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Combined hunting trip and Fossil ID for a unique bone. I went to a Peace River location we have hunted extensively in past years. I always believe what I preach ... Dig deeper, if you are not finding fossils, move frequently and ,,,, dig deeper. I started the day with a Hubbell Meg (42 mm Slant).. the rest of the day was gravy. My friend found 3 horse teeth, 3 Megs, a small complete Ray mouth plate, a perfect 40 mm upper Hemi and many more small teeth than I did... We were digging 5-10 feet apart. My finds: A better look at what I think is a Hubbell Meg.. My definition is pretty simple 1) size 40-45 mm 2) outward bulge on the blade.. I like this Equus Tooth... It is short only 44 mm in Height, which means an older horse and is in great shape. So a Meg and an Equus tooth.. That is what I mean by MioPleistocene. So here is a twisted and flat bone... for the Fossil ID...
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I am doing a work on identification, but these three samples have been very complicated for me, they are from San Luis Potosí, Mexico. I have suspicions that the first is a camel incisor, the second a very worn horse molar, I could not tell if conversidens or mexicanus, and in the last one I am definitely lost, I hope you can help me!
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Can anyone tell me if these skulls are modern or ice age horses? They were both found in a river in western Iowa.
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It had been 10 days since I went hunting, and that is bad for not being able to enjoy my favorite pastime and the pure lack of exercise. I had been up North for over 2 weeks in July. Each day fossil hunting is lots of exercise , paddling a kayak, shoveling gravel for 5-6 hours almost non_stop. So yesterday was a day hunting independent of conditions.. We picked a spot where we have hunted over and over again for 5 years... and it always produces no matter how much we take out.. I did not find very much, but Steve did, a number of Megs, a couple of horse teeth, He said on one sieve he found 37 small shark teeth. My spot was not as productive, and somewhat hard to deal with, fast water, pretty deep... I average 6 sieves an hours and usually we are there for 5 hours, If I average 7 small shark teeth an hour, === 200 + There are 206 small teeth in the photo below... and this was not a particularly a productive day. So getting down to the better items: I found 3 marine mammal bullas, a horse tooth, a tapir cap, some Meg and Mammoth Frags, distal end of a Sea Turtle humerus... Lower Equus tooth in decent shape is interesting , a little different chewing surface, like a p2. A broken Hyplural, a rostral tooth, tapir cap, puffer fish mouthplate, gar scale, silicified seashell, and of the 3 bulla, I like the smallest one best...Do not know if it identifiable, but I have time. As the finds get less plentiful, I get interested in whatever comes along... Here is a broken off Mammoth root, that I can use to identify other found in the river.. I also grabbed that bone in upper left just so I would have something to identify when I am not out hunting. I was worn and weary last night, but feeling much better, much stronger today... Therapeutic.
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This is the best find for me to date! I believe it is an equus and I found it in the Platte River in central Nebraska. I found a single tooth first and it looks like it came from the jaws. One question I have....is there anything I should do with this when it dries out? I want to be able to display it in my home. Thank you!
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Went hunting today. One broken Meg, One broken Mako but some interesting finds. I pick up lots of things that trigger my curiosity, like a coprolite or modern catfish barb, or even enamel fragments that have patterns that I try to identify. There are some rocks in this photo, but don't get confused. At 3 o'clock is piece of tusk, and 4 o'clock has 2 pieces of fossilized wood. Dolphin vert, a couple of dolphin bulla, a couple of processes from Baleen whale petrosal. Just goes to show, sometimes I do pick up fossils. I am interested in that likely modern bone at 7 pm... Here are some more photos. Those breaks look clean, like from a butcher's saw. Possibly, I'll learn to recognize this next time I see it.
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Even though my muscles were sore and my tendons/ligaments were overused from hunting on Saturday, I had committed to a Peace River hunt yesterday. and a commitment , after all, is a commitment. So there I was at 7:30 am, launching from a Peace River Bridge with a couple of friends. It was bound to be a difficult day. The best location in the general area of where we chose to hunt was covered with softball (and up) sized boulders and had been heavily hunted by people who knew what they were doing. The boulders are the advantage. As we get storms and hurricanes, it moves gravel and fossils downstream. The fossils/gravel falls between the cracks in the boulders. All you have to do is remove the boulders. You won't find much, but usually for me , it is worth the effort, which turned out to be a little over 5 hours of shoveling boulders... So, the "everything" photo.... Pretty sparse, Up in the left corner rocks or overly worn osteoderms, In the right upper corner, marine mammal (2 broken whale bulla, 2 broken dolphin bulla, a frag of dolphin jaw bone, and an overly worn dolphin periotic) all a pleasure to find..I will be able to ID that periotic) Do the small whale bulla imply small whales ? maybe 10 feet at birth.... Right lower corner , an old glass fuse... Does anyone still make them? Lower left a couple of horse teeth, and a process from a dugong vert... These will go into a zip lock and donated at my next fossil club meeting with most of the small teeth. For the sharp eyed ones who spotted it in the "everything photo", my find of the day... Took a long time to get to : What am I trying to Identify .... A bone and possibly from the 1st photo, a toe bone or hoof core.... Size approximately L 30 x H 25 x W 20 mm. Thanks to all. Jack
