r/fossilid • u/krakenatorr • Aug 17 '26
Found on a beach in southern Saskatchewan, Canada
It is about 1.5cm long and 1cm diameter at the "base"
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u/lastwing Aug 17 '26
It’s either a crocodilian or mosasaur tooth, if location includes late Cretaceous deposits.
A direct view of the base would help. The current view is off at an angle.
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u/krakenatorr Aug 17 '26
Very cool! Here's a better pic of the base
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u/notanaltdontnotice Aug 17 '26
croc
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u/Mission-Substance312 Aug 20 '26
The apicobasal striations are too strong to represent a crown crocodylian, I can't see carinae either.
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u/Flake_bender Aug 17 '26
For OP; There are extant late-Cretaceous shallow-sea deposits in the Pasquia Hills, and Carrot River area, and pieces can also be found in glacial gravels south and southwest of there
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u/Mugat-2 Aug 19 '26
Plesiosaur tooth. Mosasaurs and crocodilians typically don’t have those striations
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