Need help to ID tooth found in Mississippi river

[Dan_O]

Need help identifying this tooth which was found in the Mississippi river near the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. The river bed is constantly dredged to pull sand from the bottom of the river to the river bank. Area is near Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. 

 

 

Edited July 16, 2019 by Dan_O
Duplicated picture

[Carboniferouspat]

Looks like the end of a long bone of a mammal, rather than a tooth

[sixgill pete]

I agree. Bone frag. Not a tooth.

[Dan_O]

Any guesses on what animal, body part, or if its modern or not? Here are other bones found in the same area (over several years)

[Harry Pristis]

This was a white tail deer, a subadult individual.  You can tell it was young because the epiphysis is missing from the metapodial (cannon bone) in the first pix.  Later images show loose epiphyses without the bone shaft (the femur).  Then there is a deer astragalus in the last pix.

[Dan_O]

1 hour ago, Harry Pristis said:

This was a white tail deer, a subadult individual.  You can tell it was young because the epiphysis is missing from the metapodial (cannon bone) in the first pix.  Later images show loose epiphyses without the bone shaft (the femur).  Then there is a deer astragalus in the last pix.

Thanks for the info. From the photos do they look very old or just several years old and stained from Mississippi river mud? Just curious if they are worth keeping around...

[Harry Pristis]

Not old.