Another tooth from a Florida Beach for ID

[IndianRiverSonrise]

I think I got something other than a horse tooth this time. Maybe a camel?

Here it is.

 

[Harry Pristis]

It's a selenodont artiodactyl tooth, but that includes camelids and cervids (camels and deer). What is the size of this tooth?

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[IndianRiverSonrise]

Measuring the top (grinding surface), the length is almost exactly one inch, and the width, one half inch. From top of crown to bottom of existing root, just over 1.25 inches.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Measuring the top (grinding surface), the length is almost exactly one inch, and the width, one half inch. From top of crown to bottom of existing root, just over 1.25 inches.

At that size, I'd say that it's a Pleistocene camel, Paleolama or Hemiauchenia.

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