Another Unidentified Jaw From Big Brook (I Swear It Is A Jaw This Time)

[malawifishman]

On a quick trip to Big Brook today, I found this in my sieve. It looks to be a mammalian jaw of some sort. I am not sure if it is modern or not. It has three teeth and one missing. It looks to be herbivorous to me, but I may be wrong. Please help me put a name to this specimen. Reference the thumbnails below for what it looks like.

[Fossildude19]

Rabbit or woodchuck maybe?
If you do a burn test, you will be able to discern whether it is modern or not.
If a match held against it produces a smell of burnt hair, it is modern.
If no smell appears, it's fossil.
Regards,

Edited May 5, 2013 by Fossildude19

[malawifishman]

looks very similar to this, doesn't it? Im not sure how trustworthy the source is though.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Complete-Pleistocene-Ice-Age-Woodchuck-Lower-Jaw-from-Iron-County-Michigan-/271124541020?nma=true&si=dl2LGua9%252Bg1Q9hiz7Twa2NmHPXg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[RichW9090]

It's a sciurid for sure, and matches Marmota monax in size and morphology.

[malawifishman]

I did a burn test today, it is modern. Oh well, it is still a cool find.

[Plax]

burn test proves it is unaltered (or barely altered) bone, could still have a little age to it, you could search for Marmota occurrences in the east during the pleistocene, still probably modern