Sinopaleus Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Here's the first fossil I ever got. According to previous people it belonged to a type of rhinoceros. Is it really so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Here's the first fossil I ever got. According to previous people it belonged to a type of rhinoceros. Is it really so? Ehh. Fossils found in similar matrix are all cenozoic. Could this one be cenozoic too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 It does look like some species of rhino to me. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Ehh. Fossils found in similar matrix are all cenozoic. Could this one be cenozoic too? mind telling me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 It looks rhino-like. And definitely Cenozoic. Miocene, I'd even guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 It looks rhino-like. And definitely Cenozoic. Miocene, I'd even guess. Ye. I've heard the rhino one quite a lot of times now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 Is there anyone out there who could tell me what kind of rhino it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted March 26, 2011 Author Share Posted March 26, 2011 identified by a paleontologist as a primitive giraffe it got me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 I almost hate to disagree with a 'professional' paleontologist but those are definitely NOT giraffid teeth...primitive or modern. Giraffes are artiodactyls with selenodont teeth as illustrated below: Fig.399. Grinding-surface of the molar and praemolar teeth of the Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) showing the selenodont type of dentition. From the Manual of Zoology The teeth you pictured are definitely rhinocerotid. It will be almost impossible to venture a guess as to genus and species without having some more information...especially about where it was collected. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead9 Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 The teeth appear to be from the miocene hornless rhino CHILOTHERIUM. Still Life Fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 The teeth appear to be from the miocene hornless rhino CHILOTHERIUM. interesting. but if im not wrong i'd say that chilotherium aint got that hook on the upper jaw? and just to add to it if there's any other chinese people here you'd know wat i mean. my dad told me he was sure the last character of the fossil jaw was 兽。 rhino like fossils all have 犀 in the end. for example, CHILOTHERIUM's chinese name is 大唇犀。兽 applies to many other mammalians, especially primitive giraffes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 and also take a look at the teeth. chilotherium teeth are all small, compared to this (i have seen actual chilo teeth bak in gansu). and the teeth in this jaw have different shape and size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 I almost hate to disagree with a 'professional' paleontologist but those are definitely NOT giraffid teeth...primitive or modern. Giraffes are artiodactyls with selenodont teeth as illustrated below: Fig.399. Grinding-surface of the molar and praemolar teeth of the Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) showing the selenodont type of dentition. From the Manual of Zoology The teeth you pictured are definitely rhinocerotid. It will be almost impossible to venture a guess as to genus and species without having some more information...especially about where it was collected. -Joe giraffa cameloparadis... our science class animal mascot!!! anyways, now that you mentioned it, it does seem a bit out of place... are there any giraffes with teeth the size of this?? ....... mm i hope not.... but never underestimate primitive beings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 There are dozens of different Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene rhinocerotids found in China (if that is, indeed, where the fossil is from). We cannot rule out other a few other types of perissodactyls either. fossil maniac...do you have ANY idea where this fossil was found? Any clues you can give us that will narrow down its age will go a long way to helping us give you more specific information about which perissodactyl you've got. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 There are dozens of different Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene rhinocerotids found in China (if that is, indeed, where the fossil is from). We cannot rule out other a few other types of perissodactyls either. fossil maniac...do you have ANY idea where this fossil was found? Any clues you can give us that will narrow down its age will go a long way to helping us give you more specific information about which perissodactyl you've got. -Joe my dad got it for me in lanzhou, gansu province, northwestern china around 6 years ago... i think the fossil is also from gansu province. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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