Largemouth Bass Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 From the Potomac River in the Northern Neck area. This is my first complete terrestrial mammal tooth, so I'm curious! It is around 2.5 cm long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 @MarcoSr maybe able to help with Potomac finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 No crenulations in the enamel and a size of 2.5cm suggest that this is a cow molar. 2 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 23 minutes ago, Harry Pristis said: No crenulations in the enamel and a size of 2.5cm suggest that this is a cow molar. Wouldn't the length - which is what I assume the 2.5cm is referring to here - not really matter all that much as a more senile animal has a much shorter crown height? I found a partial bison tooth this past weekend that is all of 1cm tall. Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 We have different assumptions, Daniel. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Just now, Harry Pristis said: We have different assumptions, Daniel. Ah - so not the height of the tooth. Well, nevermind me then! Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Adam86cucv said: @MarcoSr maybe able to help with Potomac finds. There are a lot of recent cow, horse, pig etc. teeth in the Potomac River from the farms that were once all along the river. I have red, black, blue etc. teeth that I believe are all recent. The teeth can color fairly quickly in the Potomac River sediments. There are lots of bog iron Pleistocene land mammal tracks in the Northern Neck area but I haven't really found associated Pleistocene bones or teeth from those deposits. My sons and I have found a number of different land mammal teeth and tusk pieces in the Miocene formations along the Potomac River but they are pretty rare. I would trust Harry's cow ID. Marco Sr. 3 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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