Bovine molar?

[cpper]

Hello,

I found a fossil on the shore of the Black Sea(Romania) a few days ago. After a bit of research, it seems to me it might be a bovine molar. Could I get a more accurate ID, as well as an approximate age?

 

Thanks :)

 

[ted coulianos]

To my relatively untrained eye this looks more Equine than Bovine; the occlusal surface looks very similar to a fossil horse molar from the Pleistocene of Florida.  Here's an image of 

a horse molar from a previous Forum thread for comparison.  Perhaps a more knowledgeable member can confirm.

And here's an image of bovine (bison) molars for further comparison:

 

Edited 16 hours ago by ted coulianos

[Shellseeker]

3 hours ago, cpper said:

Hello,

I found a fossil on the shore of the Black Sea(Romania) a few days ago. After a bit of research, it seems to me it might be a bovine molar. Could I get a more accurate ID, as well as an approximate age?

 

Thanks

Your tooth is a Horse upper molar, possibly an Upper Right M3..  Equus , I think.. Need a length measurement of the chewing surface to make sure. 

[johnnyvaldez7.jv]

Nice photos.

[cpper]

Thanks for the replies! I attached a pic with the measurements. Could I get a rough estimate of the age of the molar?
 

 

[Shellseeker]

Equus .sp fossils can be found on almost every continent. The Genus can be found from the Early Pliocene thru the Pleistocene. 

 

Quote Equus altidens is an extinct species of horse that lived in Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Romania and Georgia from the Early to Middle Pleistocene."  This horse species existed approximately one million years ago. There likely were other horse species in Romania later in time

 

Your find is a fossil and it takes about 10000 years for the fossilization process.  So any where from 10000 to a million years ago.