Bev Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 A friend found this in a creek bed in se MN. Someone told him that it is a caribou tooth. Appears to be an ice aged fossilized tooth of some kind. Please take a stab at an ID. Thanks, Bev The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Is it possible to see a good image of the chewing surface, please? With good measurements? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 looks horsey to me.... Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 It was about 4 inches long and he lives up north, so no more pics, sorry. The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Images of the crown (chewing surface) is necessary to identifying most teeth Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfossil Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Looks like a perfectly good lower cheek tooth of a horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 It is very heavy and appears to be fossilized to me. Didn't horses go extinct in North America about 15,000 years ago? The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) Nope. I'm driving across the USA this week, and I'm seeing lots of horses. Seriously, though, they became extinct perhaps 9,000 - 11,000 years ago, but recent horse teeth can mineralize in a decade or so under the right conditions. Edited June 22, 2013 by RichW9090 The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share Posted June 22, 2013 Learn something new everyday! Thanks! The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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