FemurIHKH Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I'm trying to ID this horse tooth from Peace River, Florida. Looks like a subhypsodont. My best guess is Merychippus, but please let me know what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Looks like bison to me as it appears to be a selenodont tooth based on on the chewing surface along with an apparent stylid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 4 hours ago, PaleoNoel said: Looks like bison to me as it appears to be a selenodont tooth based on on the chewing surface along with an apparent stylid. Yeah, bison. Merychippus teeth are a lot smaller than that anyway. I don't think there's a layer old enough for Merychippus in the Peace. Merychippus was an Early-Middle to Middle Miocene horse. There are spots in Florida for it, though. I think you could find it in the lowest Bone Valley layers and maybe one of the phosphate mines up north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FemurIHKH Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Thank you for the ID, the possibility of this being a Bison tooth was not even on my radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 13 hours ago, siteseer said: Yeah, bison. Merychippus teeth are a lot smaller than that anyway. I don't think there's a layer old enough for Merychippus in the Peace. Merychippus was an Early-Middle to Middle Miocene horse. There are spots in Florida for it, though. I think you could find it in the lowest Bone Valley layers and maybe one of the phosphate mines up north. @FemurIHKH I likely have found more small pre_equus horse teeth in the Peace River than anyone else over the last decade. I can confirm Siteseer's Statement because I have never found a Merychippus tooth in the Peace River. I did recently find a Transitional tooth, that is possibly a grand child of Merychippus (that means millions and millions of years between them). You can read about it in this thread. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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