LBI Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Can someone help me identify this tooth please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Unfortunately, this is not likely a tooth. The absence of enamel and lack of resemblance to tooth morphology would seem to rule it out. I would say it is a partially weathered piece of limestone or similar sedimentary rock. 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) I’m not seeing any tooth here unless I’m missing something. I’m not seeing any tooth enamal or tooth morphology… LOL! Kane beat me to it by seconds! Edited January 1, 2023 by Randyw 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzbones Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) Doesn't look organic, even though I understand the likeness of the root-esque formation and weathering on the top. While some animals develop cancerous growths that *do* leave bulbous formations on the bones and even the jaw, you won't find teeth expanding that way, they tend to only wear down or splinter! Edited January 1, 2023 by lzbones grammar/clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBI Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 May I add another picture and offer an apology? I cleaned some more of the limestone and I do believe it is a tooth. Well, part of a group of teeth maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBI Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 My cleaning skills are elementary at best. But I do see enamel and components of different individual teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 You have lots of rudist bearing limestone in Bandera County. They show up in all angles of cross section and fragmentation. This causes them to resemble all kinds of things they are not... including teeth. To understand the fossils of that area, you have to familiarize yourself with RUDISTS. 2 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBI Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 I stand corrected. Rudist it is. Thank you all for your help. Maybe next time… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Rule of thumb: Do you know what it is? No Does it look weird? Yes Are you in Texas? Yes -> rudist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBI Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 I can relate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) I wanted to say rudists, but it was said before. Edited January 3, 2023 by abyssunder " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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