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(09-26-2015, 03:08 AM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote: It looks quite odd, but consider that the fossils of the Javan tigers are more fossilized than others', hence it explains the deformed shape.
Fossilization does not deform a tooth so much as to change the morphology, especially for such recent specimens. These ones could be as young as 10,000 years old, or as old as 1.8 million. Some fossils do get deformed, but they are the exception rather than the rule. Shark teeth for example, can be over 30 million years old, yet look just like modern day shark teeth.
If we are going to assign it as a tiger/leopard(despite deformities in the shape), there must be some incredibly strong evidence about it that would make it irrefutably feline.