Fossil mammalian jawbone

[Meglohunter]

I need help identifying a mammalian fossil. My best estimate on age is early Pliocene

[IsaacTheFossilMan]

Where did you find it? Note that a single image with a non-universal scale (such as a coin) isn't the most helpful of identifications.

[Meglohunter]

3 minutes ago, IsaacTheFossilMan said:

Where did you find it? Note that a single image with a non-universal scale (such as a coin) isn't the most helpful of identifications.

I found it in a the side of a creek in NC. I pulled it out of the Yorktown/Belgrade Formation

[IsaacTheFossilMan]

19 hours ago, Meglohunter said:

I found it in a the side of a creek in NC. I pulled it out of the Yorktown/Belgrade Formation

 

Is this a different specimen?

 

Ailuridae?

That being said, let me ping some of the experts here:

@jpc @MarcoSr @fossillarry

[Meglohunter]

1 minute ago, IsaacTheFossilMan said:

 

Is this a different specimen?

 

Ailuridae?

That being said, let me ping some of the experts here:

@jpc @MarcoSr @fossillarry

Here's a better view of the specimen with a ruler

[jpc]

mammals are generally IDed by the teeth.  But lacking teeth, this looks quite carnivorous to me.  That's as far as I can say, but it has too many alveoli to be a cat. 

[Meglohunter]

Just now, jpc said:

mammals are generally IDed by the teeth.  But lacking teeth, this looks quite carnivorous to me.  That's as far as I can say, but it has too many alveoli to be a cat. 

All I know is that it's definitely a fossil, but what species or even family I don't know.

[MarcoSr]

18 hours ago, IsaacTheFossilMan said:

 

Is this a different specimen?

 

Ailuridae?

That being said, let me ping some of the experts here:

@jpc @MarcoSr @fossillarry

 

Without teeth, I can't really add anything beyond what Jean-Pierre already stated.

 

Marco Sr.