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This one has to be a coral or sponge, right? Big weird thing. Peace River, FL.
Bone Daddy posted a topic in Fossil ID
This oddball looks like a sponge, coral, tubeworm, or something. I think. Maybe. Texture on the rounded parts is suggestive of sponge. I found it in the Peace River, Florida. I've never seen another one like it. Does anyone know what it is? Thanks in advance! MikeG
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Hey everyone! I’ve been looking for answers for years now on this tooth I found. It’s 3 inches long, and doesn’t have any enamel left. I found it on one of my shark teeth journeys back in 2013, after a Tropical Storm passed through. I know this is a type of tooth, as I can see where the root attaches to the gums. But the only closest thing I can find that resembles this is a pterodactyl tooth. Now, I found this in North Florida, and the beaches are replenished with sand from the St John’s river. So very cool stuff I’ve found, I do have a great collection but this particular tooth I’m stumped on and so is two professors that I’ve asked. Any ideas?
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Hi guys if anyone has a good resource for identifying these Florida shells it would be greatly appreciated in the meantime, here are a few for identification. 1.Arcinella cornuta 2. another Arcinella cornuta? 3. some pecten I’m not sure on species 4. Conus not sure on species 5. not sure 6 same as 5 7. Unsure 8. Balanus concavus?
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Hi all! I’m looking for some help identifying the specific animal this tooth came from. I know it’s camelid but that’s about it. Measurements are in last images. Let me know if you need more. Thanks!
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From what I've seen on the interwebs this appears to be a Pleistocene Llama Ankle Bone (Calcaneus.) This is based completely from an uneducated opinion. I wouldn't even say I'm an enthusiast bone collector. I am, however a mega fan of new knowledge and exploration. I'm just really stoked about my find and ridiculously curious about its origin. I live in SW Florida, close to the Peace River. If you're not familiar, the Peace River isn't a particularly large (wide) river but it is quite long, 106 miles to be more precise. Part of the river is less commonly known as Bone Valley to some fossil hunters who seek out fossilized shark teeth and other prehistoric mammal bones. From my understanding these finds are pretty common. I tried my best to include photos that are detailed enough for a positive ID but please forgive me if they fall a little short because like I've already mentioned I am no expert or even novelist. Thank you for any time you take to help satisfy my insatiable curiosity.
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I went hunting yesterday. My hunting partner wanted to return to a place that never ran out of gravel, and had numerous great fossils. At least the last time we were there 4 years ago... Yesterday, it was more difficult. It seemed that many had discovered this place and it is pretty close to a Peace River access bridge. In this group short where I have removed the 100s of small shark teeth (broken and whole) it seems there is little of interest, but hold any judgements... I kept a couple of bones because I wanted to use them as puzzles to solve... Some interesting finds: This Hemi is about as sweet as any of these get with black on black Peace River coloration... ID #1) How about a sliver of enamel.... The brownish area on the bottom photo implies Mammoth enamel, the enamel is thinner than I normally expect from Mammoth, and the external texture is not what I normally think of as Mammoth... What is next ID #2) This looks like a gigantic !!! Drumfish tooth, but that seems unlikely.. What is it? Does not look man_made, and it is pretty unusual as a concretion.... I do not know... And ID #3) Early in the day I found a wild pig molar and tossed it back... then I picked this up,, I said it was really odd, but was about to toss it as modern calf, he said that he did not know.... So TFF gets to see it... Calf Molar, lower left m2... It has a really odd stylid. but there seems to be lots of variability on the stylids. The enamel is translucent, and "seems" fossilized, even seems to have some HSBs, but possibly those marks are just scratches.. I think I am just sharing an odd modern tooth, As always , it was a great day on the river.... Jack
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[edit: TLDR: DD1-DD13 are denticles. Everything else is likely not.] Here are the candidate shark dermal denticles from my Peace River micro matrix sort (grid lines are 1mm): • DD1-DD13: quite certain in the ID, but can the species be identified? • DD14-DD19: Less confident about these more idiosyncratic specimens. DD16 might just be very worn, or possibly just a lookalike piece of phosphate. might DD17 be a steinkern? Its ridges seem shaped like the other denticles, but the material appears different. Additional idiosyncratic specimens, two orientations each. I am uncertain if they are denticles: • DD20 seems to have ridges, but texture is rough • DD24 has a promising profile, but ridges aren't obvious • DD23 has a rough "base," visible in the lower shot, and overall conical form. What do y'all think?
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So digging through micro matrix from the peace River this morning, and I came across this incredibly tiny mammal tooth. Using prior knowledge - 3 roots (2 missing, but still has the holes for the roots), with 1 root being thicker implies this is an upper premolar tooth. Short crown height so it’s from a senile animal. The chewing surface is similar to rodent teeth, but I’ve never seen a rodent tooth with roots. Could this be mouse? Bat? The size is incredibly tiny. Chewing surface about 1-1.5x1-1.5mm. Height including root about 2mm. @MarcoSr I know you picked through some Florida micro with lots of mammal stuff - any insight? @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker @digit maybe you guys can help as well? Apologies on the terrible pics - still struggling to get good pics with something this small!
