johnnyvaldez7.jv Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 (edited) I found this tooth yesterday on a gravel bank where I find Pleistocene material. It is missing the root...and I've tried to compare it to some teeth I've seen online. I think it might be an Equus sp. because of the protocone not being isolated. And I thought upper...but it seems to be compressed and not as square as I thought uppers typically are? Aren't lowers in this shape? And do lowers have a protocone? It's solid as a rock and heavy. It has a beautiful color to it...to me anyway. I have found completely mineralized horse material here so I do take it into consideration that there are Equus and I guess that would mean pre-Equus material locally. It's 1.25 inches wide in 2nd pic. And .75 inches top to bottom in 1st pic. Edited April 19, 2023 by johnnyvaldez7.jv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Your find appears to be a newly-erupted Equus deciduous upper cheek tooth. 2 1 2 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...
johnnyvaldez7.jv Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 Thank you! So I just read up on it. Deciduous teeth are baby teeth and are temporary. The last of them come in when a horse is about 8 months and these teeth are replaced at around 2.5 years old by adult teeth. Very interesting. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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