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IMG_20210111_141835607.thumb.jpg.22a0b45466ae92125d2abca2a5caa077.jpgMe and my wife found this tooth on Myrtle Beach today. I believe it is a bison tooth. Any help would be greatly appreciated. We were so excited to find this!!!!!

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Yep, sure looks like horse to me! Cool one!

"Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl;

Wrecked is the ship of pearl!

And every chambered cell,

Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell" :ammonite01:

-From The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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11 hours ago, Chris Anderson said:

I hope this one is of much better quality

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Much better. I concur with the crowd, horse cheek tooth

'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'

George Santayana

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14 hours ago, Chris Anderson said:

I meant three toed horse.

I've come to realize that determining if a lower molar is from a 3 toed horse can be difficult. It involves measuring the length of the occlusial surface and it is different for each tooth. Measure the greatest length of the crown as shown in your photo, as a start.

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17 hours ago, Chris Anderson said:

Thank y'all so much!

Chris,  Please provide measurements of the red lines.

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I think we will find that your tooth is Equus .sp lower right p2.   Your tooth should measure a little over an inch.  Tridactly horses generally have p2's under an inch. Picture courtesy of @fossillarry

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Here is one of the bigger Tridactyl horses courtesy of @Harry Pristis: Note that the lower m3 is just under an inch.horse_Neohipparion_eurystyle.JPG.80ef3b82f5fc8c63abc9a54d39f6879c.JPG

 

Here is one of the smaller Tridactyl horses at 19 mm.

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Yes sir I sure wy as soon as I get a measureung tap. I am not around any tools. Thank you so much for the hepful information

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