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I discussed going to the Peace River hunting today, but decided I had a bunch of chores to get done at home. You might recall from previous posts that I lost a good chunk of my fossil collection because I moved it into the carport for storage, and Hurricane Ian redistributed some of it across my neighbors property. I kept like things together in Zip_lock bags. Last week , we had very heavy winds around 40 mph that blew anything not nailed down around...An hour ago, I was picking up stuff that had blown onto my neighbor's property and I saw... a Ziplock bag... it had been torn, but in the bottom of the bag were a few pufferfish mouth plates and some Stingray teeth... As I turned to return home, I spotted another Ziplock bag... this one still sealed !!! Dumped them out, washed them off... It has been over 7 months since the Hurricane... Sometimes, thru happenstance, things just work out.... Jack
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Thanks to a fellow forum member, I was able to get my hands on a few pounds of Peace River micro matrix material. I hope to bring a number of items from it to y'all for ID help, starting with this tooth-like conical item. Grid lines are 1mm.
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I am at a loss for what this is and I've looked everywhere can anyone recognize this?
Mekare posted a topic in Fossil ID
I'm usually pretty good about identifying what I have for the most part but this one thing has been driving me nuts..I found it with some other random bones and shark teeth of all kinds in blues, reds, blacks, and some a mix of orange and black, but..this one I can't seem to place. span widgetspan widget
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Hello, I found this in South Jacksonville along the shoreline and was wondering if anyone might identify it. It weighs 143 grams on my digital kitchen scale. Thank you.
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Hi, I have some beach specimens to explore and ID, but I’m having trouble determining the geologic age to know where to start. Can age be determined for specimens washed ashore (or could they potentially have arrived from anywhere)? Perhaps the maps/surveys makes the answer obvious, but I’m still confused and curious. My location of interest (green arrows) is labeled as ‘undetermined’ on the 1st pic. Screenshot is subpar, but that is how the site looks on my phone). The last pic is an example of my specimens. Grateful for your help. Steph
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Hi, folks! Was in Amelia Island over the weekend and found this weird fossil. Definitely bone, but seems like it is a partial vert or something. Just doesn’t feel quite right to conclude there.
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Holy moly guys. The saga of my historical yard continues... is this man made or a fossil? Had other great finds today, I think this one needs a post all of its own.
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Bunches of shells I've found in the dirt pile. Actual ID would be appreciated! Thanks Kimber 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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3 hour hunt Saturday morning. The sun was brutal. On the walk back to the cars with half full buckets, stopped 6 times I love this hobby Saw 4 friends who all were much more interested in Shells, echinoderms, corals than the fossils I normally find. It was good to get together and talk about fossils I used to hunt and occasionally do now. Note on this last photo, the tiny murex. You have to be careful. Lots of little shells are washed out of the mud and crevices of larger shells. In the early afternoon, after sitting in air conditioned pickup truck, drink ice water, and soothing my back, I drove to the Peace River. I had not brought swim shorts, so I stripped down to my blue genes and went swimming for an hour. Pure heaven... I have a lot of work ahead.. Some of these I know but not the majority.. and even the ones I know like the large Apple Murex in my hand might have a different name back in the Pliocene_Pleistocene. Enjoy.
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Crown measures 10.7mm. The small size confuses me. Is it possibly from a baby? I’ve researched but am just getting more confused. I know it’s a brachydont but that’s as far as I’m getting. Baby pig? Baby bear? Opossum? I found it in someone’s discard pile! I haven’t found a tooth like this yet and am excited to have found it in the jaw thanks in advance! @Meganeura @Shellseeker @Harry Pristis
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Where the heck is Nocatee?! Greetings from a small town about 10 minutes south of Arcadia. I have been kind of messing around fossil hunting on the Peace river for a couple of years now and have decided to get serious since I am addicted. We have about 1100 acres of land on the river that includes about three miles of the river. We have ag land for cows as well as land for hunting. We even put our own ramp in to the river! I look forward to learning from all of you and will be on the river later today!
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Got this out of the Peace River and any help Identifying would be appreciated.
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So went out with @Done Drillin yesterday to a spot on the Peace, near to where I had last found some tiny C. Hastalis and a single tiny Great White tooth recently, hoping for a larger Hastalis, or Great White, or even a Meg. Instead I walked away with an even better find! My first ever Cow Shark (Notorynchus, I believe?) - made even better by the fact that this past Monday I had commented on @Rowboater’s post saying how much I’d love to have one… and this one is only missing a bit of its root, too! @Done Drillin Also found one actually too. For some of my other finds: More tiny Hastalis: Tigers, a big Hemi lower, and 2 pathological Carcharhinus teeth: Sand Tigers, including one with a double cusp on one side: A bunch of pretty Carcharhinus teeth: And finally, 2 almost complete sand dollars, and 2 Glyptodon osteoderms, including one which is 1.5” thick, far thicker than any of my others:
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Most of the Littles fossilized shells. Please help ID.
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Here are some small weirdos I have found in my sifter in the Peace River. I tried using Google Image Search to find something similar, but no luck on this scale. They are covered in little protuberances. Are they fossil or geological? Shape suggests little corals or something. Thanks!
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Here some oddballs I found in the Peace River, FL. These were found on different trips in different spots. Their shape suggests some kind of coral or tube worm. But I can't find anything identifiable that looks like it. Has anyone else seen these in the Peace, or what are they? Any help would be appreciated.
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Some good friends offered to take me hunting for a couple of hours today.. thank the Lord for good friends. It was only 2 hours but I found some unusual items... including a number of high quality dolphin small verts. Then this one showed up... unusual, meaning I have never seen one like it previously. It's a vertebrae and I thought this would be trivial-- just search the net for "fossil dolphin Axis Atlas vertebrae". No luck... So what is it ? Tail vert.? what?
