Mystery Gomphothere Molar ID Help Platybelodon?

[jikohr]

Hi everyone!

 

I acquired this on my recent trip to Tucson (first time at that show, hoping to make it a regular trip!).

 

The seller didn't remember much about it having apparently acquired it himself a really long time ago from someone else who had gotten it decades earlier, with any information including proximity lost along the way. After showing it off at a recent fossil club meeting, several people suggested it could be a Platybelodon from the Miocene of China. It makes sense after doing some research but I'm hoping to get a second opinion in case there's something else it could be. It measures just over 15 cm across.
 

 

Any insight is appreciated as always!

 

[rocket]

nice one, well bought! China might fit due to the matrix and the color

I am not very familiar with Platybelodon, we have had one part of a jaw with a tooth attached and it looked "similar"

[jikohr]

9 hours ago, rocket said:

nice one, well bought! China might fit due to the matrix and the color

I am not very familiar with Platybelodon, we have had one part of a jaw with a tooth attached and it looked "similar"

Thanks!

Yeah that's about what I've heard so far. 

Just out of curiosity, who is "we"? Do you work for a museum or university?

[rocket]

19 hours ago, jikohr said:

Thanks!

Yeah that's about what I've heard so far. 

Just out of curiosity, who is "we"? Do you work for a museum or university?

I did a lot of thing in my life..., worked at museums and universities..., but now I am a free researcher, photographer and - work with my wife. She is a fossil-dealer for rare and nice fossils, so we are always looking around for strange things. China has a lot of fantastic vertebratefossils, sometimes we get nice ones.