old bones Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) This tooth was found in Sacha's Merritt Island, Florida (Pleistocene) matrix. It is in pretty good shape... the roots are odd. Any ideas? Julianna Edited February 23, 2016 by old bones Link to post Share on other sites
JohnJ Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Ummm...depends on if you want to keep it. If you give it away, tell us whose it is...then I can tell you. (I'm no help, at all. ) Link to post Share on other sites
Auspex Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 There is something funny about the "roots"; I do not see any bony texture, and they look hollow (as if the whole was a kind of hollow cone that is now missing the sides). Overall, it really isn't very toothlike to me. Link to post Share on other sites
jpc Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 mammal incisors are single-rooted.. this is something else. Link to post Share on other sites
JohnJ Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Julianna, does it appear broken on the opposite missing view? Link to post Share on other sites
old bones Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 There is something funny about the "roots"; I do not see any bony texture, and they look hollow (as if the whole was a kind of hollow cone that is now missing the sides). Overall, it really isn't very toothlike to me. mammal incisors are single-rooted.. this is something else. I knew it didn't look right... Julianna, does it appear broken on the opposite missing view? The other side is just like the one showing... I missed a view when photographing... The thing looks complete, only the brownish enamel partially gone. Now I am very curious about this. Link to post Share on other sites
ynot Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Hey-hi Julianna, I think that it is a partial of a premolar that has been tumbled smooth. Tony Link to post Share on other sites
PA Fossil Finder Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 It looks like the Sheepshead (Archosargus sp.) tooth I found in the same matrix, but with some enamel worn away, the inside hollowed out, and the sides broken open. Here's mine for comparison: Link to post Share on other sites
JohnJ Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 It looks like the Sheepshead (Archosargus sp.) tooth I found in the same matrix, but with some enamel worn away, the inside hollowed out, and the sides broken open. Here's mine for comparison: Sheepshead Tooth #1, pic A, Merritt Island Micros.JPG Sheepshead Tooth #1, pic C, Merritt Island Micros.JPG Sheepshead Tooth #1, pic B, Merritt Island Micros.JPG This looks like a good probability. Link to post Share on other sites
Batfossil Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 How about a deciduous incisor, shed or about to be? Link to post Share on other sites
old bones Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) It looks like the Sheepshead (Archosargus sp.) tooth I found in the same matrix, but with some enamel worn away, the inside hollowed out, and the sides broken open. Here's mine for comparison: Sheepshead Tooth #1, pic A, Merritt Island Micros.JPG Sheepshead Tooth #1, pic C, Merritt Island Micros.JPG Sheepshead Tooth #1, pic B, Merritt Island Micros.JPG That makes so much sense! I have dozens of those teeth from different matrices, but never would have recognized it in this condition. Thanks, PA Fossil finder! And thanks to all who made suggestions. Julianna Edited February 23, 2016 by old bones Link to post Share on other sites
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