Tooth ID?

[jbridered]

Found these teeth in a midden in Louisiana but have no idea what they are. Any ideas? Thanks.

[James Riley]

The folks at the fossil forum would know. The big one looks like a horse to me, and the little one looks canid but I am no expert.

[jbridered]

Thanks. I think you are right on both but i would still like to know what exactly the smaller tooth came from. My computer wont let me use the fossil forum site for some dumb reason.

[CDEAN]

Not sure of the exact species, but the smaller tooth is a carnassial, definitely from a carnivore. It looks old, very nice find.

[Steve Valentine]

It looks like a Wolf Molar to me. Here is a chart of Wolfs teeth and you can see one just like yours. I also included two pictures of a double drilled Wolf Molar I found a few years back.

[jbridered]

Wow! I turned it upside down and it matches your tooth. Thanks

[James Riley]

Again, I'm no expert, but I do know that each one of those little folds, the width thereof, depth, points, etc. can mean the difference between a badger and a wolverine and a coyote and a wolf and a bob cat and etc. so I'd definitely ask those paleo types to get a good opinion. Teeth are tricky and I can see obvious differences between the ink drawing, the drilled tooth and the OP tooth. I guess you can't tell the difference between a bison latifrons or a modern bison or even a domestic beef cow based on teeth, yet all those folds and whatnot can be distinguishing characters in another set of examples or between species that look alike.

[jbridered]

Thanks. I have a whole lot more teeth to check out.

[sophia2]

Nice teeth guys! Thanks for the pics/info.

[Rob Russell]

The large tooth is horse.