CreekCrawler Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Anyone have a positive Id on this tooth? It was found in Grayson County Texas. Post Oak Creek to be exact. The occlusal view is different to most of the large mammal teeth I have found there.It almost has a shovel like appearance. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Magnet Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Sorry CreekCrawler... I can't help with an ID, but that's a mighty fine tooth! Any chance it could be equus/horse...? Gethin "We try not to use the word insane, we prefer the term mentally hilarious... " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 (edited) have a 1.25 inch deer molar than has some simalarities. So, some like a deer , only bigger. Camel/Llama may be good search items. Tracer helped me on this for a Bison. Reuse of a link he gave me. Take a look at the Llama http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/vertpaleo/resources/fossil_id/reart_i4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/vertpaleo/resources/fossil_id/art_id.htm&usg=__kcn4M88-G99VLaAMozt9kvPhfgM=&h=192&w=542&sz=73&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=JQmVj-D2T8QetM:&tbnh=47&tbnw=132&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbison%2Bdentition%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1 Edited February 7, 2010 by Shellseeker The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Looks like an upper tooth of a camelid maybe a giant Giraffe-Camel? It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 It does look Camelidaeish.It's almost identical to the views in figure 7 .Could this possibly be my first Camel/Llama tooth??? Thanks for the linky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 well, i won't say what it is or isn't, but i like the color of it. my approach, other than just sending pictures of it to "experts", is first to eliminate the possibility of it being from a recent unfortunate holocene critters, since teeth from those are common in waterways also. then i would attempt to read up on which mammals prowled that area during the pleistocene and try a process of elimination of the more common ones to start with, focusing on both deciduous and adult mandibular premolars. knowing what it isn't will help your confidence with what you decide it is. post oak creek is fun, huh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Nice tooth Barry. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Look up cow premolar and let me know what you think..... Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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