rsilverm Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 (edited) This suspected camelid tooth was found north of Santa Cruz, CA, in wrack along cliffs made of Santa Cruz mudstone (I believe that's sedimentary rock from the late miocene). It probably was in the cliff, but it could have washed out of a creek into the ocean. The specimen is about 2 inches by one inch by.8 inches Edited June 29, 2016 by rsilverm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Welcome to TFF! Can not help with ID, but that is a nice find. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I recall we just had a camelid tooth on this forum. Go up a level and search on camelid for comparison. Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 It appears to be a bovid tooth. NOT a camel tooth. 3 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...
CraigHyatt Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 It appears to be a bovid tooth. NOT a camel tooth. Agree. Doesn't match the photos here: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/65114-unknown-teeth-fl/?hl=camelid#entry681443 Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I concur...upper bovid. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsilverm Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 So it doesnt have the same kind of stylid as a bison? Does anybody care to hazard a guess to the species this came from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I think that the stylid is present. When worn, the isolation is lost and stylid enamel is contiuous with the wall of the tooth. 1 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...
rsilverm Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 so you think it is from a Bison? Since the tooth was found in california, it wasnt the extant Bison bison? Would better pictures aid in a species identification? Thanks everyone for helping identify this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Better to call it simply Bison sp., if you decide it's not a cow tooth. Single tooth size is not a reliable factor to make a discrimination. 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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