New Members hd2001 Posted June 22, 2016 New Members Share Posted June 22, 2016 Hello everyone, I am currently identifying elements from a cave in Southwest Britain - mainly late Pleistocene though they aren't dated and some of the finds are certainly Holocene. I am struggling to work out which species these teeth might come from. I am assuming both are the same - one is just very unworn and one is worn. I was thinking perhaps Equus or Bos mandibular 3rd molar? Thank you, Heather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 No idea but welcome to the forum. I'm off to Dartmoor August, parents live there. Can I ask where you found these? Some people don't like disclosing location information so no problem if you don't want to share I'll be off to Lyme, Charmouth &c when down. And maybe the Isle of Wight if I can wing it. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Brightened and re-sized. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Welcome to the Forum! In my opinion they are lower horse molars, as you thought, (not Bos), but from different individuals, of course. The first (left one), having almost no wear on the chewing surface suggest that it is from a very young individual, compared with the second one (right) with visible wearing pattern. 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members hd2001 Posted June 22, 2016 Author New Members Share Posted June 22, 2016 Thanks for brightening the pictures! Great - I thought they might be horse but haven't come across the 3rd molars before. Thanks! John - Unfortunately I didn't find these. They were found during an excavation a few decades ago in Plymouth and are now in a museum collection - I am just helping to identify them. It sounds like you are going to the ideal areas for fossils though! Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Yeah, the IoW is my favourite place John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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