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  1. Shellseeker

    Hunting Peace River 03/26/2024

    I usually attempt this mixture of Trip report (finds) and a couple of Fossil_id. Sunday I was out hunting the 1st time with Jp @Balance, Today with 2 Octogenarians that have been hunting partners for over 10 years, Just that fact made the days different... Truly a unique mixture of finds... Knowns... A couple of very nifty Alligator Osteoderms.. Neither seems broken in any way.... A partial silicified seashell... I love these ... It might be Fulguropsis spiratuma, from Florida's Pliocene. Let's see if @MikeR has a suggestion... An Armadillo Osteoderm... A Tympanic Bulla that I think I recognize ... s Bobby says an Oceanic Dolphin, something like Delphinus or Stenella. Note that silica is taking hold here also 1/2 a Tapir tooth , some Hemipristis and a few tigers. Then what seems to be a bullet... One of my hunting companions thinks it is old.. really old ... like possibly the Seminole wars.. That would be exciting.. It is certainly nondescript but seems to be made of lead.. Any insight appreciated. Finally, a fossil tusk to Identify. Think found by my other hunting companion.
  2. Shellseeker

    May I always find Interesting Fossils

    Up at 5 am, out hunting today, Valentine's day in the US. It was a short day hunting (3 hours to get to the site, 4 hours hunting, 3 hours to get back home). My wife Barbara and I always have a special dinner... Ribeye Steaks, scalloped potatoes, string beans and a desert from Norman Love. Today it was a Chocolate Bomb. Bittersweet chocolate, Milk chocolate wafer, Dark and Milk Chocolate Mousse. It was quite impressive. We split one. Back to Interesting fossil finds.. Here is all I found in the 4 hours. I do not have time tonight to focus on every fossil, but there are a couple I would like you to see before I go to sleep. The larger Astragali... I think it is likely Hemiauchenia. I have found fossils of both Pliocene species , macrocephala and gracilis at this site. @Harry Pristis will certainly know if it is Lamine, Here is a picture from his gallery. A large astragali!! My right astragali length is only 53 mm. I wonder if it is gracilis. I do not have one of those. 2nd Interesting fossil imbedded in matrix.. Looks easy but ... If this is an Alligator tooth with most of it's root, that would rare. Most of my Alligator teeth a just the enamel, with the root long gone. However, take a close look at that enamel... What is that rugosity on the enamel? and are those tiny serrations on the carina? This could mess up my ideas of differentiating factors between Alligator and Crocodile... @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon @HunterLacrosse
  3. I noticed the fossils of more 'modern' reptiles are not commonly shown/displayed (partly because I think they are fairly common in the U.S. and not viewed as too spectacular), so I thought we might do so here. I'd love to see your croc/alligator and turtle material, especially from various locations!
  4. Started going through some of my older finds and thought I’d try to identify some of them. These are all found in Gainesville, Florida creeks. First one is just a chunk of bone, not sure if it’s even identifiable. My guess is part of a scapula because it’s somewhat flat and curved. Second is a small bone, maybe a carpal of some sort? And third, I’m thinking is a partial alligator tooth. I can see a small bit of enamel left on it, but the enamel seems to have some ridges on it which is confusing.
  5. citronkitten

    Alligator osteoderm?

    Attempt 2 for organizing queries regarding Peace River fossils from 26/12/23. I've set the fossil on 1cm grid paper, included a 1cm ruler underneath (or is the mm side better? my ruler has both, so easy change), and used my husband's newer iPhone to try to get a sharper image. I realize some bits are still blurry/dark and have tried to play with filters to get them as sharp as possible. Please let me know if this is heading in the right direction. These are all images of the same fossil, so I haven't done any numbering/labeling on the images. I believe this is an alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) osteoderm due to the deep 'pock' marks. Confirmation or correction would be much appreciated! Cheers!
  6. Shellseeker

