austinswamp Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Good afternoon I found this jaw and tooth fragment along a creek in Central Texas which has produced artifacts from late Pleistocene deposits. I was thinking this was part of a dire wolf jaw I was hoping to get identification thank you 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinswamp Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Not sure about dire wolf or if it’s fossilized, but definitely canid. Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, austinswamp said: Good afternoon I found this jaw and tooth fragment along a creek in Central Texas which has produced artifacts from late Pleistocene deposits. I was thinking this was part of a dire wolf jaw I was hoping to get identification thank you So, the best chance fr anyone to Identify is for you to provide measurements!!!! Length of the jaw and length of the tooth (the white part). Nice find !!! It will be great to find out what it is.... By the way, your tooth is a carnassial, and the lower carnassial is a "m1" 2 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorne Ledger Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Wow!!!!! Nice find. Looks like Canis dirus to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinswamp Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 52 minutes ago, Shellseeker said: So, the best chance fr anyone to Identify is for you to provide measurements!!!! Length of the jaw and length of the tooth (the white part). Nice find !!! It will be great to find out what it is.... By the way, your tooth is a carnassial, and the lower carnassial is a "m1" M1 Length is 23.50 mm..Thank you for the information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Shellseeker said: So, the best chance fr anyone to Identify is for you to provide measurements!!!! Length of the jaw and length of the tooth (the white part). Nice find !!! It will be great to find out what it is.... By the way, your tooth is a carnassial, and the lower carnassial is a "m1" Hate to disagree with you, but I think it’s a P4 actually. 7 minutes ago, austinswamp said: M1 Length is 23.50 mm..Thank you for the information yup. Seems too be dire wolf. Nice find! I’d love too have that in my collection! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 On 12/2/2020 at 6:04 PM, austinswamp said: M1 Length is 23.50 mm..Thank you for the information There is a very nice photo of both P4 and m1 at this website https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/canis-dirus/ 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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