JDWolf Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Hello! Interning archaeologist, and we don't have fossils on hand for a comparison collection! I came across this partial tooth in a bag of faunal material. Could anyone help me out? I'm not familiar with fossil fauna, but I know this was some sort of grazer. Width is about half an inch. Much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Can we have some more angles and a size reference? Welcome, BTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDWolf Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, Foozil said: Can we have some more angles and a size reference? Welcome, BTW! I'll be back in the lab tomorrow, I'll be sure to get more angles with a scale bar. It's quite small and fragmented. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I'm not very good at these, but it does look like a herbivore (scientific explaination: it's got squiggly thin tops) @Harry Pristis is great with this sort of thing. “...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...
ynot Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Welcome to TFF! This does not look like a tooth to Me. It looks like some brecciated rock with partial mineral infill that has surface crystallization. It would help if there were pictures of all sides with a scale. Also any information about location of find helps. I may change My opinion with the additional information/pictures of this piece. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhounensis Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 A really beat up horse tooth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 4 minutes ago, calhounensis said: A really beat up horse tooth. This was my first thought as well. “...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...
Spinosaurus Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 yes, it is probbebly the top of a horse tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I can not consolidate what I see with any part of a horse tooth. I would really like to see the other sides. Without further views I am sticking with mineralized rock. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I can see why it's toothlike but I think it's geological John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDWolf Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 More images with cm scale. See further comments... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDWolf Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) More... Final image, this is the underside. Edited August 18, 2017 by JDWolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 4 hours ago, ynot said: I can not consolidate what I see with any part of a horse tooth. I would really like to see the other sides. Without further views I am sticking with mineralized rock. I thought there was no way Tony could be right but after seeing the latest photos I have to agree with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I agree with calhounensis . . . fragment of equus horse upper tooth. 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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