violinistt Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Hello there, I recently acquired this fossil, which seemed to me a partial lower jaw from a mammal. Can anyone help identify this particular fossil? Also, this mammal appeared to have an impacted third molar just like humans!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRatKing Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 3 hours ago, violinistt said: Hello there, I recently acquired this fossil, which seemed to me a partial lower jaw from a mammal. Can anyone help identify this particular fossil? Also, this mammal appeared to have an impacted third molar just like humans!! Nice specimen! Do you have any locality information to help us? Thanks for the metric scale! Most importantly, welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Cave bear could be a starting point for a comparison. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violinistt Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, LabRatKing said: Nice specimen! Do you have any locality information to help us? Thanks for the metric scale! Most importantly, welcome! Thank you for the reply! The seller said this fossil was from Austria. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellamyBlake Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Cave Bears are a prominent mammal emerging from Austria, and I'm thus inclined to agree with @Bobby Rico. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) Ursus spelaeus? just a wild guess - I have no comparative material - just literature: Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) from Chamber B of the Goyet Cave in Belgium. http://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/RJT/9/ther9_2_093_104_Baryshnikov.pdf Edited October 21, 2020 by oilshale 3 Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRatKing Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I’m thinking U. spelaeus too. I have a specimen I can compare to tomorrow in the Uni collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violinistt Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 8 hours ago, LabRatKing said: I’m thinking U. spelaeus too. I have a specimen I can compare to tomorrow in the Uni collection. thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 These omnivore molars fit very well with Ursus spelaeus, they resemble other omnivores' like ours and pigs' rather than the carnassials of more specialised Carnivores. Best regards, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRatKing Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I took a look at our chunk and this is ursine for sure (it looks quite similar- ours is a bit bigger, however our specimen is missing the last molars, so I have no comparison for the teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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