RickNC Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Hi all, Need a little help with this one. This partial jaw was found in north central Florida and I have been puzzling over it for awhile now. I believe it is a cervid but can't find a good match. I compared it to a modern whitetail deer but the teeth seem different to me. The bone is about the same size as the deer I compared it with but the teeth are much smaller than the modern jaw. Note that there is a partial tooth on what I believe to be the anterior end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Looks like deer to me, what type I can't say. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 @Harry Pristis should be able to help with this Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 10 minutes ago, sixgill pete said: @Harry Pristis should be able to help with this It's a white tail deer mandible with p3-p4. It would have been useful to photograph homologous teeth side-by-side. Size differences depend on gender and individual variation. 4 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...
History Hunter02 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Could one reason that the jaw was a smaller size be that the fossilized version was a juvenile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Deciduous lower premolars certainly are smaller than their permanent replacements. However, I don't think the teeth are deciduous. Here's an example where the three premolars are deciduous with the three (permanent) molars: 1 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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