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Vlrockriver

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Found in Peace River Florida. Any ideas what it could be? sorry about the pictures, I'm not very tech saavy.
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About 1.75" long with a line on each side. Here's a couple more pics of the same tooth
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Thanks for answering. The tooth has lines on both sides of the enamel. someone told me that means feline. I haven't a clue.

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Certainly not a whale.  I think it could be a jaguar lower canine.  Lines? Vertical lines?  Carinae.  Bears, cats, canids and more all have carinae (cutting edges) on their canines.

 

Jaguar lower canines often have a wear facet at a diagonal to the tooth from rubbing against the upper canine.  Does your tooth have such a facet?  The size of your tooth suggests a smaller cat, say a panther.

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I agree with Harry. Not a Whale. Definitely a land based predatory mammal. 

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Whoops - got that wrong.:blush:

 

@Harry Pristis

I have some whale teeth that have the Carinae on them.

Can You please explain, what is diagnostic to identify this tooth as a terrestrial predator?

 

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I wouldn't discount a seal as a possibility, but my gut reaction is "Carnivora" and definitely not toothed whale.

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I would go with Panther miss Vikie I heard louis did some research and thats what he came up with nice find wish I had one:envy:

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On 2/27/2017 at 9:33 PM, Harry Pristis said:

Certainly not a whale.  I think it could be a jaguar lower canine.  Lines? Vertical lines?  Carinae.  Bears, cats, canids and more all have carinae (cutting edges) on their canines.

 

Jaguar lower canines often have a wear facet at a diagonal to the tooth from rubbing against the upper canine.  Does your tooth have such a facet?  The size of your tooth suggests a smaller cat, say a panther.

 

 

 

Harry,  I magnified the B&W photos above and did not see a wear facet.  MUST it have one?

Here is a blowup of the color photo,  Vicki, can you get another photo just focused closely on the enamel.  Thanks   CanineVivki.jpg.c45fc1f1e3ee20994e7f7a515971415e.jpg

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1 hour ago, Vlrockriver said:

I will as soon as I can figure out how I did it the first time!

That is my problem, I live in Arcadia and have plenty of fossils, just sporadic acsess to a camera and very little ability to post!

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