Unknown tooth fossil

[Wscherl]

Hi All, 

 

First post here.  I recently found this at an estate sale and have no idea what I have. It feels like a rock (petrified). It is a large tooth measuring 3 1/4" wide X 2 3/4" tall. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

Bill

[gavialboy]

looks like a piece of a mastodon tooth or gompotherium tooth

[Wscherl]

Thank you for the information!!!

[Darktooth]

I am not so sure this is a tooth. Could you try taking clearer pics from different angles?

[Wscherl]

Thank you for the information!!!

 

 

Hope these will be helpful. Thank you.

[Darktooth]

I am not an expert but it doesn't seem like any tooth I have ever seen. Though it does have a suggestive shape. That being said, I don't have any ideas of what it might be. It appears in the pics almost as if the black coloration was painted on. 

[Fruitbat]

I think @sorzano95 hit the nail right on the head.  Looks like a partial mastodon or gomphothere tooth.

 

-Joe

[fossilized6s]

Definitely a partial proboscidea tooth.

[Wscherl]

Thanks all for the information. Much appreciated!!!

 

 

[abyssunder]

That's a pretty nice fossil proboscidean tooth fragment. Unfortunately, the origin in unknown.

[garyc]

Very nice! A whole one of those is on my bucket list to find

[Darktooth]

As I said earlier I'm not an expert. That's why I love this forum. I learn something new everyday. Congratulations on your acquisition! 

[steelhead9]

I believe this to be a section of stegodon tooth.