proboscidean tooth

[garyc]

After a recent post by new member Kyen I decided to post this tooth I found a while back on the Colorado River, TX. I assumed it to be mastodon, but after looking at pics that @Harry Pristis posted, I would like to know if this could be senile gomph chunk? 

[Harry Pristis]

 

 

No doubt in my mind -- gomphothere tooth.

 

 

[garyc]

Thanks Harry! That's a first for me! Guess I should always double check here instead of assuming I already know. I think gomph is not a common find in Texas. @Uncle Siphuncle Have you found gomph here in Tx?

[Uncle Siphuncle]

Yup.  Just 1, bout 2/3 complete.

[Miocene_Mason]

NIce find!

[jcbshark]

Nice find Gary 

[garyc]

8 hours ago, Uncle Siphuncle said:

Yup.  Just 1, bout 2/3 complete.

 

8 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:

NIce find!

 

3 hours ago, jcbshark said:

Nice find Gary 

Thanks, y'all!

 

GO 'STROS!!!!!!!!

[fossilus]

Gomphothere tooth is one of my "bucket list" finds I want to make!

[abyssunder]

Definitely gomphothere, maybe Cuvieronius.

 

"Cuvieronius is a New World gomphothere known from the Pliocene-Pleistocene of North America and the Pleistocene of Central and South America (e.g., Dudley, 1996; Lambert, 1996; Lambert and Shoshani, 1998; Prado et al., 2005). Cuvieronius is generally considered closely related to or derived from the Pliocene gomphothere Rhynchotherium in North America and to have spread to Central and South America during the Pleistocene (e.g., Tobien, 1973; Kurtén and Anderson, 1980; Webb and Perrigo, 1984; Miller, 1990; Dudley, 1996). In North America, Cuvieronius records are known across Mexico (e.g., Montellano-Ballesteros, 2002; Alberdi and Corona-M., 2005) and in the southern United States in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Florida (e.g., Kurtén and Anderson, 1980; Dalquest and Schultz, 1992; Webb and Dudley, 1995; Lucas et al., 1999, 2000; Hulbert, 2001; Vance, 2002; Bell et al., 2004; Lucas and Morgan, 2005). "

 

S. G. Lucas et al., eds., 2008. Cuvieronius (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Neogene of Florida. Neogene Mammals. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 44.