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Unknown fish vertebra (bony fish; rat fish?)
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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Hello everyone! I went to the beach yesterday, and came back with my first mammal fossil...maybe? It certainly feels like one, but I'm very new to this and am not sure what exactly it could be. The waves were just bringing it in when I spotted it. It was found in Northeast Florida. My understanding is that fossilized horse teeth are pretty common, so that would be my best guess. But when I look up images of fossilized horse teeth, most of them have a very rectangular shape, some with a slight curve to them. Could it be a tooth from a different mammal, or maybe even something completely different? I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts. Thanks!
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Hi All, I found this chunk of fossilized bone on the beach in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. It's approximately 2" x 1" and appears to be broken off on both ends. It has distinct features, like a straight spine down the middle that tapers on one end and divides or forks into two bones on the other end. My only guess is a part of a Marine mammal Vertebra? All IDs are appreciated. Thanks Lynn
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Hope everyone had a great weekend! Got a few IDs to confirm and a couple to check before adding to my shadow boxes. Depending on answers, I might have to re-open one and squish a piece in. These were all collected from the Peace River with FRE guided tour on 26/12/23 (as in previous posts). side note: I took these photos through my lighted standing magnifying glass and was pleasantly surprised by how well it worked! I will definitely be continuing with this moving forward. Please excuse the very scratched measuring lines on the stand; proof of why it's important to wear eye protection and a mask during fossil preparation! 1. I think these are all turtle spurs. The last two images are the same object, but wouldn't fit well into a collage.
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When I am about to make a post about finds, I am always conflicted on choosing "Hunting Trips", where I share lots of known fossils or "Fossil ID"... where I really want identification assistance. Usually works out If I put them together. It feels like I have been struggling to get out. With the Holidays , I managed to get out 4 times in December , 5 times in January , and yesterday was my 1st day in February. I used to be able to get out 10 times a month... those are my really happy days... I went yesterday and will go to the Peace river tomorrow.. YES !!! Started slow, but yesterday was a very successful hunt... Here are the ones I think I know. The Highlight of the day are 3 fossils from Hemiauchenia macrocephala. Two carpals in the same sieve and in fantastic shape. This was a favorite location and thus I had hunted frequently. Usually that depletes an area. In my 1st 8 sieves, I had found small shark, ray teeth plus lots of turtle and many broken bones. In the 9th sieve , BOTH of these carpals showed up and I put away any thoughts of moving on. Very rare, This is my 2nd or 3rd of these. A camel_llama lower premolar in great shape, with a little damage on the chewing surface. In the screen with the Llama tooth, a good sized Hemipistis upper tooth In previous threads, I have been discussing half fossilized vines, I found 2 fully fossilized Liana vines. Learn about liana vines, thick, woody vines that grow in the rainforest and compete with other plant forms for light and space. I found a number of Horse teeth, but I really worked on photos and trying to Identify this fragment of a tooth I thought might be cat... it is not. Staring at the broken enamel, I realized that I had Hunter _ Schreger bands... and cats do not have HSBs Found a nice Equus Lower tooth. Horses have one sets of teeth that they chew down over a lifetime. The length would say this was a young adult at death. Not everything is perfect and I do love Tridactyl horse teeth.. Almost there, chipped a little on the right side. Now for a few unknowns...Alligator ??? I did not realize that these "holes" existed any where else than as part of an Alligator osteoderm and thought that's the strangest osteoderm I have ever seen.. Additional pictures... Jaw ?? Please confirm what part of the Alligator this bone comes from.... Here is another find that kept me from filling the sieve... My first thought was Bone, but it was fossilized and heavy like rock, so I started rolling it in my hand to form an opinion. Saw some shiny stuff on 2nd view This 3rd view stopped me. Straight lines in Bones are unusual... It usually implies petrified wood ( go see the vine above) Let me look at the 2nd view more closely.. It looks like layers... maybe tusk... Enhance that a little, layers that get into compacted layers, and I can almost see the Schreger bands going horizontally and then crossing with bands going upwards at a 45 degree angle. Can this be ivory??? You can see the delusions that may happen when my focus should be to fill the sieve and find more fossils... I did find more, but you have seen the good ones.... Enjoy...
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I found this while beach combing in Venice, Florida. Before I picked it up I was thinking mammoth tooth fragment but after I started to look at it I thought maybe a milk tooth. Found a couple pics that looked kind of close but thought I would check with the experts. If not mammoth what might it be? Thank you .
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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.
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Bones and a bonus scale(?) ID, Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
citronkitten posted a topic in Fossil ID
Back again! It's too much fun figuring things out. I'm running out of shadowboxes, though, so will have to wait before tackling my next batch. 1. 2x unknown metacarpals/metatarsals as identified by our guide. Both are 'spongy'.
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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Florida Green Watersnake (Nerodia floridana) vertebra [a]
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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Florida Green Watersnake (Nerodia floridana) vertebra [c].jpg
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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Florida Green Watersnake (Nerodia floridana) vertebra [b]
citronkitten posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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Armadillo (Dasypus bellus) flex osteodorm [a]
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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Armadillo (Dasypus bellus) flex osteoderm [c]
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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Armadillo (Dasypus bellus) flex osteoderm [b]
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
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Glyptodont (Glyptotherium sp) dermal scute [b]
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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
full and partial rosettes
![Florida Green Watersnake (Nerodia floridana) vertebra [a]](http://content.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2024_02/small.FloridaGreenWatersnakeNerodiafloridanavertebraa.jpg.739c0f24d626460a5bee1791ba84ee29.jpg)
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![Florida Green Watersnake (Nerodia floridana) vertebra [b]](http://content.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2024_02/small.FloridaGreenWatersnakeNerodiafloridanavertebrab.jpg.547ca40ac08c41f7385ab33d35353ae0.jpg)
![Armadillo (Dasypus bellus) flex osteodorm [a]](http://content.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2024_02/small.Dasypusbellusflexosteodorma.jpg.5a5ccac17cc0f69c44e51002fd27f921.jpg)
![Armadillo (Dasypus bellus) flex osteoderm [c]](http://content.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2024_02/small.Dasypusbellusflexosteodermc.jpg.08f2bd09b7e0c2d9ee2bf982f7b548e3.jpg)
![Armadillo (Dasypus bellus) flex osteoderm [b]](http://content.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2024_02/small.Dasypusbellusflexosteodermb.jpg.45c3ed0711badc937d9401f50b09b651.jpg)
![Glyptodont (Glyptotherium sp) dermal scute [b]](http://content.invisioncic.com/e327962/monthly_2024_02/small.Glyptotheriumsp2.jpg.cc10e1a8d85abd15ba62c761dc8bbcc0.jpg)