13002 - Exceedingly Rare Ichthyosaur (Platypterygius) Tooth - Cretaceous Russia Calymene niagarensis Observations: Rare unidentified cheirurid species
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Observations: Rare unidentified cheirurid species
†Cyphaspis
transition zone/lower shoreface (5)
Then we leave a link to an interesting reading on the understanding of the paleoecology of these interesting ammonites:
It has some glued and filled (restored) fractures
13002 - Exceedingly Rare Ichthyosaur (Platypterygius) Tooth - Cretaceous Russia Calymene niagarensis Observations: Rare unidentified cheirurid speciesSpecies Ichthyosaur (Platypterygius) AGE Lower Cretaceous, Albian stage ( 110 million years) LOCATION Stary Oskol, Belgorod, Gebiet, Kursk, Russia FORMATION Seversk Sandstone SIZE 2,15cm Ref: M46 13002 This is a 2,15cm rooted tooth of a Ichthyosaur (Platypterygius) from Stary Oskol, Russia. These teeth are very unusual to see and this is one of a handful of teeth I recently acquired. Not restored or glued.