Dog or wolf jawbone

[AngGwai]

I have this jawbone that is found i Denmark.

The teeth shows that it is a very young animal, because there are very little wear.

There is the possibility that it could be one of several missing young wolves but I do not have the experience to see the difference between wolf and dog.

 

I hope some of you might have the ability to identify the jawbone

Thank you very much.

The measurements are in centimeters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rockwood]

This promises to be difficult. Dogs are really just wolves to begin with.

[Fossildude19]

I think modern domestic dog is most likely. 

[Rockwood]

6 hours ago, AngGwai said:

young

Complicates things ?

[Fossildude19]

@Harry Pristis

[Harry Pristis]

3 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

@Harry Pristis

 

Wow!  Not a canid.  Not bear.  Not cat.  A carnivore based on tooth form.  I would guess that this is medium-to-large mustelid based only on elimination.  I have no other ideas.  What predators have ranged in Denmark recently?

[fossilus]

Seal? Reminds me of leopard seal online photos.

Edited September 7, 2021 by fossilus

[westcoast]

I think seal is a good bet, but not leopard seal!

[JohnJ]

(I cannot believe I am writing this...)

 

@AngGwai Thank you for the photos with measurements.  Do you have any images without the tape measure?  

[Fossildude19]

Seal looks like a  pretty good match:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/14181571410

 

 

 

[Rockwood]

25 minutes ago, JohnJ said:

Do you have any images without the tape measure?  

[Rockwood]

Ya. I know, "we need to see that surface" ?

[AngGwai]

We have fox, marten, pine marten, badger, grey seal, harbor seal, wolf and some smaller carnivores.

I have to say that the photo of the harbor seal looks very much like the jawbone I have.

The bone was not found far from the sea so it could have been an opputunistic fox who has taken the head of a seal with it into the dunes.

 

I have attached some extra photos without the tape measure

The dots on the paper are 0,5 cm apart.

 

Thank you very much for your help

[ClearLake]

The Common Seal (also known as Harbour Seal) Phoca vitulina looks like a pretty reasonable match based on the number of cusps on the teeth. Good call by some of the previous responders and a very nice find by @AngGwai