Mammoth Tooth Milnerton?

[Afrikaner]

Hi all,

Sunday morning I left early for milnerton beach and when I arrived it was
still a bit dark.
I was sitting in the car and saw someone with a flash light on the beach, I tried
it ones myself but didn’t like it and I think it’s to dangers in SA.
The water was far out and there where only a bit of shell on the high water mark,
same as Saturday when I found 3 small shark teeth.
The guy with the flash light had found nothing and I walked along the high water
mark when some other hunters arrived on the beach.
After half an hour I had found one small perfect black Mako lower jaw tooth
and decided to go home for break feast and walked along the lagoon as a guy waded a cross the lagoon with a big black thing under his arm.
Some other guys met up with him and the conversation got a bit louder, he had found a piece of jaw with what looked to me a big mammoth tooth.
I couldn’t believe it, I had never seen a tooth like that in real, the others left the guy after a wile to look for more shark teeth but I was so fascinated from this big tooth that I stayed and listened what the finder and his friend where going to do with the tooth.
As the discussion reached a point where the one suggested to “break the bone of to expose the tooth” I made an offer and bought the Jaw right there and brought it home safely.
Now I’m the proud owner of a mammoth tooth?

Regards from Cape Town

Werner


[Bewerkt door Afrikaner op 25-05-2009 om 06:17 NL]

[Frisian-old-age]

Hi Werner,

That's one big buy, you'll made.Congrantz.

Keep a eye on that lagoon, when there's one maybe there are more and other pleistocene material.

greetz,
Age

[Bewerkt door Frisian-old-age op 25-05-2009 om 08:18 NL]

[Afrikaner]

Hi Age,

you bet I will keep my eys open in future!

Regards

Werner

[Gerrit-Jan]

Congrats Werner, a very nice found!


Greetings

[Hieronymus]

Very nice find!
You've got mail too...

Jeroen

[Afrikaner]

hieronymus schreef:
Very nice find!
You've got mail too...

Jeroen

THANK"S AGAIN FOR YOUR INPUT!

Werner

[Hieronymus]

No problem, it's important to conservate it, it would be a shame for that piece to be falling apart.

Greetings,
Jeroen

[The Stone]

Hi Werner,

Very nice find!!!

Although I wouldn't call it directly a Mammoth.
Not familiar with African species but a short research learned its either a:
- Primelephas
- Elephas
- Mammuthus
- Palaeoloxodon

Google a bit and try to find out which species roamed the southern part of Africa.

By the way I think its a m3 in the left lower jaw.




[Bewerkt door The Stone op 25-05-2009 om 20:45 NL]

[Afrikaner]

The Stone schreef:
Hi Werner,

Very nice find!!!

Although I wouldn't call it directly a Mammoth.
Not familiar with African species but a short research learned its either a:
- Primelephas
- Elephas
- Mammuthus
- Palaeoloxodon

Google a bit and try to find out which species roamed the southern part of Africa.

By the way I think its a m3 in the left lower jaw.



[Bewerkt door The Stone op 25-05-2009 om 20:45 NL]

Hi Stone,

thanks for the hint.

Werner


[Bewerkt door Afrikaner op 26-05-2009 om 07:24 NL]

[notorynchus]

Hey Werner,

Maybe this is interesting ?
http://researchspace.csir.co.za/dspace/ ... y_1993.pdf

Frederik