Sekhmet Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Hello all! I found this a few days ago while hiking in the Ischigualasto provincial park in San Juan province in Argentina. I'm not even sure it's a fossil at all, but it was too heavy to be a bone, and it also felt (and sounded) like a rock. I took a few pictures of it and its surroundings, marked the spot in my GPS and left it where I found it (It's illegal to collect fossils in this area) so I hope these pictures will be enough. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhounensis Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 This is an upper Equus (horse) cheek tooth. It looks old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sekhmet Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Thanks! Do you think it's fossilized? It really felt very heavy, even for a tooth... it was more like marble or something like that. The only thing that made me think it's not a fossil was that it's very white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Thanks! Do you think it's fossilized? It really felt very heavy, even for a tooth... it was more like marble or something like that. The only thing that made me think it's not a fossil was that it's very white. It's really hard to say; teeth are pretty highly "mineralized" in composition to begin with. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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