MacHoffman22 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 I know these are mammal teeth. I'm pretty convinced that at least the one on the left is a bison but would like to confirm. Would also like a rough estimate of age of possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PODIGGER Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Pictures of the bite surface of each tooth is needed for any hope of an id. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacHoffman22 Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 This would be the tooth on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacHoffman22 Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 And left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 They both look like bos/bison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PODIGGER Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 They are both fragmented and I would recommend you wait for some more experienced members to weigh in on an id. To me the one on the right looks like bovid and the one on the left looks like horse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelivingdead531 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Personally, I don’t see horse in either of them, but I’ve been known to be wrong. @Harry Pristis will certainly know though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Right: Bos (cow) Left: Horse (Equus) upper. 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...
MacHoffman22 Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 Greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelivingdead531 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 @Harry Pristis the left tooth doesn’t look to have as many “folds” as the Equus teeth in your photo, and seems to have more of a gap between the folds. Maybe I’m not seeing it right. Could you help me understand for future reference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 It's just a fragment of an upper cheek tooth. Represented are the mesostyle, the metaloph, the pre-fossette, and the post-fossette. 1 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...
garyc Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 After looking at the line drawings @Harry Pristis provided, I think I was confusing the pli caballin with a stylid from a bos tooth. Fragments are hard!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 4 hours ago, garyc said: After looking at the line drawings @Harry Pristis provided, I think I was confusing the pli caballin with a stylid from a bos tooth. Fragments are hard!! Fragments are hard! @garyc The pli caballin is a minor invagination that projects lingually into the post-protoconal valley. I think that it's the apex of that valley that we see in the fragment. Talking about horse teeth requires additions to my vocabulary (and to my machine dictionary)! 1 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...
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