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Was out on the Peace River Tuesday for a day of hunting. One thing I learned from more experienced hunters early on was that it is always a good idea to scan the shoreline and the bottom of the river as you travel about. On this morning my hunter partner for the day arrived just as I got my kayak ready to go. I decided to push off and tread water while he finished loading. I got to the middle of the river and started scanning the opposite bank/shoreline and saw what I thought was a piece of bone sticking up out of the sand right at the water line. It looked to be about 6" long and a couple of inches wide. I went to the shoreline got out of the kayak and reached down to pick up the bone. To my surprise what came up out of the water and sand was a bone structure that looked to be 16" to 18" in overall length. I studied the object for a while and decided it reminded me of a partial pelvic bone structure. My next thought was I hope it isn't cow/bovine. It did seem a bit heavier than I would have expected and seemed to have multiple shadings of color. I shortly realized that most of the color difference was the result of what was buried in the sand vs what was exposed. I put the bone in my vehicle for the day and we went on to our hunting spot. My luck seemed to continue as I later came up with a nice partially rooted tapir tooth: Then I was happy to find the most complete shark vert (scyliorhinoid) I have ever pulled from the bottom of the Peace. The next day my search for the identity of the possible pelvic bone took me to an old post by @Harry Pristis, I believe it was from 2010. He had provided the below diagram to help identify another pelvic bone find. Here is Harry's posting: I was able to use this diagram and the measurements provided to compare to my find. I am happy to say I believe it is a very good match for half of an Equus pelvis. I followed the measurement pattern and came up with the following for my specimen - A = 65mm B = 205mm C = 208mm D = 431mm Here are the photos, the ruler is 38cm long - and you will see the structure just barely fit into my wife's photo light box. Did a burn test this morning and it did not seem to be giving off any smell. A varied bunch of shark teeth, turtle leg spurs, partial dolphin tooth and jaw bone pieces rounded out the day.
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I had not been in the Peace River for a month. Cool weather, had covid which made me weak, busy with other responsibilities. I went with two friends. The River is very low, clear in most spots. We chose to go back to a place where we had found a lot of pretty black on black Megs 5-6 years ago. Also had Mammoth and Mastodon fossils. One of us found just a few little shark teeth, a marble, and a beat up Llama tooth. Another found LOTS of little shark teeth and 2 or 3 distressed Megs. Great day, Sunshine , good friends , cool water. I could hear a Hoot Owl in mid afternoon. Here are my finds, some interesting, I kept thining that I would find a complete meg 2-2.5 inches... there were lots of pieces, but it never happened. That resembles a Hubble Meg. So, 2 plates of Mammoth, a chunk of Mastodon and I am thinking Mammoth leg bone but one friend suggested Vert. Picked it off the bottom in 2 feet of water..There is a very small toe bone, I'll try to ID in a week or so. A shiny Equus lower right m3 about 30 mm which seems small for an Equus m3. A piece of Ray mouthplace, and a VERY warn dolphin petrosal. Just sharing the day , showing some finds. This location has had a lot of hunting activity and it is not easy to find fossils. The Peace river is an old friend and always seems to welcome me back with a fossil or two. One friend had a great find a week back.. He agreed to let me post a photo on TFF. Very special version of a rare fossil. Enjoy.
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Tracking the extinct giant Cape zebra (Equus capensis) on the Cape south coast of South Africa
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New discovery: fossilised giant zebra tracks found in South Africa. by Charles Helm, The Conversation, March 16, 2023 Experts flabbergasted after discovering fossils of giant zebras in ancient dunes The researchers also found a "zebra crossing", where two equid trackways intersected each other. By Ian Randall, Daily Express, March 20, 2023 The open accesss paer is: Helm, C., Carr, A., Cawthra, H., De Vynck, J., and others (2023). Tracking the extinct giant Cape zebra (Equus capensis) on the Cape south coast of South Africa. Quaternary Research, 1-13. doi:10.1017/qua.2023.1 Yours, Paul H.-
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I hardly ever go out on Weekends, because it takes away the perception of solitude. But today ,made an exception... Showing off a couple of finds, and asking a couple of questions... 1st is a lower left Equus tooth, likely the m1 or m2. Equus is pretty common in the Peace River. This one is pretty small at 24 mm APL. Question:... What is you smallest APL for an Equus tooth? 2nd is a P. mirifica about the same size as the Equus tooth. Blowup of enamel.... Question. What has happened with this tooth? Is that sparkly stuff druzy? On the lower left enamel, looks like HSBs ... but HSBs do not occur in Camelids.. So what are those slanting lines? Here is an example of Hunter_Schreger Bands (HSBs) in Rhino teeth..
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Been at it for about a year now and I try to hit the creeks at least twice/month if I can help it. The "loose" pics are either newer finds that haven't made their way into the display yet, or finds that have their own display. Most of these were rescued from the Gainesville area. Some are from the Peace River & Joshua Creek, as well as Manasota, Caspersen, Venice & Fort Clinch beaches. I was also lucky enough to discover a previously unknown spot VERY close to home, while scouting one day! Dr. Hulbert (w/ UF) confirmed it is a new spot, but was reluctant to check it out as none of my initial finds were extinct species... I have since found horse teeth at that location and can't wait for water levels to go back down!!! Hoping to add a few new species to my collection on my upcoming trip to GMR & one of the Summerville creeks (not sure which one yet but would love to find my first Angi & GW)... the GW in my pics was actually found by my Grandfather in Panama in the 70s! Thanks for looking : )
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