Woods woman Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Can anyone tell me if this is indeed a horse tooth fossil & what age it would likely be from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods woman Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 This is another view of the fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Welcome to ! It is a horse tooth and most likely fossil. Where was it found? 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...
Fruitbat Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Yes, definitely an upper cheek tooth from a horse, probably Equus sp. As ynot already posted, locality data would be very helpful. It is probably Pleistocene or modern. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods woman Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 Found in Turkey creek, boone county missouri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I'm guessing the tooth is relatively "modern", that is it is probably from the past few hundred years. Your area seems to have surface strata that is very ancient (paleozoic, pre-mammals), and a little bit of very recent material. So this tooth is likely very recent. Horses went extinct in the Americas about 10,000 years ago, so this horse tooth is either from pre-10K years ago, or from within the past 500 years, and I'm going with the recent origin. Unless somebody knows of some pre-10K finds in that area? http://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/fips-unit.php?code=f29019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woods woman Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 Thank you all for the info..... I find many chrinoids in this same area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Crinoids and horse did not coexist, therefore the horse tooth is most likely modern. 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...
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