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What did these teeth come from?


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I found these on the beach in South Carolina while searching for shark teeth.

Im confident in the ancient horse tooth, but the other two, I’m not sure…  any help would be greatly appreciated!

I was told the tooth with the roots could be camel and also told the other piece would likely be a broken piece of a mammoth molar.

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The last tooth looks like a nice piece of mammoth molar.  The other teeth may need better photos in brighter light and square to the chewing surface 

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Nice dude!

Yeah, I agree with val horn about the last one being mammoth.

The second to last one looks mammoth as well.

The first two I'm fairly certain are horse.

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The second one is probably horse the first one looks like it has matrix or clay in it. Those are some amazing teeth by the way.

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Yeah, the clay in what I was told is a camel tooth is like cement so I haven’t tried to scrape it out for fear of damage something. 
The one I was told is a horse molar is onyx black while the other one is more dark grey…


How can I determine age and what species they came from?  

 

Thank you all for the input, you’re awesome!

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45 minutes ago, Dmaver said:

Yeah, the clay in what I was told is a camel tooth is like cement so I haven’t tried to scrape it out for fear of damage something. 
The one I was told is a horse molar is onyx black while the other one is more dark grey…


How can I determine age and what species they came from?  

 

Thank you all for the input, you’re awesome!

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A horse is a horse of course of course!

My money's on Pleistocene Equus

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It appears that you have two Equus horse teeth -- an upper and a lower.  If you can't flake off the marine growth, soak it in vinegar for a day or two, then scrape off the remaining sludge.

 

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http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page

 

What seest thou else

In the dark backward and abysm of time?

---Shakespeare, The Tempest

 

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