Stan Simpson Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I'm guessing this to be a mammoth tooth. It was found in a dredge operation near Houston Texas. I'll be glad to hear from others. Thanks very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Chunk of bone. 2 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Yes, big piece of bone. Look up images of Mammoth tooth on the internet to get a perspective of what they look like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 THIS is a Texas Columbian mammoth tooth (Mammuthus columbi). -Joe 1 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 As the others said, it's a chunk of bone. Definitely not a tooth. The bumpy surface is where another bone would have been. In many animals such areas are where bones fuse later in life. So hard to know for sure but it might be from a juvenile animal. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 10 hours ago, LordTrilobite said: As the others said, it's a chunk of bone. Definitely not a tooth. The bumpy surface is where another bone would have been. In many animals such areas are where bones fuse later in life. So hard to know for sure but it might be from a juvenile animal. Agree. This looks like a piece of sub-adult bone or epiphysis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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