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Who's Tooth... I Thought Bison,


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... I thought Bison Molar, but, it doesn't seem to look like the other Bison molars in the gallery. .... and yes, I cleaned and polished part of this one too.... it's my twisted Lapidary part that does it to me every time.... Sorry I'll take a better pic if need be. Found near Yuma CO.... the same day of the "Maybe Turtle Egg" find.

What do you think?

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The size would be helpful too.

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

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... I thought Bison Molar, but, it doesn't seem to look like the other Bison molars in the gallery. .... and yes, I cleaned and polished part of this one too.... it's my twisted Lapidary part that does it to me every time.... Sorry I'll take a better pic if need be. Found near Yuma CO.... the same day of the "Maybe Turtle Egg" find.

What do you think?

Hi your fragment is from a tooth, and comes not from a Bison but from a proboscidean that could be either a Mammutidae or a Gomphotheriidae but not from Mammuthus (Elephantidae).

GREETINGS :D

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Better pictures. It could be a Proboscidean tooth fragment. Need scale as well.

The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence".

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Thank you again for the input.... and I just now read the notes from Richw9090, and PleistoGuy, Gomphotheriidae....well, I'll be........... ........but, Bison is so much easier to spell..... however, your answers are more exciting....

I went ahead and added another pic or two.

Thank you for the use of your knowledge.

Jami

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I thought the root structure looked more like the Brontotherium type too, after looking at what I could find on the fossilized

mammal teeth in that area.

However, I don't have the experience or the knowledge as compared to I'm sure, most all of you.

Thanks for the input....

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Your hunch would definitely be right. If I recall, Brontotherium, Brontops, and Megacerops are all synonymous, with Megacerops being the currently-preferred name. You must have a prime hunting location. Neat beasts, they were.

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Easy clue is the central enamel lake on the occlusal surface - that never appears on a proboscidean tooth.

Brontotheriidae is now the proper name of the family, replacing Titanotheriidae. Same animals.

The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence".

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With new photos comes new ID... as some others had said, you have shown us the occlusal surface and that changes my original statemen wich was wrong.

Its not a proboscidean, its a Brontothere.

GREETINGS :D

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