Mandalay Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 (edited) Hi, I am new to the forum and would like to reach out for some help. New to the hobby and would appreciate any tips. I acquired the fossil tooth from a collector with access to the mines in the north of Myanmar (Burma). Happy to post any additional photos if needed Thanks for your help Edited April 1, 2017 by Mandalay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Hi, welcome here. It reminds me somehow a crocodilian tooth, but wait for more knowleageable's opinion. I didn't know the euros were available in Australia. For those who don't know what is the size of an euro, it is a little more than 2 cm or almost 1 inch. That means this tooth is about 2 inches or 5 centimeters high. 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustdee Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 This looks like a mammal tooth to me. Do you know what the age of the formations present in the mine? I think starting there would be best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I think that the pointy end is the root. I agree with Rustee that it looks mammal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Welcome to the Forum ! Maybe it's a two rooted Squalodon tooth with the broken root? 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...
fifbrindacier Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Maybe @Al Dente would have an idea of which animal it is. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalay Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 hi all Thanks for the help so far, this is proving to be a great forum. what are some of the methods to estimating the age of this fossil? Are there labs that offer such a service? Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Dating fossils is usually done by analysis of the formation. To date this particular piece You need to know where it came from. If You can give a locality someone here should be able to figure out what formation(s) are there. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I'm not sure but that looks similar to a hippo upper premolar. Going on a hunch, I happened upon this paper" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229974311_Morphology_and_phylogenetic_relationships_of_the_earliest_known_hippopotamids_Cetartiodactyla_Hippopotamidae_Kenyapotaminae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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