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Found this small tooth last week while hunting the Peace River. Almost missed it in the sieve and initially thought it was just a chip of something. On getting it home and giving a closer look I became convinced it is a tooth. Maybe an incisor. After a lot of searching on line the closest I could come up with is horse incisor. Only I think it is way too small for that. The chewing surface appears more jagged and uneven then I would expect from a herbivore. The groove along the length of the tooth and its curvature are similar to what I have found on horse incisors. Measurements - Inches = 3/4"L x 3/8"W x 1/4"H CM =. 20mm L x 10mm W x 6mm H @Shellseeker, Jack - I would appreciate your input knowing how much time and effort you put into finding the small 3-toed horse fossils. Thanks, Jim W.

Picked this up last week in the Peace River, FL. When I took it out of the screen I gave it a quick look and thought it might be a ray barb (was distracted by a nice dolphin periotic in the same tray) and stuffed it in my pouch. After getting home and taking another look I saw enamel and what I take for an angled bite surface. I have looked through my reference materials and searched on line but have yet to come up with a match. I am thinking land mammal but have not ruled out some type of cetacean. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Did a lot of online searching trying to id this little specimen. What it seems to most resemble is the top if an Equus incisor. Could that in fact be what it is?