Help identifying animal bone please

[alvin100]

Hi everyone
Any suggestions on how I would go about identifying a section of Jaw bone that I have uncovered while excavating for a new driveway.

Its a five inch long section of I think lower jaw with some huge teeth still in it, a bit like human molars but more like 30-40mm in length and 10-15mm across . I guess that perhaps its from a animal than a valuable prehistoric find, but Im very interested to know what it may be from. Can anyone suggest a website or a line of enquiry.

Cheers

Steve

[naz_nomad]

Post a pic online for us

[newtron]

Google different types of animal jaws on google images. Here's a picture of a cow jaw bone.

http://www.wildlifeskulls.com/Merchant2/graphi cs/00000001/Cow%20Jaw.jpg

[cherryelm]

You could always take it to your local museum if they have a natural history curator she or he could help.

[alvin100]

It does look similar to the cow picture above, I wiil try and find a larger picture but that could well be it, Hmmm wonder what a cow was doing in my back garden!!