Frightmares Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Found this mammal tooth in Hogtown Creek in Gainesville. Any ideas? Could it be a horse tooth? It doesn't quite look like one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 NOT Horse; Bos (Modern cow) or Bison fossil. If you had the whole tooth you would not likely be able to differentiate -- they are that close. Your only choice is to try the burn test to prove it to be fossil. http://www.myfossil.org/featured-fossil-ancient-bison-tooth-or-not-introducing-the-burn-test/ 2 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coled18 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 This is not a horse/equine fossil. However there is no stylid (enamel pillar) running in between the two main lobes of teeth I can see. The presence of a stylid is what differentiates bos from camel/llama teeth. Instead of being a bos tooth I think it is a llama or camel, likely a young one given the relatively small size of the tooth. Camel/ llama would have lived about 20,000 years ago in Florida during the Pleistocene. Neat find! http://www.fossil-treasures-of-florida.com/FossilTreasuresofFloridaNewsletter-newsletter0018.html CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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