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  1. Not sure what exactly I’m looking at here. At first I thought it was a piece of Psephophorus or a tortoise piece but now I’m not so sure. Notice that it has a very distinct ring around the border of the smooth side. Quite flat in both sides.
  2. Shellseeker

    Peace River, 2/11/24

    Had a great day hunting Friday and decided to hunt the Peace River before the Super bowl yesterday with my friend Steve. I love grabbing a shovel and sieve and just walk into the River. Perfect depth, about 2 inches above my waist. I had another good day as you check my finds below. Steve had a great day! In his 1st sieve, 3 shovel of gravel he found one of those pointy rocks we hear about, followed by a copper button, and then a Meg. He found a Giant Tortoise hoof core and a Tail Buckler. I did not get photos of the rest, but at the end he found a small jaw with 2 teeth I did not recognize. Here are my prizes.. A few flecks of Druzy scattered here and there... A miniture Armadillo Osteoderm.. This is the smallest I have ever seen and look at the patina... I love this one... Followed by a real rarity for me.... an Armadillo front tooth... There is a lot of variety. Here is some of it. I hope that @Harry Pristis can provide an ID on this small premolar.. The size would indicate a small animal. To me, there are always surprises in hunting the Peace.
  3. Hi all, a family member found this 30 years ago near Anza Borrego in southern CA. Looks a lot like juvenile tortoises I've seen in the area. I'm aware that fossil testudines are known from the area, but 1) is this one?, and 2), is a family, genus or species level identification possible from this partial specimen? Thanks. (The ruler is in inches. The specimen itself is about 9cm x 7cm.)
  4. I am looking to purchase a tortoise fossil for a while, and stumbled upon a listing for a fairly large stylemys nebrascensis for a pretty decent price. I have contacted the seller and he assured no restoration and a 100% authenticity. Just trying to gather opinions about the fossil and its authencity, and if there's any restorations/repairs. Thank you.
  5. Hi I think I’ve found a small turtle or tortoise but I could be wrong, any information would be appreciated
  6. Thought I’d start a thread documenting the preparation of a large Testudo tortoise we collected in Eastern Wyoming this summer. We were guided by expert @jpc I highly recommend hiring him as a guide not only for his knowledge and talent, but because he’s a really good guy and fun to collect with. Here are a couple of shots of the excavation and flipped plaster jacket.
  7. garyc

    Giant tortoise?

    I’m fairly confident that this is a large piece of giant tortoise plastron. It measures about 16 inches at the greatest length. Found in SE Texas. I’d love confirmation. Also, what part of the plastron? It looks like there’s an area where a limb would have been…@johnnyvaldez7.jv how’d you miss this? I found it on your turf, lol
  8. Hello! I have found these fragments on the beach over the years in North Carolina. I don't remember exactly which beach each one came from, possibly the Fort Macon area. I think they are all pieces of turtle or tortoise shells, but if anyone can help pinpoint these any further that would be cool! Thanks!
  9. Coela Cant

    Help with Santa Fe river fossils

    Here are a few things from a recent trip to the Santa Fe river that I was not able to identify. Guesses: A/B: Since these bones are hollow, does that mean they had to belong to a large bird? C/D: smaller bird bones? E: Mastodon or gomphothere tooth enamel? F: part of a tortoise foot or maybe a sesamoid bone? G: Translucent in the light, making me wonder if this is fossilized sap or something of the sort Appreciate any help!
  10. Coela Cant

    Need help with peace river IDs

    Some fossils found at the peace river last weekend. I am wondering if 1 is a giant tortoise spur and if 2 is part of a giant tortoise shell. in the second picture my best guesses are: 3. vertebrae, 4. crocodilians tooth, 5. stingray part?, 6. maybe a fish scale, 7. originally just thought was a weird bone fragment but maybe a tooth
  11. fifbrindacier

    Where is Tidgy's Dad ?

    Hi, @Dimitris and i are tryiarête join Adam, alias @Tidgy's Dad numerous times. We sent him a parcel and it came back with the mention "Refused by the recipient", that doesn't look like him at all. We sent him messages via the forum, i sent him a SMS and a vocal message on his phone but, so far, there's no answers. His last visit to the forum was the 27th of January. Does someone had more recent contact with him ?
  12. I figured I could call @Tidgy's Dad's attention to this event, just in case he hasn't heard about it yet. What do you say, Adam? Take Tidgy along to the party?
  13. This is a tortoise fossil from Hezheng, China. Unlike the other white coloured tortoise fossils, it's black in colour. Is it painted or naturally black in colour due to phosphatization?
  14. Found this today - has a weird pattern and has what looks to be bone texture. Anyone have any ideas?
  15. SawTooth

    Tortoise spur?

    I found this strange fossil that I think is a tortoise spur, could someone help me on that?
  16. SawTooth

    Summer travels

    I went on a fossil hunting trip a few weeks ago but have not had the time to post it until now. It was a very successful trip, I got my first complete tapir teeth some nice deer teeth,and a few other strange fossils. Any ID help is appreciated. sorry about the picture quality, my camera is not the best.1. bobcat, maybe raccoon tooth, it looks predatory, but it's pretty small.2. other strange tooth and fragment that appears to be from a similar animal.3. predator, maybe worn Coyote, not much of an enamel pattern. 4. Rodent, any chance of a specific species?5. Weird thing that appears to have enamel.6. claw core, maybe tortoise.7. vertabre, gator maybe?
  17. Shellseeker

