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Post by jakesrocks on May 12, 2010 12:10:48 GMT -5
Any guesses as to what sort of ancient critter this may have come from ? I collected this way back in the 1950's, on private ranchland in the Colorado desert of southern California. Just behind the main fang is a socket where a second tooth would have been. Don
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Post by Fossilman on May 12, 2010 14:37:25 GMT -5
Dino tooth and a cool one at that!!!!
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Post by jakesrocks on May 12, 2010 16:15:57 GMT -5
Any idea what sort of dino this might be ? Don
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Post by agatemaggot on May 12, 2010 16:48:51 GMT -5
That thing looks more like a Feline claw than a fang.
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Post by jcinpc on May 12, 2010 19:21:40 GMT -5
but I have seen some different jaws that all have those porous spot in it.
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Post by jakesrocks on May 12, 2010 19:39:18 GMT -5
I believe the porous spots are attachment points for tendons or muscles. Don
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Post by agatemaggot on May 12, 2010 19:57:01 GMT -5
Whatever it might be, it WAS a really cool find !
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Post by texaswoodie on May 12, 2010 20:07:20 GMT -5
Search Velociraptor Claw and see what you think.
Curt
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Post by jakesrocks on May 12, 2010 20:50:21 GMT -5
It's not a claw. That's part of the fossilized jaw bone attached to it, with a socket for a second missing tooth directly behind it. A fellow at the local college said he thought it might be from an ancient pig relative, but he wasn't sure. Don
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Post by rockrookie on May 12, 2010 21:43:21 GMT -5
now , that is neat !!! what a great find !! --paul
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Post by beefjello on May 12, 2010 21:55:38 GMT -5
Man that's a killer find!!
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Post by fosldog on May 14, 2010 8:42:03 GMT -5
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Post by jakesrocks on May 14, 2010 9:06:29 GMT -5
Thanks fosidog. I'll do that. Thought I'd give the folks on here a crack at it first. Don
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Post by jcinpc on May 14, 2010 11:13:05 GMT -5
resembles a porpoise tooth
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Post by Sabre52 on May 16, 2010 7:21:08 GMT -5
I've hunted fossils quite a bit in the areas around Bakersfield in California and for your example, I'm leaning towards something in the sea lion group......Mel
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Post by jakesrocks on May 16, 2010 8:37:52 GMT -5
I'll have to post a pic of the other stuff I collected in that area. I've got some nice vertebrae, and what appear to be rib bone sections from some unknown critter. Also a bunch of shark teeth. Don
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Post by Sabre52 on May 16, 2010 8:48:32 GMT -5
Don, That is a great area to collect in. I've got quite a few shark teeth including the only Meg tooth I've ever dug. Associated with the shark teeth in those Miocene deposits were lots of whale stuff, ray teeth and spines, bony fish stuff, and marine mammal bits. I gave away most my fossils before my Texas move but I did keep the shark teeth because I kind of think they're cool....Mel
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Post by jakesrocks on May 16, 2010 10:11:09 GMT -5
I was just a kid in my early teens when I collected in the area. An old rockhound neighbor sort of took me under his wing, and would take me along on his weekend trips. That was in the early 50's.I'll have to post a pic of a cycad i collected from an area many miles north of Barstow. At the time I found it, it was the only known opalized cycad to come from that area. There may have been more found by now, but I was sure proud of that thing at the time. A friend from Rapid City, S.D. recently offered me $400.00 for it, but it's not for sale. Don
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