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History Forum / General / Archaeology / October 2004A tooth
I live in west central Indiana. Yesterday I took the kids, nephews and niece, down to my little creek. One of them broke open a rock and decided to keep it, because it was sparkly inside. When I looked at it later I saw what looks to be a tooth , it's about the same size and shape as my Labs canines, the entire pointed end is exposed and most of one side. It's dull black with striations running down it. Any thoughts on what animal it may have come from? I can attempt to photograph it if desired, my 8 year old niece is curious what it came from, and I am to. ;-) I figure to be imbedded in the rock it has to be fairly old. Thanks in advance. > I live in west central Indiana. Yesterday I took the kids, nephews and > niece, down to my little creek. One of them broke open a rock and decided to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > rock it has to be fairly old. > Thanks in advance. Not even a guess? "Douglas A. Shrader" wrote... >> I live in west central Indiana. Yesterday I took the kids, nephews and >> niece, down to my little creek. One of them broke open a rock and decided [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Not even a guess? hard to make a guess on the limited information provided. some may have been hoping for a follow up with a picture posted somewhere for us to view. secondly, while there are a few archaeologists here, we deal primarily with peoples and cultures; paleontology is the field more aptly suited to give you a more definate and reliable answer. i did a search for a sci.paleontology group and was unable to locate one (at least on my news service). if anyone knows of a paelontology forum i would ask them to post it. my truest and most honest advice would be to check in at the university. it is more than likely that someone in the geology department will be able to help. my intention is not to discourage you, but rather i'd encourage you to take along your niece and nephew. might make for a fun and interesting experience. best of luck. :-) tedd. [snip] have a look at http://www.paleoportal.org/time_space/state.php?name=Indiana for some possible leads. Lloyd ***** > I live in west central Indiana. Yesterday I took the kids, nephews and > niece, down to my little creek. One of them broke open a rock and decided to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > rock it has to be fairly old. > Thanks in advance. You're almost certainly looking at a fossil (not something archaeologists would usually know much about, even they could examine it in person). A paleontologist might be of some help with this, but there were one heck of a lot of critters 'back then' and most of them had teeth. If there's a university in your area, that might be a place to begin, or see if there's a group of amateur fossil collectors listed in your local library. Good Luck Lloyd ***** Description would lean towards a shark tooth. > I live in west central Indiana. Yesterday I took the kids, nephews and > niece, down to my little creek. One of them broke open a rock and decided to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > rock it has to be fairly old. > Thanks in advance. > Description would lean towards a shark tooth. True, yet being embedded in rock can also be the reason for its being dark in color. We just need more information . Best suggestion was to bring it too the university or museum. I also would like too know the results, So Douglas please let us know what you found out. Bruce ' Scoob' B > > I live in west central Indiana. Yesterday I took the kids, nephews and > > niece, down to my little creek. One of them broke open a rock and decided [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > rock it has to be fairly old. > > Thanks in advance. >> Description would lean towards a shark tooth. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Bruce ' Scoob' B Thanks for all the suggestions, and Lloyd for the nice link. I'll try to get a picture of it to post somewhere, and I'll see if I can find someone around this area to look at it. I'll let you know what I find out. >> > I live in west central Indiana. Yesterday I took the kids, nephews and >> > niece, down to my little creek. One of them broke open a rock and [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> > rock it has to be fairly old. >> > Thanks in advance. |
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