Small Mammal Molar

[Shellseeker]

Found Monday by my hunting partner. I like the roots, which often get broken off of these.

My initial thought was Llama, maybe because I have been finding llamas with teeth about this size. I realize that this is a brachydont tooth, which is different. I have my thoughts but will leave it to the TFF experts.

Thanks for all comments. SS

[old bones]

Nice tooth! And you call that small Can't wait to find out what it is from.

[Harry Pristis]

My best guess is that this is a lamine camelid deciduous lower tooth.

[Diceros]

A right dp4, as it's called in mammal tooth notation - the fourth deciduous (milk) premolar of the right lower jaw. Milk teeth are lower-crowned (more brachyodont) than the molars, and the enamel is thinner, so they're often lighter-colored than the molars. The deciduous teeth are replaced, as the young grow up, by the adult promolars. The term is the same as in deciduous trees, whose leaves are replaced in the spring (unlike the evergreens). This tooth is pretty worn, so was about to be replaced. The long, slender roots are also characteristic.

[jcbshark]

Nice find Jack, especially with those fragile roots still on it: )

[amour 25]

I am one with the Camel also nice find.

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[digit]

Jack, your magic seems to have no end.

Fess-up now--admit that you found a Genie in a bottle somewhere in the Peace River. How many wishes did you use up to be able to find one of every possible interesting mammal tooth known?

But seriously, it is amazing what a large portion of hard work sprinkled with a but of good luck can produce. It's been remarkable watching your steady stream of novel finds appear on this forum.

Planning on sifting some gravel for the first time in 2015 (been a busy year for me so far). Fingers crossed for anything out of the ordinary but happy just to be back on the hunt (which is the real treasure).

Cheers.

-Ken

[caldigger]

I think it is one of the dental implants from my uncle Bernie... he was an odd sort.

[Shellseeker]

Jack, your magic seems to have no end.

Fess-up now--admit that you found a Genie in a bottle somewhere in the Peace River. How many wishes did you use up to be able to find one of every possible interesting mammal tooth known?

Ken,

Welcome back to the River. I hope some of my good fortune rubs off. I have tried to analyze why I have had so much success lately. Back in mid-February, like most others, I had been flushed out of the Peace River. I started looking for alternatives and immediately got help from a couple of TFF members and other fossil hunting contacts. I started going out more often, and to a far more diverse sets of hunting locations. I was not prospecting as much, going to spots that had produced.

Also, not all these finds are mine. Some like this deciduous llama tooth and the Saber-cat incisor were found by hunting partners.

Thanks for the accurate ID and excellent descriptive details. I was (incorrectly) preparing for a large deer tooth and was pleasantly surprised.