Peace River Tooth

[minnbuckeye]

My son found this tooth while we explored the Peace River. @Shellseeker thinks Cervidae. Sorry for the use of a quarter for sizing up the tooth. It was all I had when we finished the hunt and my son took the tooth.

 

 

 

 

 

[Shellseeker]

Mike,

Because of the 3 roots,  I believe it is an upper jaw P4 of one of our two camels.  Palaeolama or Hemiauchenia. See this great thread by @Harry Pristis.  It is truly a rare tooth, due to the reason that Harry provides.

 

[Shellseeker]

Mike,

In trying to answer the questions of which camel and which side of the cheek,   I came across this interesting paper....

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/Vol-37-No-19.pdf

 

[Shellseeker]

Mike,

I keep on finding new things as I go back into the dusty cobwebs of my filing system:

From Richard Hulbert, UFMNH

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In llamas (and many other mammals), the deciduous premolars function and look more like the adult molar teeth than they do the permanent premolars that will replace them. After all, the animal needs to process food while it is growing to adult size. The fourth upper deciduous premolar of a llama will have four roots and look just like an adult molar. The third upper deciduous premolar is  basically the equivalent to ¾’s of a molar and has three roots. So that is what you have found.

Richard

That was in response to sending Richard this tooth....which measures 15mm length, 10mm width, 16mm height.

[Chase owen]

This is an upper premolar from a white tailed deer, not a camelid

[Harry Pristis]

15 hours ago, Chase owen said:

This is an upper premolar from a white tailed deer, not a camelid

Avoid awkwardness by being more cautious in your pronouncements, Chase.  In this case the tooth is an upper camelid premolar.  Here are some images of white tail deer uppers to help make the distinction:

 

 

 

[minnbuckeye]

tHANKS FOR THE WEALTH OF INFORMATION!!!