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Bill

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Some pleistocene, river gravel finds from the UK.

Pic 1, 23mm wide. Pic 2, worn root

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Pic 3, 28mm wide. Pic 4, 40mm long. Pic 5, Roots.

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Tooth 1, 65mm x 31mm. Tooth 2, 51mm x 26mm. Tooth 3, 41mm x 25mm. Tooth 4, 28mm x 14mm.

Pic' 2 is a better occlusal view.

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not sure but they sure are nice, did you find these teeth recently?

after looking some stuff up online it looks like the top two are horse, the other ones could be horse or maybe bison, i cant really tell

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No, I recently got them in a trade. The tooth in pic's 3,4 and 5 was said to possibly be Rhino' but I don't think so.

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No, I recently got them in a trade. The tooth in pic's 3,4 and 5 was said to possibly be Rhino' but I don't think so.

well the root is pretty interesting ill see what i can find

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the first pictures all look to be horse.

in the second set, the left picture looks horsey, but the two in the middle look bisoney, and the one on the right looks like i don't know, probably horsey - can't see too well.

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First two are horse. Then in the other pic, the far left tooth is horse and the other three are bison.

i agree. nice teeth!

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First two are horse. Then in the other pic, the far left tooth is horse and the other three are bison.

I would say they are right!!!!

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So, would the first two horse teeth be upper cheek teeth? What position would the third horse tooth be?What positions would the bison teeth be? I'm thinking bison tooth 1 and 3 are upper molars and 2 is a lower molar.

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i would think all the teeth would have been prone position, at least when they were found...

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So, would the first two horse teeth be upper cheek teeth? What position would the third horse tooth be?What positions would the bison teeth be? I'm thinking bison tooth 1 and 3 are upper molars and 2 is a lower molar.

In the group image of four teeth, I think the ID is:

Equus sp. lower third molar (m3)

auroch (Bos primigenius) lower (smallish to be Bison)

auroch m3

goat upper(?) molar (too small to be even Bos)

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goat really?

I can't see the details of the tooth, 'bmore', but size alone eliminates Bos. Compare for size that tooth with the first one, the Equus tooth, to understand how small that tooth is. Could be some goat-size artiodactyl like a sheep, I suppose.

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I can't see the details of the tooth, 'bmore', but size alone eliminates Bos. Compare for size that tooth with the first one, the Equus tooth, to understand how small that tooth is. Could be some goat-size artiodactyl like a sheep, I suppose.

cool, so it cant be deer?

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Cheers Harry,

Bos primigenius does make more sense than Bison. Here are some more images of the Goat/Sheep tooth.

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Cheers Harry,

Bos primigenius does make more sense than Bison. Here are some more images of the Goat/Sheep tooth.

Thanks for the images. I don't recognize this tooth as anything beyond "goat-like." Someone at the Natural History Museum could help you, I'm sure. I would characterize your tooth as "a selenohypsodont cheek tooth." :)

http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page

 

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