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Index of Subjects --089e0111b5e226a1b805200843ac Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 My off the cuff feeling is that this is from a horse. I have an appointment right now NOW so I'm running. I'll explain later. Lophoseleondont. That's the short answer! Stay tuned, Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 18 September 2015 at 12:21, Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca> wrote: > Could anyone who knows about mammal teeth please give Susan's images a > look-over on the Flickr site, and suggest an ID for her at her e-mail > below, plus maybe comment on the fossil idea? She lives in Pennsylvania > but photo'd them on holiday in PEI recently. Sounds like my guessed ID > from their littoral location was wrong, but that's no surprise to me. > Steve (Hfx) > ________________________________________ > From: Susan Koomar [koomarsusan@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 9:47 AM > To: Stephen Shaw > Subject: Re: FW: Marine biology - animal teeth ID inquiry > > Hi Stephen, > Thank you so much for offer to share my inquiry via NatureNS. I have > uploaded the photos to Flickr but this is my first time using that service > so if I need to change any settings to permit access, please let me know. > > Here is a link to the album: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/136249939@N08/albums/72157658709833326 > > I have received a few replies from biologists but the opinions vary - > sounds like the teeth could be from a moose, horse or cow. > > I am especially curious to obtain additional insight on the two specimens > since they really seem to be fossilized roots with just partial teeth > remaining. > > The specimens were found on the beach at Souris on the east side of Prince > Edward Island on Sept. 10. > > Thank you again - very much - for your time and assistance! > > Best wishes, > Susan > > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca<mailto: > srshaw@dal.ca>> wrote: > Hi Susan, > I do insects and am not a mammal expert at all, but the teeth are large > and for what it's worth (not much) my amateur best guess is one of the > seals. > > The point of this note is that if you get no traction from anyone at > Dalhousie, I can put round the request on the listserve NatureNS to which I > subscribe, where you might get better advice -- Randy Lauff at StFX > University here specializes in things like this, and several others on this > network of 200+ people are knowledgeable in such things. Postings to > NatureNS unfortunately don't allow attachments, so the usual way to deal > with that is to upload the images to one of the free image-storing photo > sites like Flickr so others can then easily log in to view them. > Alternatively, I could put your note round with your e-mail address and > you'd then offer to send images privately to anyone who replies -- a bit > more cumbersome. > Hope you get some replies from here, though, which would be simpler for > you. > Steve Shaw > ________________________________________ > From: Biology Research Associates [BIOLOGY-RAS@KIL-LSV-1.UCIS.DAL.CA > <mailto:BIOLOGY-RAS@KIL-LSV-1.UCIS.DAL.CA>] on behalf of Carolyn Young [ > Carolyn.Young@DAL.CA<mailto:Carolyn.Young@DAL.CA>] > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 10:10 AM > To: BIOLOGY-RAS@KIL-LSV-1.UCIS.DAL.CA<mailto: > BIOLOGY-RAS@KIL-LSV-1.UCIS.DAL.CA> > Subject: FW: Marine biology - animal teeth ID inquiry > > From: Susan Koomar [mailto:koomarsusan@gmail.com<mailto: > koomarsusan@gmail.com>] > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 2:34 PM > To: Biology Inquiries Email <biology@dal.ca<mailto:biology@dal.ca>> > Subject: Marine biology - animal teeth ID inquiry > > > Hello, > I was recently on holiday on PEI and found two fragments of teeth while I > was collecting sea glass on the beach at Souris. > > I am very curious to find out what animal these teeth came from and am > hoping someone at your University might be able to help with identification. > > Attached are some photos (I can provide additional photos if that would be > helpful). > > Please let me know if you can assist or if there is another resource you > would recommend that I contact regarding this inquiry. > > Sincere thanks for any help you can provide! > > Susan Koomar > Catasauqua, Pennsylvania > USA > > > --089e0111b5e226a1b805200843ac Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">My off the cuff feeling is that this is from a horse. I ha= ve an appointment right now NOW so I'm running. I'll explain later.= <div><br></div><div>Lophoseleondont. That's the short answer!</div><div= ><br></div><div>Stay tuned,</div><div>Randy</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_= extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signature">______________= ___________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish Coun= ty, NS.</div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 18 September 2015 at 12:21, Stephen Shaw = <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:srshaw@dal.ca" target=3D"_blank">sr= shaw@dal.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl= e=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Could a= nyone who knows about mammal teeth please give Susan's images a look-ov= er on the Flickr site, and suggest an ID for her at her e-mail below, plus = maybe comment on the fossil idea?=C2=A0 She lives in Pennsylvania but photo= 'd them on holiday in PEI recently.=C2=A0 =C2=A0Sounds like my guessed = ID from their littoral location was wrong, but that's no surprise to me= .<br> Steve (Hfx)<br> ________________________________________<br> From: Susan Koomar [<a href=3D"mailto:koomarsusan@gmail.com">koomarsusan@gm= ail.com</a>]<br> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 9:47 AM<br> To: Stephen Shaw<br> Subject: Re: FW: Marine biology - animal teeth ID inquiry<br> <br> Hi Stephen,<br> Thank you so much for offer to share my inquiry via NatureNS. I have upload= ed the photos to Flickr but this is my first time using that service so if = I need to change any settings to permit access, please let me know.<br> <br> Here is a link to the album:<br> <a href=3D"https://www.flickr