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Post by texaswoodie on Aug 10, 2010 14:42:45 GMT -5
I was in a fossil area the other day and had about 15 minutes to kill so I baled off into a creek to see if I could find something. I found a bison tooth and some ordinary sharks teeth but I was thrilled to also find my first Pytchodus tooth. Pytchodus was a shark that ate shellfish such as mollusk and the like. It's teeth were uniquely designed to crush the shells. The sub species is P. whippleyiThis is a great looking and huge tooth that came from a 30+ foot monster. It's 1 inch across and 1 inch tall. Curt
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 10, 2010 16:36:28 GMT -5
Nice tooth,but how about the bison teeth?I have some agatized bison teeth,what did you find???
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Post by sitnwrap on Aug 10, 2010 16:43:14 GMT -5
That looks like a beauty of a specimen. I gather the design being more rounded rather than pointed. The tip looks like it has a walnut shell texture to it.
Would love to see the bison teeth also.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 10, 2010 17:41:46 GMT -5
Super cool find. Don
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Post by Toad on Aug 10, 2010 22:27:22 GMT -5
Awesome find. Now I want shellfish....
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Post by texaswoodie on Aug 11, 2010 5:01:33 GMT -5
Bison teeth are somewhat common here but they are only 300-10,000 years old. No agatized teeth. I'll try to get some pics up. Thanks for the comments!
Curt
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Post by frane on Aug 15, 2010 21:37:05 GMT -5
I have never seen one of those...If I have, I didn't know what it was. That is really cool! Fran
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Post by bambooprincess on Aug 29, 2010 7:21:12 GMT -5
That's a keeper!
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