Shellseeker Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Continuing a streak of good luck. Recently, I was digging in a semi-productive location and a small canine showed up. I recall that it was the last fossil I noted while searching the sieve. An interesting find. Not a clue of what it might be. At 40.5 mm, little too large for small mammals like raccoon. I did see the curious bump at the base of the root. Late in the day from the same spot, a 54 mm canine missing half of its tip. Too small for Jaguar. I have a 2.9 inch canine that looks a lot like this one. All comments, suggestions, identifications appreciated. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhounensis Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 I would label the last tooth, dire wolf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 Cal, great to hear from you. I had not seen recent posts. Hope things are well with you. Dire is a good guess, Are you thinking lower? Here is a 2.25 Dire wolf Canine (likely found in the peace) from Worthpoint. Pretty close But here is a 2.7 inch Jaguar lower from 2014. Also close... Do you have some differentiators? On the smaller canine, here is a photo from @PrehistoricFlorida. Raccoon upper and lower, river otter lower, opossum upper -- all 1.25 inch or lower. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 The second tooth in question is a dire wolf lower right canine. Can't get a feel for the first one from these pics, post with scale. 1 www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 On 6/2/2019 at 10:48 PM, PrehistoricFlorida said: The second tooth in question is a dire wolf lower right canine. Can't get a feel for the first one from these pics, post with scale. Sorry for delay , Hosting company and trying to squeeze in trips to the river. Hard to get a feel for this one with so little of the tip. I was hoping that an expert like you could give a couple of likely options based on length (1.6 inches) and location (Tributary creek to Peace River). Originally, I thought it might be one of the kentriodontidae dolphins... The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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