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I have this upper molar from an entelodont. It was sold to me as archaeotherium but I'm not certain if it's that or daeodon. Any chance someone has a second opinion? Found in South Dakota
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© Harry Pristis 2023
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I have some Gansu fossils from the Linxia Basin, but I wasn't 100% sure on ID. The teeth were sold as Entelodont molars, and my current assumption is that they belong to Paraentelodon macrognathus from the Oligocene deposits in the Linxia Basin. From what I've read, they are similar to Daeodon, at least size wise. I think the formation would be the Jiaozigou Formation? But I'm not entirely sure. The Chleuastochoerus jaw, i have no idea. I think there are 2 species present in the Linxia Basin, and I don't know if it's possible to ID them down to species level without more specific provenance. That said, I honestly don't know anything about this animal, aside from it being a prehistoric pig. I know the fang had some glue on it when I put some acetone on it during prep, so it's probably repaired. The back side had big globs of glue that turned pretty nasty in acetone, but fortunately, there was nothing on the jaw itself, and I easily dug the teeth hidden inside the matrix. Not really sure if I did a great job though since I don't prep that often.
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From the album: TEETH & JAWS
This is the lower, left canine from a giant pig-like mammal from the Early Miocene of Florida. This is Daeodon sp., of the Family ENTELODONTIDAE, an extremely rare fossil east of the Mississippi River. The smaller, Oligocene ancestor from the Mid-west, Dinohyas sp., is better known.© Harry Pristis 2017