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Okay, So... I don't really need help to ID this recent find. I just wanted to show it off. I really enjoy and appreciate this forum... so many knowledgeable and helpful people here.
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Hi, amateur fossil hunter found tooth on the beach would like to identify it
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This was found by my son today while we were fossil hunting at a local beach in Calvert County, MD along the Calvert Cliff formations. We are guessing a fossilized molar but not quite sure. Any help in identifying this piece is appreciated. Thanks.
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I am looking for help with this Tooth ID. Not sure if it's modern. Found in St. George Utah, in a Virgin River Wash. could that be a stylid on it? Maybe a cow's tooth lol?! I'd love some ideas. Happy Holidays
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Here are a couple more from the peace river. It is pretty water worn and I am assuming horse, but maybe it is something interesting. I remember thinking it was just a bone, but brought it back just in case. Thanks! Adam
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This large molar was found by a friend of mine, on a beach on the south east coast of Aldeburgh, England. It's slightly over an 1.5" tall, and the top is roughly 0.75" square. Any ideas what its from? Any ideas about how old it might be? Is it even a fossil, or is it too modern?
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This was found in a creek bottom in SW Mississippi. Any ideas?
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Hey Everyone, Found this section of Jaw with 5 teeth, while river diving in SC. I'd appreciate your thoughts on ID.
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Found a large fossil molar and a piece of fossilized bone. any idea where I can take them for someone to look at?
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leae help ID these teeth. The Molar is about the size of a dime and has four roots. The other teeth look like whale or dolphin, but are so very small? Thansk!
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Hello everyone, I am currently identifying elements from a cave in Southwest Britain - mainly late Pleistocene though they aren't dated and some of the finds are certainly Holocene. I am struggling to work out which species these teeth might come from. I am assuming both are the same - one is just very unworn and one is worn. I was thinking perhaps Equus or Bos mandibular 3rd molar? Thank you, Heather
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From the album: Pleistocene Florida
A molar from an Ursus americanus (Black Bear) from the Florida Pleistocene. -
I have two associated Hyaenodon horridus mandibles from Nebraska. They puzzled me because they appear to be from an adult but when I removed some matrix is saw gaps for a molar and a tip of tooth peeping out. I looked into it and it seems that the last molar doesn't reupt until age 3-4 so that is roughly the age of this animal. To verify, I asked a good mate to xray it. You can clearly see the tooth roots below the crowns of the teeth and below the gum line (ie embedded into the bone). You can also clearly make out the mandibular canal (long dark line running ventrally (below) the teeth - it's where the major veins, arteries and nerves of the bone run. Great view of millions of years old bone and teeth! Confirms that the teeth are erupting molars and gives me a great idea of the age. Not, quite juvenile, more like subadult.
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From the album: Badlands, Nebraska megafauna.
The two associated Hyaenodon horridus mandibles from Nebraska puzzled me because they appear to be from an adult but when I removed some matrix i saw gaps for a molar and a tip of a tooth peeping out. I looked into it and it seems that the last molar doesn't reupt until age 3-4 so that is roughly the age of this animal. To verify, I asked a good mate to xray it. Th huge erupting molars are clearly see in the imagine. You can also clearly see the tooth roots below the crowns of the teeth and below the gum line (ie embedded into the bone). You can also clearly make out the mandibular canal (long dark line running ventrally below) the teeth - it's where the major veins, arteries and nerves of the bone run. Great view of millions of years old bone and teeth! Confirms that the teeth are erupting molars and gives me a great idea of the age. Not, quite juvenile, more like subadult. -
I'm not having much luck in trying to identify this fossil tooth, by attempting to find similar images of tooth pattern and size. I have no information on where it was found, and the label only read "Fossil Tooth". The roots are large, and show some kind of apparent secondary mineral growth which gives them an abnormally rough appearance. The enameled crown measures 2.75" x 1.40", and the height when upright measures 3". There is loose, but trapped, bone, visible in one of the pictures, between four of the roots. If anyone has any suggestions, or recognizes the tooth, it would be appreciated greatly! Paul
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Hi all! My daughter, husband and I were on Caswell Beach, Oak Island in NC. We were searching for shark teeth when we found this molar that I marked as A. It appears to be a mammal molar in a partial jaw bone...we were super excited especially as we have never found anything like this before. The next day we drove to Southport. A small town on the Cape Fear river only a couple of miles away. We were super surprised and excited to find the molar that I marked as B. There is a small local museum (they are extremely nice and I highly recommend visiting it if you are ever in the area...it is even free!) we took molar B there and they told us that they were not sure what kind of animal it came from but have occasionally seen other mammal molars come out of the Cape Fear. If you have any idea I would love to hear it. I can take more pictures if needed. Thank you so very much!!
