dr_doink Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Hey All, Spent some time in Sherman, Texas the other day doing a lot of creek walking on the Post Oak Creek and came across an arrowhead, a ton of shark teeth and some other shells and stuff on the gravel bars but this tooth is making us scratch our heads and we need some extra eyes. Any kind of help would be appreciated, thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Oooh, that's a nice specimen! Mostly root, though, so I'm not sure whether it's identifiable. At least, it looks like a tooth with root, but the enamel seems quite thick and stops quite abruptly at the base of the presumed tooth crown, which makes it look very different from the reptile teeth more familiar to me. However, as this is likely a mammal tooth anyway, I'm not sure whether this is a problem or not... Anyway, better photographs (brighter and some with more detail of surface texture and breaks) and some of the enamel and occlusal surface would really help in getting an identification... 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Please take more pictures. Also give thought to consolidate the fossil. There are lots of cracks alreadyand it came from a wet environment. I dont know what this is, and wonder how much enamel broke off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacha Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 At first blush it looks like a equus incisor. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiros Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 It looks like a very worn horse incisor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_doink Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 10 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: Oooh, that's a nice specimen! Mostly root, though, so I'm not sure whether it's identifiable. At least, it looks like a tooth with root, but the enamel seems quite thick and stops quite abruptly at the base of the presumed tooth crown, which makes it look very different from the reptile teeth more familiar to me. However, as this is likely a mammal tooth anyway, I'm not sure whether this is a problem or not... Anyway, better photographs (brighter and some with more detail of surface texture and breaks) and some of the enamel and occlusal surface would really help in getting an identification... We've had tunnel vision looking at it and only viewed it where the pointed part was the end sticking out from the gums and no problem at all!! We were actually hoping best case scenario saber tooth tooth lol wish there was more enamel as well but will defintely take some better closer pictures later today when we get back...thank you everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 I think incisor is the right category. I was thinking pig incisor. 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 It might wind up being a split molar... The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_doink Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 Sorry for the delay everyone I was serviceless for a bit but let me know if you need different/ better ones than these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 the end on picture makes me think that JohnJ is correct that this is half a tooth, or one root of a multirooted tooth There are several partial rings of probable enamel visible. With a closed root at its apex it does not look bovine to me, I wonder about pig and peccary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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