socalgirl Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Hello Fossil Forum! I was hoping someone could help me identify this tooth. A friend of mine found it in the Tunica Hills by the Louisiana state penitentiary. When it was found it was a whole specimen, but got broken by the person taking the photo : ( I hope anyone can tell me just what type of tooth it is. The curiosity has been killing us. Thank you for your time and efforts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Welcome to the forum....Socalgirl It appears to be a mammal canine tooth. It could be modern or a fossil and what species may be a little hard to say because they look the same for many species of mammals...Now if you can tell use where the tooth was found or give us some idea of the geology of the area....It could be a dog or wolf maybe a bear you would need a real expert to tell for sure...Sorry I can't help any more..... PS.....I just googled Tunica hills and it appears that this area has a very rich fossil deposits with Marine Eocene, Miocene and other Tertiary epochs ...So its even possible your tooth maybe a Dolphin tooth. 1 TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Welcome to the Forum ! I'm not familiar with your area, but the canine tooth in question could be a bear tooth. Here is for example an Ursus spelaeus canine from Romania, in my collection : 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Very bear-like. 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...
caldigger Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 They let you fossil hunt in the pen?! I need to commit some crimes!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 7 hours ago, caldigger said: They let you fossil hunt in the pen?! I need to commit some crimes!!! They were tunneling out... 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Welcome to ! Nice find! Congratulations to Your friend! (Shoot the photographer.) Tony 1 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...
socalgirl Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 Thank you for all your comments! It looks like a bear tooth. According to Harry P. Posts. I'm excited to be a part of this forum and I cannot wait to find some more artifacts. Thanks again everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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