cayosusa Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Found in Peace River. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strepsodus Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) Hi. I've never gone fossil hunting in the USA so I'm not 100% sure what it is but looking at the thickness of the enamel I think you could be correct that it's part of a Mastodon tooth. Daniel Edited June 7, 2016 by Strepsodus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Yes, it is a piece of Mastodon tooth cusp (loph). The thickness and texture of the enamel 'rind' is the tell. 1 "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...
sixgill pete Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Very cool. I would not have known that if I had found this, but I am pretty sure I would have kept it to find out what it was. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Yup. Like Auspex said. Though it doesn't seem to be shown very well in your photos, the enamel "rind" is often has a pearlescent quality to it with fine striations. Once you learn to recognize this feature of mastodon teeth you can spot one from the smallest and most worn of fragments. Nice find--I have yet to find a piece larger than your specimen as these teeth must be pretty brittle and fragment quickly in the river tumbling. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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