trempie4 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Hello All, I picked this up somewhere in FL years and years ago an would like some assistance in ID. I have no location details. Dimensions are: 3" x 2.25" x 0.375" Thanks in advance. Joe... (evolution ROCKS....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Hey joe i think you have a Ray Mouth Plate like the one shown here http://www.fossilsonline.com/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=1219 I agree it superficially resembles a sloth tooth. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 That's what I was thinking, sloth teeth wouldn't have the striation segments and are different in shape with a chewing surface on one end of the tooth----Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 good to see you online again, joe. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I think Joe is correct in identifying his tooth as a sloth tooth. Ray mouth plates have very distinct lines that separate the teeth and would be visible on both sides. Here is a sloth tooth with similar cracks. It is from the NC Fossil Club website www.ncfossilclub.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I agree this is not a ray mouth plate, this does appear to be a partial sloth tooth that's missing the enamel on one side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I have seen a lot of sloth teeth and I do not recognize this as Sloth even the one Al Dente is showing. Let's set a direct photo of the chewing surface. Also while I admit the lines on the sides of these two are similar to each other, it is not a pattern that is common to Sloth teeth -- This is different, I do not know what type of fossil it is --- but to verify as Sloth I think we need a tooth that has similar segment lines on the sides and a normal sloth chewing surface. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Let me just toss this out there: Could it be a well-worn plate from a mammoth tooth? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) I think it is the front or back surface of a sloth tooth similar to this tooth (picture borrowed from Paleoenterprise web site) Here is another similar fragment also from paleoenterprises: Edited October 23, 2013 by Al Dente Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 What about the 'enamel sandwich'? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 What about the 'enamel sandwich'? ~~.jpg Not enamel. Sloths have a hard osteodentine and a softer dentin. In the first photo in post #9 you can see this on top of the tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 ...Sloths have a hard osteodentine and a softer dentin.... That is why I am questioning the sloth proposal. Does any part of a sloth's tooth have the raised, transecting shiny area I've marked? Is this the harder osteodendine? Is that the ridge in the center of your post #9 photo? This one seems to be a much thicker structure. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trempie4 Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 You guys are phenom..... If I hadn't of disappeared from the site for reasons other than sheer ineptitude, sheer ineptitude would have been sufficient. Thanks for the insight..... Dan W: Good to hear from you, I hope you've been well. Sadly I'm no longer getting out to TX.... Major disappointment Joe... (evolution ROCKS....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 http://www.jastea.lilter.com/pricewatch.php?id=431770 Here is another photo with the odd horizontal lines. I guess that I am becoming a believer that this is a split Eremotherium tooth. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 OK, I believe; now I just want to understand "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 If it is a sloth tooth, it is a split Eremothere. I just can't see enough detail on the photos to be 100% sure. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I have no clue what it is, but I love seeing these posts on interesting finds! keep it up everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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