mikeymig Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) I hope some one can help cuz this tooth has been bugging me for years. I bought a very large lot of teeth and jaw frag from a friend of mine back in the mid 90s. This lot was what an entire village in China collected over the course of a year and it had a little of every type of Miocene mammal that you could think of from that area. It had teeth from gazelle, giraffe, horse (a ton), hyeana, saber-cat, elephant (platybelodon), giant pig, small carnivores, rhino (chilotherium), and this tooth. I put it aside because it was the only one and I wanted to give it the right ID. Thanks This is what Shansitherium looked like. Thanks cole for your help to. Its fun to discover something new in your own collection. Edited December 18, 2011 by mikeymig Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I would say horse. Similar to one of them Merrychippus primus from Nebraska. But I am far from an expert. Coleman~ Knowledge has three degrees-opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. Plotinus 204 or 205 C.E., Egyptian Philosopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 This tooth is definitely from some kind of large artiodactyl, not a rhino or horse (which are perissodactyls and have a different kind of tooth). Some kind of giraffe sounds most likely to me, but I don't know much about Chinese material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 U think? I had giraffe teeth in the lot and if this is a giraffe then its twice as large and must be rare. There were 100s of horse teeth and only 20-25 giraffe and this is twice as big as the biggest giraffe. That's why it didn't occur to me that it might be anything else other then some kind of rhino. I also have a big recent bull giraffe skull for a comparison and there is no way this fossil would fit in it because the skull is to small. I will try to research it further based on it being some kind of giant giraffe from China. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 How about ox or water buffalo? Just throwin out quesses now...As usual Cole~ Knowledge has three degrees-opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. Plotinus 204 or 205 C.E., Egyptian Philosopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 cris thanks for the course adjustment. Your right its a large artiodactyl and Im pretty sure that its Shansitherium the large and weird antelope, moose looking giraffe. Thats why there was only one tooth in the lot and I also had only one jaw frag with two teeth in it from the giant unicorn pig kubanochoerus. Thanks Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Glad you were able to find the correct ID. A nice tooth from a very strange looking beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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