2.35" Ichthyosaur (Platypterygius) Tooth - Russia

This is a 2.35" 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. There is one crack repair near the base of the crown.

Ichthyosaurs
Artists reconstruction of an Ichthyosaur.  Image Credit: Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com/)
Artists reconstruction of an Ichthyosaur. Image Credit: Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com/)
("Fish Lizard") was a giant marine reptile which thrived from much of the Mesozoic era. They evolved in the mid Triassic from a group of unidentified land reptiles which transition back into the water. This line evolved in parallel to the ancestors of todays dolphins and whales, something known as convergent evolution.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Platypterygius
LOCATION
Stary Oskol, Belgorod, Gebiet, Kursk, Russia
FORMATION
Seversk Sandstone
SIZE
2.35" long
ITEM
#66756
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