PrehistoricFlorida Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Here's a gem of a Gomphotherium tooth that I thought some of you may enjoy seeing... www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 very nice tooth but i think it should go under members collection, i would guess it is your tooth thats why im saying this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 very nice tooth but i think it should go under members collection, i would guess it is your tooth thats why im saying this. Nope... it won't be in my collection for long. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 yea thats true but still the more appropriate place to put it i would say. Never the less its a great find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 yea thats true but still the more appropriate place to put it i would say. Never the less its a great find Well, when you buy it you can put it there... www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Well, when you buy it you can put it there... im not sure if you know but i am a member of a very poor family so i will never be able to buy the wonderful fossils you have for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 World-class beautiful; that would be a centerpiece in anyone's collection. "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...
mommabetts Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Very nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I'm seriously thinking about moving to Florida. You guys get all the good stuff. Nick www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Here's a gem of a Gomphotherium tooth that I thought some of you may enjoy seeing... Nice tooth, Nate! That's an excellent wear stage to illustrate the trefoil shape of the lophs. I'm accustomed to thinking of all these gomph teeth as Cuvieronius tropicus, particularly if they are associated with Pleistocene fossils. I seem to recall that Cuvieronius was the latest surviving gomph. Do you have an ID for this tooth? There are, of course, a number of other gomph taxa, and these have been sorted out at the FSM in recent years. I have not seen that publication. 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...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 Nice tooth, Nate! That's an excellent wear stage to illustrate the trefoil shape of the lophs.I'm accustomed to thinking of all these gomph teeth as Cuvieronius tropicus, particularly if they are associated with Pleistocene fossils. I seem to recall that Cuvieronius was the latest surviving gomph. Do you have an ID for this tooth? There are, of course, a number of other gomph taxa, and these have been sorted out at the FSM in recent years. I have not seen that publication. Harry, I have not put the time necessary to come up with a positive ID into this tooth. It was found with Miocene through Pleistocene fossils, so a positive ID may be very difficult. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Very nice...but why aren't you keeping it? (Iwould.. ) Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Nate, it's a beauty for sure. Did you have to use cocktail sauce "toothpaste" to clean it? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 No, this tooth came out just like it is now. It required no cleaning. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Another great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megateeth Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Awesome find!!!! Megateeth Fossils - Megalodon Teeth, Other Shark Teeth and Info about Megalodon shark tooth collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megateeth Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Very nice...but why aren't you keeping it? (Iwould.. ) There's the rub. If he starts keeping them for his collection the poor boy would have to get a 9-5 job like the rest of us. Imagine getting up on sunny Monday mornings and getting to go look for fossils. Megateeth Fossils - Megalodon Teeth, Other Shark Teeth and Info about Megalodon shark tooth collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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