    A fun day in deep water

    Went hunting yesterday. There were not many choices with the water deep and currents fast. I was pleased to know that @Balance was out there dealing with the same conditions. It was cool but not cold with a 5 mm wetsuit on. I went back to a spot I had been digging over months because I believed it would be chest deep. I had intermittent downpours with the last ending around noon. I covered the cockpit of my Kayak with a tarp made expressly for that purpose. Everything else into hatches. The lowest water was chest deep so I could only dig down 6 inches or so. It was enough. In the 2nd sieve , I got a Tridactyl horse periotic, likely Nannippus. 32 x 19 mm, One for your local disk, Jp Even though fewer keepers based on the water depth, some very nice unique finds: A Glyptodon edge osteoderm, Alligator tooth, a few nice Tiger and Bull shark teeth. Here are some for comments and ID A shark vert, largest I have ever found. I found one that looks the same , only smaller 4 months ago. Curious that I have found 3 at this location and no different looking shark verts. Although very difficult to identify individual shark verts this one seems most similar to Hammerhead, I find a few but not many, Hammerhead teeth. A couple of broken fossils that I am not sure of 1. Stingray dermal 2. Alligator osteoderm A tooth fragment: Even the broken , are interesting
  7. dongmin

    deinosuchus?

    It was discovered in the Chattahoochee River in the United States. I wonder what kind of alligator it is. Could it be Deinosuchus?
  8. LeytonJFReid

    Alligator tooth from Florida

    Alligator tooth from Pleistocene Florida (As good as the location gets). On college ruled paper, each line is 7.1 mm
  9. Howdy all, I've seen a lot of fossils from Alligator americanus, but none from Crocodylus americanus, yet both are present in the modern day. Did C. americanus emerge later than A. americanus or are fossils of C. americanus being labeled as A. americanus for convenience?
  10. Found this hiking in a canyon in Colorado
  11. Fullux

    Deinosuchus rugosus

    So, I'm curious. Is Deinosuchus rugosus still considered a species? Or is it now Deinosuchus schwimmeri? And the same for D. hatcheri and D. riograndensis. Also, how many species of deinosuchus are currently accepted? As far as I know, it is only D. hatcheri/riograndensis and D. rugosus/schwimmeri, with the former living in Laramidia and the latter living in Appalachia. One more question, I heard that there was D. rugosus/schwimmeri material found in a miocene deposit, is that true?
  12. Fullux

    Deinosuchus?

    Howdy all! I recently bought this tooth from the Bladen formation of North Carolina. It was described as Deinosuchus rugosus as I'm pretty sure that's what it is, but I need a second opinion. Regardless, I'm still so excited to finally have some material from this formation!
  13. luluboo1

    Pleistocene Terrace vertebra

    Hello friends. Please help. This vert came from the Pleistocent Terrace deposits in Austin Co., Texas. It looks to me like it's reptilian but I can't find a match. Your thoughts would be appreciated.
  14. Dustinhinkle

