Huge Tooth

It's partially fossilized.
There is still some enamel.
This thing is a honker.
I can't imagine what it could have come from except maybe a mammoth.

a reply to: Homefree

Just observing its size and how close the roots are it looks like a moose tooth to me. Im not an expert on the matter however.


ETA a link

Moose tooth pendant

originally posted by: drewlander
a reply to: Homefree

Just observing its size and how close the roots are it looks like a moose tooth to me. Im not an expert on the matter however.

Moose aren't known to hang out in Texas.

a reply to: Homefree

It would take 10000 years for that tooth to fossilize, so I wouldn't say this is not possible. I hope its a mammoth tooth if that's what you want it to be. Just need to rule out the obvious first.

a reply to: Homefree

niether are mastadon

the prehistoric mega-fauna of texas bears almost no semblence to whattrotts around the state today

PS - can we have pics of all aspects of teh tooth - and in focus ??

it will aid identification

Bet it's a cow or horse.

I have a copy of a tooth from a mammoth found here in MI, and it won't fit in one hand, so I don't think that is what it is.

Did you find it?

On the ground, buried, where. Yeah, more info please.

Here's a more clear shot against college ruled paper to give a better sense of scale.
This is definitely not a cow or horse tooth.

originally posted by: Homefree

originally posted by: drewlander
a reply to: Homefree

Just observing its size and how close the roots are it looks like a moose tooth to me. Im not an expert on the matter however.

Moose aren't known to hang out in Texas.

today.

100% Sure
Bison Tooth.

Google it.

It looks like a moose tooth but is too big for one I think, The size is dependant on the size of the hand holding it I suppose, so I do not know for sure..

Bight be a big buffalo tooth, there are some huge Buffalo types.

a bone can permineralize in as little as three hundred years under the right conditions.

a reply to: rickymouse

Also sometimes pretty much never, i have some ice age fossils from Siberia that are almost like modern bone matter, so it depends entirely on location.

But it looks like an old buffalo/cow tooth, but maybe not a fossil.

Still a cool find.

..But then again, looks like some sediment has attached to it... So could be very old...

originally posted by: Homefree
Here's a more clear shot against college ruled paper to give a better sense of scale.
This is definitely not a cow or horse tooth.

People generally put a coin or something of known size next to it.

originally posted by: Archivalist
100% Sure
Bison Tooth.

Google it.

There were giant bison in the Ice Age.
I would say there is a good chance that's what it is.

a reply to: drewlander

Fossilisation can be done in less than a hundred years

originally posted by: SeaWorthy

originally posted by: Homefree
Here's a more clear shot against college ruled paper to give a better sense of scale.
This is definitely not a cow or horse tooth.

People generally put a coin or something of known size next to it.

Bananas are the best for comparisons.

originally posted by: solve

originally posted by: SeaWorthy

originally posted by: Homefree
Here's a more clear shot against college ruled paper to give a better sense of scale.
This is definitely not a cow or horse tooth.

People generally put a coin or something of known size next to it.

Bananas are the best for comparisons.

Not really they come in to many sizes

a reply to: Homefree

Who says it is a tooth? Where was it found? Who founnd it? When was it found?

originally posted by: Raggedyman
a reply to: drewlander

Fossilisation can be done in less than a hundred years

Oh? Maybe in 30 years my mother-in-law will fossilize then. Jk!!! She's actually pretty cool most of the time. All jokes aside, did you mean "preserved?" If not, can you link me? I would be astonished to learn that an animal fossilized in 100 years.

originally posted by: Blueracer
a reply to: Homefree

Who says it is a tooth? Where was it found? Who founnd it? When was it found?

That looks like a ruminant herbivore tooth. The deer skeleton down by my road has teeth in the jaw that look