old bones Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 We just got back from Edisto Beach in .S.C.. There are lots of Pleistocene fossils to be found on the beach and I picked up this piece which looks like a fragment of large tooth.? I was thinking sloth.? Scale is mm. I have included quick photos of the inside, outside, and both ends of the specimen. Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Here is another photo taken outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 It's hard to tell. I wish i had a Sloth tooth for comparison. My guess would be a regular ol' bone frag..... But hopefully someone with greater knowledge with this can help. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 My best guess is that you have a chunk of eremothere tooth. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 My best guess is that you have a chunk of eremothere tooth. Thanks Harry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 It's hard to tell. I wish i had a Sloth tooth for comparison. My guess would be a regular ol' bone frag..... But hopefully someone with greater knowledge with this can help. Hey Charlie, Ive got lots of bone chunks from this site, and this one is so shiny and different. I had a feeling it was out of the ordinary. I looked at a bunch of sloth tooth photos and the pattern looked good for that. I am pleased to have something special in my collection. Julianna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I thought in Eremothere teeth the lines are perpendicular to the direction of growth? These look like longitudinal striae. Could it be a piece of a Castoroides incisor? The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 I thought in Eremothere teeth the lines are perpendicular to the direction of growth? These look like longitudinal striae. Could it be a piece of a Castoroides incisor? Rich, I don't know enough to be sure... beaver would be good too. That said, here is another frag with the striations in the opposite direction that I was going to ask about. Maybe I have bits of both? outside inside one edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Eremotheres have managed to elude me all these years. I think I have one sub-par example in storage. I will look for it tomorrow. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I checked my single eremothere tooth. I could find not a single growth (horizontal) line. There are some suggestions of striations (vertical) on the tooth, but the surface is not perfect. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Thanks for checking Harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Here are images of my lone eremothere tooth: http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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