    Found in manatee county florida

    A pond was dug out to use the dirt as a base for a barn I’m building. While walking around on the job site I found this tooth. Can anybody help with some identification?
  15. I have been traveling for a couple of weeks and yesterday was my 1st opportunity to go hunting. The USGS gauge at Zolfo Springs was slightly over 6 feet, which is right at the limit. In the last week, it has come down from 7.5 feet. I was anxious to get out, and the river did not disappoint. Temps were going to feel like 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Good day to be standing in water, which was anywhere from waist deep and up. The water is murky , but the pea green color is gone... hopefully with the toxins that caused the color. My friend made a single very excellent find of a raptor claw approx 33 mm long. Unfortunately , I have no photo of it. The rest of the surprises were all mine... A light Gator osteoderm that feels like rock. Fossils are usually darker in the Peace River due to tannic acid in the falling leaves, but why is the mud_rock not dark. A raccoon lower incisor, a dolphin bulla, and some fossil that might be a dolphin bulla, small fish verts that could both be modern, a mammoth tooth plate fragment, piece of fossilized wood, and a bunch of "flakes"... The wood seemed odd... 1st I considered tusk, due to inside texture but with a photo , it is spongy like whale bone.. There were numerous examples or flakes and worked rocks from which flakes had been removed. I examined this next one for 15 minutes leaning over my kayak... Somehow , 2 impacts had split the rock longitudinally leaving a razor sharp upper edge... could happen if you are removing a number of flakes from a larger stone.... but then I noted some imperfections along the edge...that could have been put there by pressure flaking.... Nice fossils, interesting speculations but more excitement was coming my way.. I had been leaning over my kayak, examining the fossils, eating lunch, drinking water... as I glanced downstream , there was an "approximately" 7 foot Alligator, completely on top of the water maybe 12-15 feet away from me. The Alligator stared at me, and I stared at the alligator until he sank below the water. That did not make me feel better about the situation. I quickly strapped the sieve and shovel to the kayak, and eased my butt into the cockpit. I then paddled the 50-60 yards upstream to where Steve was digging. We left for the day 30 minutes later. This was the last time I had a similar encounter: As the Alligator approached my sieve, I retreated to the bank, and took this photo... This time there was no time to take a photo..... I try not to take chances... In this instance, I was hunting in murky water, separated from my partner, and was not paying sufficient attention to my surroundings... I'll have to do better.....
  16. suzanneallen

    Help Identify Tooth

    I found this tooth when I was looking for Shark Teeth on an island outside of Wilmington on the Intracoastal. This is the first white tooth I've found in that area so I'm guessing its not as old as the shark teeth I find there. From research, I think it may be an alligator or a fish tooth? Would love some insight. Thanks!
  17. Shellseeker

    Yesterday's Finds

    I went hunting yesterday realizing that I would not do it again for at least 10 days. I'll have to avoid withdrawal symptoms. Found many shark teeth , a lot broken. For the most part , they were blue bladed with white roots. The 2 upper Hemis are 34 mm. I am traveling to see my daughter, she likes these colors. After sorting out the teeth and the stuff I should have left, here is what's left. I sometimes find these distinctive Tilly bones in MioPliocene environments. A colorful Alligator tooth... and now the 2 that I'll put most of my identification efforts into... A tiny fish jaw, The tips of those teeth almost look to have enamel caps. It might be modern, I do not know. It will give me something to search for in the next 10 days.... In this morning's search, I found: He did not identify the fish that the Kingfisher ate, but those who hunt Bone Valley, know that there are Kingfishers up and down the rivers and streams.... I do not expect to Identify the fish but who knows, the dentition looks somewhat unique... The last one , I do have chances to identify. It is a small , approximately 1 inch square bone with many gorges and plateaus ( we call these facets for connecting with other small bones in the wrists and ankles of mammals). At a little over 1 inch square , this is between the size of a large tridactyl horse and a small Pleistocene llama. Here is a somewhat similar bone, found in 2019 The remaining views, I have 2 puzzles to solve , hopefully with help from TFF, Jack
  18. OK, I have read the posts about croc tooth versus mosasaur and croc versus alligator. Based on what I read, this could be a mosasaur tooth given the sort of “prismatic” ribbing and lack of any carinae or at least the lack of the two that are equidistant from each other. Anyway, I’m not an expert but would love some help from those more learned. Check out the pics. This is basically from the Calvert formation - but more specifically Horsehead Cliffs area from the water. Thanks for looking!
  19. Coela Cant

    Odd broken pieces from Gainesville

    Four weird little pieces from Gainesville fossil hunting. Guess for 1 is maybe turtle? 2 is very dark and was hard to capture the detail on top even with a dslr and flash, maybe a fish part? The bottom two both appear to be some type of teeth to me, whether that’s crocodilians or cetacean I’m not sure. I’m not even certain they’re identifiable!
  20. Hi, all! Found this in Green Mill Run last week. Not sure who used to own this one. Doesn’t look exactly like a croc to me. Root seems weird. Thanks!
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