Fossils/ artifact Id

[R.W.T]

been cleaning dirt and rock out of culverts that run under a road and have found thousands of shells , one big tooth and a point. What the heck is this tooth from ? The shells are called Texas oysters according to google, so this was ocean floor at one time. But the tooth has to be from a different time period I’m guessing. It is fossilized and about 3’’ long

[R.W.T]

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[oktx]

Maybe a buffalo? Or a cow?

[R.W.T]

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[R.W.T]

Or a horse ?

[Bazo]

I bet it’s a buffalo tooth. It was most likely in the ground already before the first horses were brought to North America.


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[Tbar]

Mastodon........???

[Lajita]

You might laugh at this. But I’m going out on a limb and say that it is possibly a camel tooth. I have found them in association with Native American artifacts. Usually very old camps from the paleo timeframe.

[GoneSouth]

Looks like a cows tooth that I find in my pastures all the time, but I’d guess most large omnivores have similar molars

[R.W.T]

Very possible, would have never thought camels were in Texas

[R.W.T]

I just read that it is 10 thousand + years old. It takes that long at a minimum for things to turn in to rock

[CabezaBlanca]

That’s a horse tooth.

[Sackett]

I'm voting camel, we used to find them in sandbars on the Brazos river between Brookshire/Sealy