Kivo1991 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Half a year ago in Poland on holiday ( i used to live in Poland, but I moved to UK ) I was going for a walk with friends when my one of my friend's suddenly saw a weird "stone" which turned out to be a tooth. We couldn't take it out so one of my friends went to get a shovel ( he lived nearby ) and so we started digging. Then we saw this giant tooth! I We were all in shock! it was just a normal pathway covered with normal stones. Then we decided to dig futher and there was more teeth in the ground! I was amazed as I couldnt find any other types of fossils ( where I used to live ) than annoying Ammonites. After few hours we found many teeth and also weird looking claws? Anyway can anybody identify them? I dont think they are Cave bear fossils as when I typed in on google images "poland cave bear teeth/fossils" they looked much different. They are about 7-10cm long and the claws about the same size. HELP! http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/190/dscn1337v.jpg/ http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/46/dscn1330p.jpg/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I believe you found the final resting place of a horse. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kivo1991 Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 A horse would have claws? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Canine teeth, incisors, molars...no claws there. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kivo1991 Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Sorry that I posting this everywhere but i really need to find out what it is :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kivo1991 Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 First photo where my finger is next to, do horse have such things? o.o How big must have been the horse with such teeth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Sorry that I posting this everywhere but i really need to find out what it is :S I've merged and deleted; hard to keep up! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kivo1991 Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Thank You Sorry I didnt know how to delete the previous ones Do you know what is the fossil that my finger is next to on the first photo? Doesnt look like any kind of a horse tooth to me, but i might be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would say horse teeth too and for sure no claws in the photos " We're all puppets, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 If you Google "horse dentition", it will be quite illuminating! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kivo1991 Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hmm...okay but what type of tooth is on the first photo that my finger is next too? Is it even a tooth ? It looks much different from the others and it is also more curved... anybody can predict how old the fossils could be ? roughly? btw thank you for so quick replies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 These are roughly modern remains. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I definitely agree that you're dealing with horse remains. The upper teeth and lower teeth of horses are quite different in shape (uppers are roughly square while lowers are roughly rectangular). The one that your finger is next to in the second picture is a LOWER horse tooth. Being the grazers (grass-eaters) that they are, horses wear their teeth down very quickly because grasses are quite abrasive...hence the need for such 'hypsodont' (high-crowned) teeth. As for the age...from everything that I can see, the remains you found belong to the genus Equus which has representatives from today's modern horse to Pleistocene (ice age). -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kivo1991 Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Oh, thank god that I washed my hand carefully! Thank you for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxman56 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Pictures are not loading for me. Any way to upload to the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Pictures are not loading for me. Any way to upload to the forum Here you go: That pic hosting site has some pretty aggressive pop-up ads anyway. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 There's a bovid molar in the picture as well. Cow or bison. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 There's a bovid molar in the picture as well. Cow or bison. Dang u beat me to it. There is a cow tooth in there and just looking at photos I would say that they "look" old. I wouldn't toss them out or be upset because they may be 100s of years old. Mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kivo1991 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) Interesting... so Im guessing that there were few animals buried in the same place... shame that we couldnt find the skull... when I will go on holiday to Poland again in a month or so, I will dig more there and maybe find something more. Edited February 23, 2012 by Kivo1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 What about pig or wild boar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kivo1991 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) Hmm I dont think that Pig has such big teeth but maybe a wild boar? Those 3 "claws" which im still not sure how they are horse teeth on the FIRST picture, really look like wild boar tusks, im looking on google images right now and on some pictures they look very similar. Edited February 23, 2012 by Kivo1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kivo1991 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Im not an expert so Im probably wrong, could anyone show me what the 3 "claws/tusks/teeth" of a horse could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 thats why i suggested wild boar as they have tusks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kivo1991 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Yep, good suggestion, I dont know why i didnt think of it before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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