Shellseeker Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 It has been a little while since I shared a pretty little horse tooth with the forum and this one qualifies. I would have put it on Fossil ID, but I know what it is... So, found in Bone Valley , Florida with great Black and Tan colors, an upper molar from a Miocene Horse. No isolated protocone to give those who love these teeth like I do, some difficulty in identifying. I'll be moving this one into my gallery of similar sized teeth after a couple of days. God, I the hobby that gives me the opportunity to find treasures like these... Jack 5 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Nice Tooth “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Great color on that guy Jack Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Great find, Those colors are insane! My grandfather gave me some fossils in a jar a couple months to a year before he passed, but one of the fossils in the jar was a rooted horse tooth with bone valley colors! It’s one of my favorites in my collection!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Nice tooth Jack! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Prettiest equine tooth that I have ever seen!! Nice find! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Thanks for all the good words. Maybe back 15 years ago, I was a novice fossil hunter and occasionally would find a small horse tooth, before realizing what they were... possibly because I was not actively attempting to locate Pliocene or Miocene locations to hunt. I did find a few and I started collecting scientific papers, including those of Richard Hulbert, who specialized in Florida horses. I only found this paper a year or so back. It is free on Researchgate. The paper has lots of great photos and valuable info.. It discusses Merychippus, Quote Merychippus is an extinct proto-horse of the family Equidae that was endemic to North America during the Miocene, 15.97–5.33 million years ago. It had three toes on each foot and is the first horse known to have grazed ..... Wikipedia and ... Quote Would you believe that my current hunting partner worked the draglines in Phosphoria Mine in the 1970s-1980s? I can not positively say this tooth is Merychippus goorisi, (see Figure 9 from the pdf below) but it is certainly Merychippus .sp. and dates earlier than almost every other tooth in my collection!!! (I was fortunate to get a Parahippus tooth from Harry on this forum. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/102288-early-miocene-3-toed-horse-upper-tooth-for-sale-sold/&tab=comments#comment-1136588 One of the things I proactively do is try to get the most interesting of my finds on the Internet, so that they can be 'discovered" by those searching for "Merychippus".... 1 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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