PalaeoArt Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Was hoping someone would be able to help ID this small mammal tooth I found while sifting in a Gainesville Creek, Florida. It's about 1.7cm depth (crown to root) with a 1.0cm wide crown. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 No idea, but its very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Harry needs his own Bat symbol we can shine in the interweb sky. @Harry Pristis I'm thinking baby dugong or manatee..... Let's see what others have to say. 1 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDye Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 13 minutes ago, fossilized6s said: Harry needs his own Bat symbol we can shine in the interweb sky. @Harry Pristis I'm thinking baby dugong or manatee..... Let's see what others have to say. I don't think so let me compare this specimen to a juvenile manatee tooth (clearly very small) To be honest when I first saw it, it reminded me of a modern raccoon tooth. My prediction is a omnivore or carnivore tooth however a herbivore is unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanDye Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 My best guess is.... a under developed canine tooth this is the most likely tooth or the one directly to the right of it in model B although the cupped shape more resembles the highlighted tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 This appears to be a dugongid tooth, the smallest I've seen. I don't know the species. Nice find! Hulbert at the FSM should be able to help you. 3 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...
RyanDye Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Harry Pristis said: This appears to be a dugongid tooth, the smallest I've seen. I don't know the species. Nice find! Hulbert at the FSM should be able to help you. Welp that's why I'm not an expert thanks Harry rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 15 hours ago, Harry Pristis said: This appears to be a dugongid tooth, the smallest I've seen. I don't know the species. Nice find! Hulbert at the FSM should be able to help you. Hi Harry, There is that small dugong that was described not long ago from Bone Valley, Nanosiren garciae (see Domning and Aguilera, 2008). Jess http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[479:FSOTWA]2.0.CO;2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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