    A 1st time bone... for me

    I went to the Peace River today. It seemed like a great way to spend Memorial day. My spouse had the Hotdogs, baked beans and coleslaw waiting for me to get home. My friend @jcbshark was asking for an ID. For the 1st 3 hours of digging , the finds were ONLY pretty colored small shark teeth, mostly broken , mostly hemis, but a few were perfect. Then I moved locations to be closer to my hunting partner and at first the only thing that changed was the small shark teeth were black. In the last hour a couple of bones made my day... Big smile BIG smile... 1st from a tortoise, a rather unique bone. I found a "double" 10 years back, You could read about it here... http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/111416-scutes-unknown/ The 2nd is a bone I did not recognize and request an ID. @Harry Pristis may be able to help. Some additional views, The reason I am excited is that I found this Worthpoint fossil and wondered What are the possibilities https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/fossil-miocene-rhinoceros-medial-1923733683
  18. cava.zachary

    Giant tortoise hyoplastron?

    From a north Florida river, about half an inch thick. Based on the lines from the scute margins that are visible I'm guessing this is a partial Hesperotestudo hyoplastron? -Zach
  19. PODIGGER

    Peace River Hunt

    Got out on the river yesterday for what turned out to be a productive day. It was a chilly morning so the wetsuit was a necessity. Even if the air temp is warmer the water stays cold throughout the day. I returned to a gravel bed I found earlier in the week and got right down to digging and sifting. Every clean out of the sifter provided a good number of various small shark teeth. Tiger, Sand Tiger, Snaggle Tooth were abundant. A few small partial megs and even a baby Mako made an appearance. Below is a picture of the best of the shark teeth along with an alligator tooth and what I believe is probably a modern pig. left side = Tiger, Sand Tiger, baby Mako and the possible pig. right side = Snaggle tooth, Lemon and Alligator. A couple of close ups of the Alligator: And a couple of close ups of what I think is the pig. If it may be something else please chime in- These finds and the additional bag full of small shark teeth would have been a good day. I was lucky and also came up with a variety of other finds pictured below- Left side- 3 Glyptodont Osteoderms, (the top one from the tail),1 Giant Armadillo Osteoderm. Right side- 5 Turtle/Tortoise leg spurs, 2deer antler bases, 2 gar fish scales, 1 Sting Ray scute, 1 Tilly bone. A couple of close ups of the tail osteoderm- The following large pieces appear to be giant tortoise shell fragments the biggest measures 5.75” x 3.5”. I have at least 5 additional bones I’m working to ID. A possible tiny astragalus, seismoid or maybe magnum, a small medial phalange, a small distal phalange and another possible astragalus or maybe cuboid. I’ll be posting the ones I can’t figure out in the ID section if I hit a dead end. Definitely worth the chilly water on an otherwise perfect day on the river. Looking forward to getting back out there as soon as possible!
  20. fossil_lover_2277

    Tortoise or sea turtle peripheral?

    Hi all, I found this turtle peripheral in eastern North Carolina. I believe it is from Cretaceous Black Creek group sediments, but Pliocene Yorktown formation is also possible (both are marine). A person I showed it to said it was a Hesperotestudo (tortoise) peripheral, not sea turtle, so thus terrestrial (I guess it might be terrestrial Pleistocene, but that would be unlikely, I don’t find much of any Pleistocene material where the shell was found). However, it actually looks similar to a peripheral I have from a known fossil sea turtle. Is this peripheral sea turtle or tortoise?
  21. Hello!! Just wanted to share with the forum some of my fossils and bones that I do not need identified but would love thoughts on nonetheless. The elephant bone is of a four tusker- the upper part of the tibia, and completely mineralized, and very heavy. It is anywhere from 13-15 myo. The tortoise shell frags include the lip of the shell, as well as a nice slab of the plastron- found separately, but in the same creek. Tortoises were in Nebraska 8-15 mya. The horse tibia has been identified as either the tibia of the small three-toed horse Pseudhipparion, or the one toed horse Protohippus. All of these were found in Nebraska in a creek that runs through the Valentine and Ash Hollow Formations, both Miocene exposures. Let me know your thoughts!!
  22. I'm putting out an open call for any collectors who have any reasonably complete tortoise or turtle material from the Peace River (or its tributaries) or even possibly Bone Valley material from the quarries in the area. I'm working with Jason Bourque in the fossil prep lab on the campus of UF here in Gainesville (presently working on an 18 Ma gator skull from the Thomas Farm site). Jason is reassembling some turtle specimens that had been collected in Florida that have been languishing in the collection for decades. He's presently reassembling a giant tortoise plastron collected in the 1980s. He's doing this to gather material for a book project he's working on. Material from the Peace River has largely been ignored for the past 150 years. Decisions made in the 1800s (wrongly) assumed that material from the Peace would be worn and disarticulated isolated finds in lag deposits in the river bottom and would be of little interest to science and so the Peace was left mostly to avocational hunters (good for us) but this left a gap in the scientific record. Several important type specimens have come from the Peace River area--the slider turtle Trachemys euglypha and the giant Galapagos tortoise size Hesperotestudo crassiscutata are two prominent examples. Jason is interested in locating any additional material that is complete enough (and has good collection data) which might provide other good examples of the turtle/tortoise species found in this area of southern Florida. Although it is a bit of a long shot I told Jason I'd inquire here on the forum to see if anybody has such material who wouldn't mind having it looked at by Jason. Let me know if any of you have such material or possibly know folks (off the forum) who might have material that would seem to fit this description. Feel free to contact me my PM if you have any information that might prove useful. Thanks in advance for any efforts in locating any scientifically important specimens for this project. Cheers. -Ken
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