dries85 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Hey, today i went hunting for shark teeth in the Antwerp area in Belgium. The spot i searched is actually a Pleistocene base gravel with reworked shark teeth and shell material from Eocene to Pleistocene. After 4 hours of wet sifting for shark teeth in some puddles i decided to give my back a rest and have a walk around the locality. At a certain spot with fossil material and recent debris mixed up i suddenly came across this one.. I couldn't believe my luck! I think it's a Mammuthus primigenius or woolly mammoth molar, but could someone tell me some more about it. Like tooth positioning, how much of it is missing (i've looked around and no other parts to be recovered), what would be the age or size of this particular animal,..? It's 18cmx14cmx9cm Thx! Dries 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie_1971 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Amazing !! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikohr Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 What a BEAUTY!!! I can't say for sure on positioning, but given your location I would agree with Woolly Mammoth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 I could be very wrong but I believe it’s a lower left molar. I’m sure the experts will be along shortly with a firm answer. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Ps great tooth! Congrats! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Definitely mammoth, but I lack the knowledge to get more specific than that. Beautiful find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Sorry. I just realized I didn’t answer some of your other questions! I agree with your identification of Mammuthus primigenius. I’d say it’s roughly about 1/3rd to 1/2 of the whole tooth. Thats about the best I can do though… 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dries85 Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 17 hours ago, Randyw said: I could be very wrong but I believe it’s a lower left molar. I’m sure the experts will be along shortly with a firm answer. @Randyw Thx, this is very helpful! So far it seems you're the actual expert then 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 3 hours ago, dries85 said: So far it seems you're the actual expert then 😉 Far from it! I’m just good at researching and got lots of varied interests and lots of stuff downloaded into my files! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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