Reebs Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Greetings! I hope everyone is staying well out there. I found this tooth while sifting in the peace river a few days ago. I usually only find shark teeth and horse teeth - rarely whale or dolphin but this is my first Tooth of this type !! Is this a premolar from a canine or feline...or neither? something carnivorous though right!? The shape is similar to photos of a bear dog tooth I saw on the forum but it’s pretty small. It’s about .5” X .5” Thanks for looking. Cheers, Marie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Harry Pristis Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Your tooth reminds me of an upper P4 (carnassial) from a small cat. The vertebra looks snake-like, but may be from a salamander. We need more views to say. 3 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reebs Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 Ooh Thanks @Harry Pristis I appreciate it! Here’s a few more of the mini vert and another mystery object. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 I believe your mystery object is an urchin spine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reebs Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 Thank you @caldigger ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 1 hour ago, caldigger said: I believe your mystery object is an urchin spine. methinks so too. The little vert does indeed look like a snake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 beauty of a tooth you found, congrats! Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reebs Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 Neat! Thanks! @jpc @jcbshark thank you! I’m super thrilled about it I met you a few times at a site in Venice last year. Hope the hunting has been well for you and to see you out in the field again sometime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Agreed with the urchin spine--a nice find. I spot tiny (broken) urchin spines while picking through micro-matrix gravel. I can't say that I've ever encountered a larger specimen in a sifting screen. Snake verts (and some lizards like salamanders) have ball and socket articulations to increase their flexibility. That's why we wanted to verify the ball end in a different view. The felid carnassial is a killer find--the trip-maker for sure! Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reebs Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 @digit Very cool!! That is 3 firsts for me all in one trip. I can see the ball and socket on the vert, thanks for pointing that out. I am amazed at how tiny it is. I agree the carnassial was most definitely the trip maker. I could tell it was really special before I knew what it was, but now it can be appreciated for what it truly is. Heh. The more ya know... Thank you for the post. Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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