PaleoNoel Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Here's a pic of a walrus tusk and a sperm whale tooth I found on google images (posted on an auction site). My best guess for the item in question would be a heavily beat up walrus tusk based on the apparent striations near the base. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessStec Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Sabers usually about 8 inches but they have some at 11 inches hey I'm for whatever it really is I just can't think of much more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessStec Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Oh cleeeearrly it is not a tooth what was I thinking ... Really..? .. it was clearly debatable for people ..I said fossil I didn't know what it was that was the oh so unintelligent guess but either way def appreciate your answer thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, JessStec said: Oh cleeeearrly it is not a tooth what was I thinking ... Really..? .. it was clearly debatable for people ..I said fossil I didn't know what it was that was the oh so unintelligent guess but either way def appreciate your answer thank you @JessStec My comment was not meant to demean your suggestion in any way. Please accept my apologies if it came off that way. Most fossil teeth exhibit enamel of some kind. This object does not. Having the shape of a tooth is a fairly low bar, so that is not a definitive enough characteristic. As I said, it does seem to have the characteristics of fractured ivory. I would suppose that it is fairly soft in hardness. 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Hey! I can actually help for once! I can put the saber not saber debate to rest! saber tEeth are much thinner in cross section then that piece is. Example below.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 20 minutes ago, JessStec said: Oh cleeeearrly it is not a tooth what was I thinking ... Really..? .. it was clearly debatable for people ..I said fossil I didn't know what it was that was the oh so unintelligent guess but either way def appreciate your answer thank you Again, a tusk is just a big tooth. The shape is wrong to be a cat tooth though. As I was just beaten to the post to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 10” Texas Smilodon canine for comparison. Note the flattened cross section throughout length, closed root, “pinching” curvature of root, etc. I’m leaning toward tusk for your specimen, of which animal I can’t ascertain from here, but a great find. 5 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Is it safe to say that the almost scaly pattern on the surface (original post) is from the separation of layers in the arrangement that manifests itself in the form of Schreger lines ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 On 29.10.2020 at 2:54 PM, Rockwood said: Is it safe to say that the almost scaly pattern on the surface (original post) is from the separation of layers in the arrangement that manifests itself in the form of Schreger lines ? I do not know for sure, but I could well imagine there being other regular structures in teeth of non-proboscideans that could explain the pattern without being schreger-lines. the cross section appears to be quite slim for a proboscidean tooth I think, although maybe not slim enough for a sabertooth. I am 90% sure it is not a whale. Dont know much about early walrusses though. Best regards, J 1 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 What about that one? I think PaleoNoel got it right. 2 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Two tenths of an inch too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 the wearing/weathering pattern reminds me more of a tusk 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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