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Samantha Gray posted a new specimen in the group Florida’s Fossils from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoSamantha Gray has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
Samantha Gray posted a new specimen in the group Florida’s Fossils from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 8 months ago
Samantha Gray has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
Feel free to comment! I’m not a fossil expert, but do like to collect specimens
Hi @samantha-gray you wrote that you think it is a sloth tooth? I’m not a Florida or vertebrate expert but I can certainly tag in some folks that may be able to help you. And to confirm it was found at Jacksonville Beach? cc @jeanette-pirlo @smoran
Hi @samantha-gray can you take a picture of it with some sort of scale bar? Even just a pen would be great! As well as a picture of the occlusal side, the side that would have chewed the food. Thanks!
@Jeanette-pirlo – she has added a few more images if you could take another look.
looks like horse tooth with broken tip
If you google images of ground sloth tooth fossils it definitely looks more like that. A horse molar has more pronounced separated roots
i agree @samantha-gray this is certainly a sloth tooth! Excellent find! the ridges on the side of the tooth can be indicative of a horse tooth, but due to the size and the occlusal end, I agree that this is a slot tooth. Awesome!
Hi, @samantha-gray –
So, we can update your classification some! Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia > Order Pilosa
You can use Macrostrat to try to narrow in on the geologic context some: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=13.1/x=-81.4151/y=30.2800/bedrock/lines/