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Bison tooth?


Youfoundwaldo

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I cleaned it up quite a bit, picked it up thinking the top part of the tooth was a beautiful agate , was not disappointed though!

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These can be tough to identify. The stylid is one hint. Is it hard as a rock?

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general confusion
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It is super solid!! I haven’t been able to get off much of the dirt other than what is on the surface ! 

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It appears to be bovid alright.  It's just strange-looking.  Not a common Bos taurus taurus or Bison upper tooth.  I wonder what zebu (Bos Taurus indicus) or zebu hybrid teeth look like.  There's an off-chance in Minnesota it's a musk-ox (Ovibos) tooth.  

 

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What seest thou else

In the dark backward and abysm of time?

---Shakespeare, The Tempest

 

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I think it may be modern bison. There's a wild herd just west of Mankato of about 130 individuals at Minneopa State Park.

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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