GarethGP Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Hey so I got a grab bag of Peace River teeth and this was by far the biggest. I thought bison at first but it seems too big and bulky, but I'm open to being wrong. Pics below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I thought surprising the piano keyboard to take the measurements, and then I saw the graduations I guess these are thumbs ? I don’t see any teeth on this sample, there’s no enamel, and the sides don’t match a tooth, in my opinion. Coco 1 ---------------------- 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...
GarethGP Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 I'd be surprised if it wasn't a tooth or something animal at least. There are patterned lines on it that almost look like Schreger lines on a tusk (I'm not thinking tusk). More pics below. I'm glad you noticed the ruler lol, my wife is a music major! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Oh yes, these brands are curious, wait for the proboscidian specialists opinions. Coco 1 ---------------------- 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...
GarethGP Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, Coco said: Oh yes, these brands are curious, wait for the proboscidian specialists opinions. Coco Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Gareth, You do not have enamel so you don't have tooth. But , Schreger lines you have. so proboscidian tusk is what you have !!! That's pretty good. You would have to mark your third photo, but it looks close to 90 degrees 2 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethGP Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Shellseeker said: Gareth, You do not have enamel so you don't have tooth. But , Schreger lines you have. so proboscidian tusk is what you have !!! That's pretty good. You would have to mark your third photo, but it looks close to 90 degrees Wow that's incredible, thank you! Was it just gomphotheres, southern mammoths and mastodon in that area at the time? Edited May 20, 2022 by GarethGP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, GarethGP said: Wow that's incredible, thank you! Was it just gomphotheres, southern mammoths and mastodon in that area at the time? The Peace River is generally considered a Pliocene_Pleistocene mix of fossils. The 3 possibilities are Mammoth, Mastodon, and Gomphothere. But to deal in reality, over a decade of extensive hunting of the Peace River, I have found ONE Gomphothere fossil, and that was a fragment of a tusk. The photo I added has a Schreger line angle around 135 degrees, and comes from a Gomphothere named Rynchotherium. It was not found in the Peace River. You have either Mammoth or Mastodon, the more common Pleistocene species. I believe it to be mammoth. @darrow 3 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethGP Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 That was really helpful! Thank you for your informative post. I guess I lucked into a little bit of (probably) mammoth tusk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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