thefossilkid Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 I found this mystery un-erupted tooth a few weeks ago while snorkeling the Sante fe river. The site is came from is Pliocene -Pleistocene. Roughly the size of a golf ball. Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 I DO NOT KNOW, but I am thinking Gomph or Rhino. Assume you will be contacting Richard Hulbert. In the meantime: The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefossilkid Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 Rhino is what everyone says, but there were no rhinos during the Pleistocene. I did contact Hulbert, he said he needs to see it in person. I just haven't made it down to the museum yet. Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 It looks like a rhino to me too. You did say Plio-Pleistocene, right? There were Pliocene rhinos in Florida. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Here are a couple, both from Florida: Menoceras from North Florida: Bone Valley I think you should emphasize the "Plio" in Plio-Pleistocene. Jack The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefossilkid Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 My apologies,I got the sites mixed up, there are no pliocene exposures where this was found, just Pleistocene Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Well...if it was found in a river then it certainly could have been carried from older sediments somewhere upstream. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what Hulbert has to say. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Very odd geofact -- a mimetolith . . . probably an iron oxide of some sort 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...
thefossilkid Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 Just thought I'd update you guys, I had some free time so I went down and saw Dr Hulbert, I brought him this Peice, and he said he's pretty sure it is a deformed lower mastodon tusk. Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 That is a surprising ID . . . no hint of round in the piece! I guess anything is possible. 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...
Carl Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Wow! If that's what that is I say it's FOTM worthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 2 hours ago, Carl said: Wow! If that's what that is I say it's FOTM worthy! Unfortunately, it was found in February. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 50 minutes ago, JohnJ said: Unfortunately, it was found in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 If it's a mastodon tusk the Schreger lines should be visible in the transverse section/view in the upper part of picture 2. They could be there, but, unfortunately, I don't see them. " 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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