kerrimarie805 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 This is certainly the best tooth specimen we have found here this past year, as it feels like a rock rather than feeling like bone. I have posted a tooth or two here, y'all explained mineralized vs.fossilized and those finds were in the process of mineralization. Cool finds, not fossils. This tooth is clearly different. I couldn't wait until tomorrow to get started with identification so I did my best with the photos and understand how it can effect the ability to make a confident ID. If it's as obvious as it seems to be to me, tho, these pics are enough. Hit me with your knowledge, fossil friends, let me have it! PS. Bear with me, it's been a while. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrimarie805 Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Two more pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Nice find! It's a badly-worn upper horse (equid) cheek tooth. -Joe 1 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrimarie805 Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 6 minutes ago, Fruitbat said: Nice find! It's a badly-worn upper horse (equid) cheek tooth. -Joe Meaning, not fossilized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, KraZshardLady said: Meaning, not fossilized? Not necessarily. Horses where in america before the last ice age, went extinct and were reintroduced in the 1600s. 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...
Innocentx Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrimarie805 Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Just now, ynot said: Not necessarily. Horses where in america before the last ice age, went extinct and were reintroduced in the 1600s. Meaning the tooth was worn down from use as a horse's tooth, referring to the condition of the tooth. Yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 KraZshardLady... It looks like the tooth has suffered mostly from environmental ravages with, perhaps, some help from gnawing rodents. Horses (in one form or another) have been in North America for many tens of millions of years but yours looks more likely to be either Pleistocene (Ice Age) or possibly modern. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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