Shellseeker Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I love to find complete teeth with those roots. Just adds excitement!!! However, I did not jump up and down on this one because I did not see the details when it showed up in my screen. It was sitting on top of a fraglodon -- otherwise it would have slipped through the screen back from whence it came. Note the wear on the cusps in this 2nd photo!!! SO, what is in the Mastodon family but has teeth that you can barely see?> All suggestions and comments encouraged and appreciated. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Cool find! Glad this one didn't " slip away"! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I can't believe how small it is and looking forward to reading others responses! What a little/big find Shellseeker!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavialboy Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 that is a very interesting looking tooth hopefully some can help with identifying it for you, good luck and congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 never seen a tooth like that before, I will be curious as well! You seem to always find interesting pieces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Not at all a mastodon. It would fit right in with my Eocene mammals. it is a lower molar, but i am not sure of what. What ages are you dealing with. I know FL has only one site as old as Oligocene, but could this be Miocene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 oooh... I think I got it... raccoon lower molar. Is it too small for that, though? Now you got me thin king out loud. Is coati an option in FL? By the way... really cool little tooth. Worth every jumping up and down you can muster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I agree with jpc...definitely not a mastodont. Even the milk molar of the tiniest mastodont would be bigger than that! What you have is likely a bunodont molar tooth of some kind of mammal...though I'm not going to try to venture as guess as to what kind! It doesn't look quite like a raccoon. Nice find regardless of WHAT it is! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted April 28, 2017 Author Share Posted April 28, 2017 1 hour ago, jpc said: Not at all a mastodon. It would fit right in with my Eocene mammals. it is a lower molar, but i am not sure of what. What ages are you dealing with. I know FL has only one site as old as Oligocene, but could this be Miocene? JPC, I have two locations than are Blancan -- 2-5 MYAs, where I tend to find most of my whale materials and fossils of mammals from that period. There are other Peace River locations that are Pleistocene - Miocene mix -- for example Rhino teeth can be found there. The location that I was digging seemed to have some different fossils - whale ear bones for example -- So you should be thinking Miocene as a definite possibility Quote Is coati an option in FL? I do not know because never found one -- looking for @Harry Pristis or @PrehistoricFlorida to answer that one. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Coati is not found in Florida. The tooth in question is a lower raccoon molar, late Pleistocene. 2 www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 59 minutes ago, PrehistoricFlorida said: Coati is not found in Florida. The tooth in question is a lower raccoon molar, late Pleistocene. Thanks for the expertise!!!. Once I have an ID , verifying is pretty simple. Looks to be an m3 and by size a VERY young animal. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 A small m3 doesn't really exist. They come in as the animal matures and only exist in one size. I like the raccoon ID from what I can see, but if dies seem small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I agree with raccoon lower -- an m2. I resisted that ID until I pulled the Dixie County example (posted above) and examined it under magnification. No doubt about it now. 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...
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