Identifying this piece found in Perri's california

[Bigmitch]

I found this in a dirt lot in Perri's can. It just looked interesting to me,it is heavy and solid

[belemniten]

maybe a horse tooth??

[Khyssa]

Your pictures are rather blurry but my first thought was horse as well.

[RichW9090]

Horse upper molar; you can seen the distinctive protocone.

[FossilDAWG]

If you found that in Perri's can, shouldn't you put it back? Perri might be looking for it. It might not be smart to tick off someone who owns all of California.

Don

[Bigmitch]

Perris California,,,auto correct sucks.so you think it is very old ?

Edited November 6, 2015 by Bigmitch

[jpevahouse]

Definitely a Pleistocene horse molar from the upper jaw. The connected protoloph (enamel ridge on the chewing surface) identifies it as equus, ancestor of the modern horse. The tooth could date from the mid to late Pleistocene era, anywhere between 200,000 to 10,000 years in North America. There is speculation the species evolved in Asia from earlier North American horses which had migrated to Asia then returned a few hundred thousand years later as equus to populate North America. Either way, a very old tooth.

Edited November 6, 2015 by jpevahouse