Mar 27, 2014 18:48:34 GMT -5
Tooth or claw, still cool.
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Tom
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My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
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Post by Tom on Mar 27, 2014 22:52:08 GMT -5
Thanks everyone, I will tell him it's a tooth, likely croc. Like animal
Drummheller is a world premier Dino area. Thanks bushman for the time line
Dang thing looks like a claw in hand but I bow to the experts
Thanks again everyone!
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