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Unknown Florida Mammal Tooth


RescueMJ

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Hello, I have positively identified three other teeth today by looking through the FF gallery and UF Florida Museum collections.  This tooth is different from the Equus examples.  I could not match it up with camel either. Some of you have incredible collections.

Fossil collected from retention pond spoils in North Port, FL.  Hole depth 5-10 feet below sea level.  Area near Little Salt Spring.  Thank you in advance for your knowledge.

Regards,   Michael

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The only thing I know of from Florida with that complex of an enamel ridge pattern are horse teeth. It seems it would be a bad day to start any 1000 piece puzzles as I can't seem to rotate your partial tooth to get it to match up with any images of Equus teeth online. Here are a couple of useful images to use for comparison:

 

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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Thanks for the assist. My other 3 horse teeth were lowers. Didn’t realize the big difference between upper and lower teeth. I read Hulbert’s paper on Cormohipparion (1988) and reviewed diagrams. No P3 left side.  I learned a lot.  Thanks again for the resource. 
- Michael

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