32fordboy Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Not sure if I asked this here before, but what kind of gomphotheres could this tooth be from? It has a different-than-usual shape. On most gomphothere teeth, the cusps seem to be more spread out and a bit shorter. The "tubes" on this tooth are all squished together and are tall. Unfortunately the person I bought it from had lost the locality info, but knew it was from one of the places on my ID card (below). Thanks for any help! Nick ID # MAMM PROB GOMP PLAT 001 Index # ______0128 Genus/species __________________gomphothere sp. Common name ___________________________________ Period/Age ____________________________ Miocene Rock Unit ________________any of the following: ______________________Dongxiang (Early Miocene) ____________________________Laogou (Middle Mio) __________________________Liushu (Late Miocene) Locality _______________________________ China Collector ____________________ Date ___________ Notes _________________________________________ Info Code __________________________________21 www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 hey, forget all that tooth stuff. i was looking at your hand-drawn ruler, and i'm fairly sure that some of those centimeter lines don't add up to 2.54 to the inch. plus, i'm innately suspicious of people using hand-drawn rulers to show scale on their specimens, not be cause i think they're cheating on the scale, but just because i want to use the word "innately" once in a while... p.s. - nice tooth. tj doubtless would want it like he freaking wants everything on the planet causing a black hole in his dad's brown wallet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 Thanks for the compliment. Also, I do have a feeling the ruler might be off a little. It's pretty hard to nail 2.54 Nick www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Not sure if I asked this here before, but what kind of gomphotheres could this tooth be from? It has a different-than-usual shape. On most gomphothere teeth, the cusps seem to be more spread out and a bit shorter. The "tubes" on this tooth are all squished together and are tall. Unfortunately the person I bought it from had lost the locality info, but knew it was from one of the places on my ID card (below). Thanks for any help! Nick Nick, A friend was looking at that photo. He says it's Platybelodon grangeri. I don't know a lot about those but it looks like a lower last molar that was still in the process of erupting - no wear on the back part. I'm on the road so I don't have my references with me. You'll have to check to see if that's the Late Miocene species. Offhand, I think it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrocklds Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 i thought the same thing. not because i know proboscideans but because the first line on your ID card. it reads, "ID # MAMM PROB GOMP PLAT 001 Index # ______0128" so platybeledon was the first thing that i thought. Brock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) Thanks, guys. Actually, that number sequence on my ID card was meant to be temporary until the genus was determined (I needed to get it catalogued-I just chose Platybelodon 'cause it sounded good), but if it really is platybelodon, then that sure makes things easy. Edited October 16, 2009 by 32fordboy www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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