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Hello! I am new to this and unfortunately fairly uneducated on the subject. This was found near Nashville, TN and I have no idea what it is. I have been trying to find photos of similar looking fossils or objects and have not seen anything like it. I'm much more familiar with coastal fossils and this doesn't appear to be the average early sea creature fossil (my terminology is deplorable). To my uneducated eye, it most closely resembles a tooth (perhaps a molar as I put in the title). It could just as easily be something entirely different. Again, please forgive my ignorance. Underneath the dirt it appears to be a milky-white/gray color. Across the top as pictured below, the object is approx. 3.3cm On each projection coming down from the top, there are ridges that form into a ring almost resembling a fingerprint. This side, the longest point of the object, is approx. 3cm. Thank you so much for your help! I love a good mystery and a good round of discussion!
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Hey guys, first time poster here, hope everyone is having a great x-mas/new year! I was in Simi Valley, CA today, doing some fossil hunting and usually I am okay at identifing stuff (with the help of my friend google). However, when I found this bone I was really stumped, it looks almost like a molar with a missing root? Moreover, I also was wondering if it could maybe be a knee joint? The tracks along the middle make it seem as though it engaged in some sort of movement. I was located in Simi Valley, CA at an altitude of around 2100 ft. I found it buried in some fossil rubble in the middle of some type of sedimentary formation (santa susana formation/ Simi conglomerate?). The deer trail took me quite high up into the formation, maybe even as high as 150ft above the base of the cliff so it was not found in some creek bed. Sorry If my lingo is off, I don't claim to be any type of paleontologist/geologist, just a humble lover of nature. Could be nothing, regardless thank you for your time, -G
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This mammoth molar was given to me a few years ago, and the owner could not tell me much about it. Based on the photos, can anyone tell me if it is real or a replica? I tried pushing a red hot pin into it to see if it was resin or not, and the pin did not go through. And based on the number of enamel ridges, does anyone know which species it might be? Thanks a lot.
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Unidentified Fossilized Tooth Found Today In South-Central Great Lakes Region (Canada)
Great Lakes posted a topic in Fossil ID
I found this fossilized tooth today submerged within the Nottawasaga River (North of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - within the Great Lakes Basin). Can anyone help me to identify it? I've included some scans below. Thanks in advance. NOTE: The findspot is within the vicinity of this location: I'll try some better macro close-up images later, as these scans are not well lit enough to see the detail.
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Hey everyone. This is a mammal molar I found in Big Brook. My guess would be from a modern muskrat or a similar small animal. Does anyone know a good way to tell if it's a fossil? I've heard of the burn test, but I believe that only works on bones (?) Thanks for the input!
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From the album: Weekend at Peace River, Florida and surrounding areas
Molar from 3-toed horse, Peace River, Florida. Approx 1.75" long by .75" thick. I am have so much to learn but I am going to say Miocene epoch for this. Please correct me if I am mistaken. -
Here is a mid Pleistocene molar found in asia. I am guessing it is a species of elephas because of the distinct swerve in the enamel plates near the front of the molar. Any educated guess would be appreciated, I'm sure Rich would have some valuable insight on this tooth.
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Need Help Identifying These Fossils I Collected Shark Teeth Hunting In Florida
urmomthinksimcute posted a topic in Fossil ID
Plz help
