uscedisto Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 When I first found this I wrote it off as some sort of natural formation (geofind), but after doing some research I believe it may be a small fragment of a mastodon tooth. If I am right then it will be from the side of the tooth, right where the root ends and the crown starts. Found in a creek in the lowcountry of SC where I have found many Pleistocene mammal bones and teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Sure looks like it to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I agree, and Boy Howdy is it colorful! "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...
uscedisto Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 It sure is. I'm going back this weekend to the gravel bar where I found it & hitting it hard. Maybe I'll find more of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscedisto Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 (edited) Follow Up: I went back to the same gravel bar yesterday, and what do you know- I found another fragment of what I am assuming is the same tooth. This piece came from the chewing surface on one end; you can see where the first two "humps" (that's a technical term) start. I guess since the name mastodon means "breast tooth" in latin that would be cleavage lol. Now if I could just find the rest of the tooth... Edited August 10, 2014 by uscedisto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpevahouse Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 The kind of fragment which would be found washed into a stream bed. Definitely part of a mastodon molar. Look around, you may find other pieces in the vicinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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