Peace River tooth ID - horse, bison, camel?

[Meganeura]

Forgot to ask about this one yesterday! Just a fragment, but hopefully enough for an ID - my initial thought was bison but I’m sure horse is also possible!

 

[GPayton]

Almost definitely a fragment of an upper tooth from a horse. The design on your tooth is either the prefossette or the post-fossette. Both are the circular ridges of enamel on the half of each of the upper teeth closest to the cheek. 

Edited September 6, 2022 by GPayton

[Meganeura]

10 minutes ago, GPayton said:

Almost definitely a fragment of an upper tooth from a horse. The design on your tooth is either the prefossette or the post-fossette. Both are the circular ridges of enamel on the half of each of the upper teeth closest to the cheek. 

This is the problem with finding too many lower molars - I have very few references for upper teeth  Much appreciated though!

[GPayton]

8 minutes ago, Meganeura said:

This is the problem with finding too many lower molars - I have very few references for upper teeth  Much appreciated though!

I can't recommend Dr. Richard Hulbert's book about the vertebrate fossils of Florida enough! Even though I'm in Texas a lot of the Pleistocene fauna here was the same as it was in Florida, so I use it all the time to help ID finds. I can't remember if it has as many detailed drawings of bison and camel teeth as it does for horses but they're definitely written about a fair deal. 

[Meganeura]

9 minutes ago, GPayton said:

I can't recommend Dr. Richard Hulbert's book about the vertebrate fossils of Florida enough! Even though I'm in Texas a lot of the Pleistocene fauna here was the same as it was in Florida, so I use it all the time to help ID finds. I can't remember if it has as many detailed drawings of bison and camel teeth as it does for horses but they're definitely written about a fair deal. 

Yeah I still really need to order it... seems easier than just asking Hulbert for IDs on things endlessly.