Fishconner10 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I bought this many years ago in a bag of Floridian fossils. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishconner10 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 measure 2.5 by .75 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavialboy Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 It does not look like a claw to me but I am no expert. so ill let the true experts on the forum tell you what they think it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishconner10 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 Just now, sorzano95 said: I does not look like a claw to me but I am no expert. so ill let the true experts on the forum tell you what they think it is. You could be right I just threw out a guess based on shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavialboy Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 it kind of looks like a root of a big mammal tooth but again I am not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Pretty sure it's a fragment of a mammoth tooth. Nice find! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 +1 for mammoth tooth fragment. The plates that comprise these teeth tend to break off along them in these sections. Nice find! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishconner10 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 Thanks! I think mammoth tooth fragment is right I have a few, guess the shape threw me off. Wow you guys are good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Nice mammoth tooth plate. Here are some examples of Mammuthus primigenius molar plates from Europe. " 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...
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