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Out hunting yesterday, Sun shining with friends and my friends were finding lots more than I.. it happens. However, I always find somethings interesting. An Equus tooth showing traverse HSBs Posterior end of a dolphin jaw Some Galeocerdo mayumbensis, which I guess ages the site as Miocene... and just before it fell thru my sieve.. captured this Bull ? or Dusky tooth... So, now for the Fossil ID requests.. First, a very small Osteoderm... I found at least 2 Holmesina osteoderms in the group photo above, but this one seems to me not to be armadillo. This is about an inch !!! but screams Glyptodont to me.. I would like to hear from those who have found glyptodon osteoderms, what they think about this one. If consensus is Glyptodont, where on the carapace does this small osteoderm appear ? and the 2nd ID request.. Many know that I like to find ear bones, periotics, petrosals, bulla, whatever.. Is the white blob on the left edge of the photo an ear bone or just a blob of mud concretion... I will provide some additional photos to help evaluation. To me, it seems like skull material around a periotic/petrosal... I was thinking 1/2 of a dugong periotic, but I imagine that @Harry Pristis or @Plantguy have actually found those and may be able to bring some light on the topic.
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From the album: FOTM - Bone Valley Formation, Florida, USA
Sloth Earbone, includes one (of the two) Occipital Condoyle and shows the Hypoglossal Foramin.-
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Out hunting today, feeling the burn. Primarily I am trying to get a specific ID on a very small lower horse tooth, It has a protostylid, so not Nannippus aztecus. This is about the smallest that I ever find and so I am hopeful @fossillarry will get a chance to comment. I love lots of comments on any thread, so feel free to pile on.. I was finding other nice stuff... a lot of pretty Sand Tigers, a button denticle, very small canines, it was a good day...lots of mosquitoes and horse flies. It started off with this un_erupted enamel "cap" in the 1st sieve.. I have my thoughts but wait for TFF to ID. And finally , I was REALLY estatic about this earbone attached to a good chunk of skull.. Size is 52 x 38 mm... I am thinking , as it dries that it is modern, but still would love to know which animal creates earbones like these. Two year ago in this same location, I was finding similar earbones...Add here just for reference...
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Hello! it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, but I read the reports of others quite often. I visited a new spot in Virginia, on the James river, which offered some unexpected teeth. I have found much more worn similar varieties on other rivers, but this seems to be in good shape and I thought it may help me understand a bit more about dating some of the formations I’m seeing in the banks of the rivers, maybe… I believe this is either an angustidens or auriculatus, and looking for any clues from the tooth itself which may positively ID the tooth to know the age of the deposit. This was not found in the banks but in the water, I have found great whites and Miocene hastalis close by. On the same trip I found this nicely preserved whale bulla, which from my limited knowledge looks much more recent species than the teeth. The other larger tooth pictured appears to be serrationless and there may be remnants of a burlette, but that was about a foot away from the better preserved tooth. Is it possible that the serrationless tooth is an older species? I know anything can happen in the water so it maybe impossible to be conclusive, I’ve included a couple of other teeth from the same area, to which I am unsure of a species. just wondering if this rings a bell with other Virginia tooth hunters? thanks for your time,
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Hey all, Part 2 of my blog series on whale and dolphin earbones is here - my guide to identifying isolated dolphin/toothed whale (Odontoceti) periotic bones. Check it out here: https://coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2023/01/bobbys-guide-to-whale-dolphin-earbones.html Sample image: -
So I forgot to ask for an ID on this when I found it last weekend - so I’m asking for one now! The area of interest on this bone chunk is the pocked marked hole and surrounding area. It’s got wrinkles and folds so I’m 99.9% certain that it’s not caused by a barnacle. @Shellseeker I know you know your ears! Does this look like one to you?
