Molar cap

[Shellseeker]

It is hard finding days to hunt in South Florida. 95% of my locations are 3-4 feet over my head. It is only by marking and remembering low water locations that I get to continue in these heavy rain months.

Even now the available locations are limited, and thus the finds can also be limited, but not today. This location is a Mio_Pliocene that can produce very rare items.

My hunting buddy found the 1st. A badly worn (old individual) molar cap.. Usually the caps I find are unused, pristine, making them far easier to identify. The measurements around the edges are 17x 17x x 15.5. This is very small for the mammals that traditionally have caps in my hunting areas (Mastodon, peccary, tapir, dugong, manatee, please add others you can think of in Florida).

All comments and suggestions appreciated.

 

 

 

 

[Harry Pristis]

Looks geological to me.  Tooth enamel is not laid down in concentric rings, and certainly doesn't wear like this odd find.

[Shellseeker]

9 hours ago, Harry Pristis said:

Looks geological to me.  Tooth enamel is not laid down in concentric rings, and certainly doesn't wear like this odd find.

 

Agree on your comments. I would have chalked it up to Dugong tooth,  but I have never seen one, even a senile one , with wear patterns like this one.

Sent the photos to Hulbert for Identification.

[abyssunder]

Beekite may show similar features, especially if it's eroded enough.

[fossillarry]

I don't think it's a tooth.