Here's a beautifully preserved fossil tooth of the North American horse, Equus leidyi. It is a river find from Bone Valley, Central Florida. E. leidyi was one of the many large mammals that died out during the "Pleistocene Extinction" some 12,000 years ago.
The tooth is a lower molar, 4cm long and the bite surface measures 25mm x 15mm.
The cusp really is as shiney as it looks in the images.
Pics taken with Minolta A2 and stacked using CombineZM (17 frames).
Any info on this species greatly appreciated

Bruce