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Out Hunting the Peace River. Very unusual low water levels for summertime. Went back to a location that I have not visited for years, with a good friend. He found some good things.. a snake / reptile vert with processes each as wide as the centrum. 2 teeth that could be pre_equus horses, a bunch of little colorful shark teeth. I have 4 finds that I both find interesting and can not identify. 1) A dolphin jaw bone (pretty special even without teeth)... Questions: Which Florida fossil Dolphin? Very small teeth on edge of jaw. What is the brownish indention line paralleling the alveoli line? Tooth impressions from the opposite jaw? @Boesse 2) Another jaw, much smaller, possibly a family pet ? 3) An Earbone....Not Llama, not Horse, (although similar in size), Not Mammoth/Mastodon. I have lots of Equus ear bones. These are very hard to identify because few people collect them... Odd fossilization, if fossilized. Given the huge number of South Florida Fossil hunters, it is odd that this is the first time I have seen an ear bone anything like this. 1st photo is 30 x 30 millimeters. 4) and last... A bone with a facet and minimal breakage. Seems like it should be identifiable... It is 60 x 45 mm, rather thin.... feels marine mammal or alligator... As normal, I will be searching the internet for clues over the next couple of days
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In trying to find an ID for an ear bone I found yesterday, I stumbled upon a thread here discussing different sizing of dolphin ear bones in Florida - and wanted to ask if anyone ( @Boesse) might know or be able to ID these! 1) So this first one is my biggest at 44.5mm long: 2) This next one is 32mm long: Comparison of the 2: 3 + 4) Then I’ve got these 2 that are the same size, 25mm: All 4 together: And also I know the bottom of these 2 is whale - but is the top also whale? Thanks in advance!
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I was out yesterday and i found an earbone. My initial impressions was that this was a Dolphin periotic, but I soon changed my mind. Over the years in hunting the Peace river, the 1st Earbone that I found was Equus, and I have found 30 at least since the first. Most hunters I discuss horse ear bones, say they either throw them back or leave them laying in a dusty drawer as unidentified bones. Usually they have a lot of wear , but here is a pristine one, with many more features than normal including some skull material. It is 45 mm Length and 30 mm width. Yesterday, I found this earbone in the Peace river. It is considerably smaller than horse. More than a year ago, when hunting a Miocene location, my hunting partner found this fantastic find. It also has some skull material, and I believed , due to the limited Miocene fauna found, plus similarity to Equus earbones, that it was from a pre_equus horse. Steve sold it to me for far less than I would have paid. In July, I found another !!! small earbone. Richard Hulbert, director of the Vertebrate Laboratory at University of Florida Museum of Natural History identified the 1st photo ear bone in this thread (along with many other earbones I found) as Equus .sp. This is now my 3rd small earbone out of the Peace River that seem to me, as similar to Equus, and likely form pre_equus horses. I am looking for anyone who has found a similar mammal ear bone to provide photos of that find and any identification notes. It just seems to me that I can not be the ONLY Florida Fossil hunter finding these small ear bones. Obviously , all comments and suggestions greatly appreciated. @fossillarry @Harry Pristis @PrehistoricFlorida
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Hello fellow fossil fans, recently I have been fossil hunting on zandmotor again. During this fossilize trip I found a piece of bone that bore a slight resemblance to a piece i never have been able to ID I found a few years ago. I put them next to eachother in this post. Any ideas? Thanks for looking,
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I was fortunate to go hunting with friends ( including a couple of TFF members ) today. Most of my friends know me as a fossil enthusiast, interested in mammal ear-bones. I am extremely good at identifying horse ear-bones. My TFF friends brought me this fossil find, which I did identify as an ear-bone , and they donated it to me, If I would attempt to get a specific ID on TFF. Because I am thinking marine, let me ask Bobby @Boesse to look at it. It "looks" broken, but I am not sure. The only thing I am sure of i that this find is a fossil. All comments appreciated.
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I found my first Whale bulla on a Carolina beach. I would love to know what kind of whale it is from. @Boesse
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Hey all! I was visiting a friend who owns a local rock and gem shop here in Edmonton. I guess he had purchased a small storage locker of Canadian minerals from a couple who bought a shop in the 70’s. In one one of the boxes was this weird thing. I asked him if he knew what it was and he had no information for it. No idea where it came from or what it even was. I asked if he would sell it to me and he said sure. I have a feeling it’s a whale’s inner ear bone?? Any help?
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Found a complete version today, that looks very similar to a split object, found last week. It doesn't look like other worn bulla bones I have found in the same area, but at least the split piece has a distinct radiating grain, so I'm guessing it is not one of last nights leftover beans. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.
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Does anyone have a decent photo or 3 of the earbones to a seal or similar pinniped?
