Rockin' Ric Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Hello, could a mammal fossil expert identify these two teeth? Both were found sifting for fossil shark teeth. Their from overlapping formations of the Cretaceous/Paleocene. This is all the info I have? Thank you, I really appreciate it! 1 WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS! If history repeats itself, I'm SO getting a dinosaur. ~unknown www.rockinric81.wixsite.com/fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debivort Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 The big one sure looks like pig to me, but wait for the experts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybot Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 The tooth on the left looks like boar/pig that is heavily stained by river tannins. I'm no expert however. The tooth on the right looks like it belongs to an Opossum, or possibly an extinct marsupial- I don't know if any other marsupials are known in your area. I recently found an Opossum maxillary with some molars from glacial material in the midwest- I'll post it here for reference soon. -Jay “The earth doesn't need new continents, but new men.” ― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybot Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Wow... it's already been one month. I'm very sorry for the late post, here's that Opossum specimen for reference: Hope this helps, have a great day! 2 -Jay “The earth doesn't need new continents, but new men.” ― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 I agree with pig of some sort on the big one. Can we see a shot of the little one looking straight down, with slightly oblique lighting so the bums stand out. And with a millimeter scale bar rather than a quarter. From what I see, it differs from the opposum in some details. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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