Hazelgirl Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Hi, amateur fossil hunter found tooth on the beach would like to identify it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Welcome to TFF! Can You post a picture of the chewing surface? 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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Darktooth Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Can you please take more pics of all the sides? Even if you have to hold it in your hands, we really need to see the sides straight on. It makes trying to id an object easier than seeing something from an angle. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazelgirl Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) Here are more pictures Edited February 27, 2017 by Hazelgirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 It looks like a horse lower tooth, to me. " 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 February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I agree with abyssunder . . . it does look like an equus lower tooth. But, I don't think it is a normal tooth. it certainly is not worn normally, and the contours are not typical of equus from Florida. 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...
Hazelgirl Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Do you know what year it's from? My grandson wants to do a school report on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 It is most likely recent (ie 1600 to present), but it is possible that it is an older one. Hard to tell from a picture. Horses died out in north america around 10,000 years age and were reintroduced by the Europeans in the early days of Their exploration of this continent. 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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