Plantguy Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Hey guys Going thru some old scraps/finds and was just wanting to get your quick opinion if this scrap has enough identifying characters to say its part of Mammoth tooth. There are what appears to be 3 small lobes and was wondering if this is the beginning exposure of a plate? 1st photo is a view of the occlusal surface? showing the 3 lobes and along the right edge would be part of the next plate? 2nd photo is a side view/section showing the enamel lobes? The 3rd photo is a cross section thru the tooth showing the enamel thickness? and lastly a diagram of showing how small a fragment this is and where I was wondering the fragment might be from on the tooth? OK to tell me I'm crazy and would be happy hearing it was actually something else...LOL. Thanks for looking! Regards, Chris Diagram from here. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Diagram-of-a-mammoth-molar-in-occlu-sal-and-lateral-views-showing-measurements-taken_fig1_11662193?_sg=Pl16q6yiCauAZ6wLhUqBPf7rUg9RKhL7d2FiY3vCAtdodBf6fbt2OybIwdjGaaB0lpVlx_jelzjs3UoTDi-61g The Origin and Evolution of the Woolly Mammoth Article (PDF Available) in Science 294(5544):1094-7 · December 2001 with 303 Reads DOI: 10.1126/science.1056370 · Source: PubMed Adrian Lister, Andrei V. Sher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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