Bjohn170 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Found this tooth along the river, it definitely looks fossilized, but I’ve never heard people finding land mammal fossils here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thecosmilia Trichitoma Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 @Harry Pristis It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Looks like a modern pig molar. Sus scrofa. 1 4 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...
Bjohn170 Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 45 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Looks like a modern pig molar. Sus scrofa. So you do t believe it’s fossilized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Domestic pigs have been on the N. American continent for roughly 500 years. 3 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...
Coco Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 I agree. A coloured tooth is not necessarily fossilized. They can be dyed very quickly in a river with important tannins. Coco 2 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 9 hours ago, Bjohn170 said: Found this tooth along the river, it definitely looks fossilized, but I’ve never heard people finding land mammal fossils here. The first reported Paleocene terrestrial mammal fossils from the Paleocene Aquia Formation in Maryland, a molar of the taeniodont Ectoganus, a molar fragment questionably referred to the condylarth Phenacodus, and an ungual phalanx of an arctocyonid , were described by Dr. Ken Rose in Rose, K.D. 2000. Land-mammals from the late Paleocene Aquia Formation: The first early Cenozoic mammals from Maryland. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113:855-863. I'm also aware of two other Paleocene terrestrial mammal teeth being found in the Aquia Formation of Maryland, which have not yet been described. However, the above paper states in the abstract "They constitute only the third record of Paleocene mammals from eastern North America." which attests to the rarity. Marco Sr. 1 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorne Ledger Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Platygonus upper molar? Try the burn test on a part of the broken root section. Peccaries have been found all over North America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Lorne Ledger said: Platygonus upper molar? No, not peccary of any sort. Not even close. 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 November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Link 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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