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I found these today and I can’t find similar things in any references. once more, I truly appreciate your assistance and patience. Jon.
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Went hunting yesterday. We have had a lot of rain and the Peace River is 3-4 feet too deep but it has been dropping and just due to withdrawal symptoms, we decided to try one of the streams that might have some low spots. The lighter colors tell you these are from a stream. That is a dugong rib segment upper right, mostly small shark teeth, a couple of Meg Frags, chunk of Mammoth plate, puffer fish mouth plate bottom. A Beluga periotic made my day. They are far rarer than Megalodons.. Only my 2nd in 15 years... the 1st was October 2021. There are other notable finds: A very small dolphin tooth (I will try to identify it, just based on size likely a small river dolphin). A Sawfish rostral tooth and then what I am trying to get identified.. a 31 millemeter enamel fragment with a unique tip. Additional Photos... This last photo of what I thought was the root end seems to have a chewing surface like enamel, so the "tip" above might be the end of a tooth root ??? This may be obvious and I'll but I have seen LOTS of broken enamel over 15 years. For example, that very thin broken enamel is similar to broken horse teeth, but I have not seen a tip that looks like this one on any Bone Valley tooth. All suggestions greatly appreciated. Jack
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Hi, Everyone. We found some more odd fossils yesterday and I decided to put a few out for identification. I added a shot of all of them together next to a centimeter ruler for size and comparison, the rest are individual items. One looks an awful lot like a pecan, but turned out to be a brown, striated stone. As always, I’m here to learn. Thanks. Jon
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I went fossil hunting yesterday. It is an activity that brings a smile and renews my soul. Sometimes I like the solitude of hunting alone ( my 1st 18 months I only hunted alone), but this day I was blessed with good friends and I could tell stories, share their cut up fruit and trail mix, and marvel on what we were finding. These are mostly my treasures.. None of us found large quantities, I had less than 50 fossils in my collection bag... but what we did find was unique and/or had some quality aspects... A tiger , 32 mm across the root. A Dusky or Bull, never sure which A fishjaw and a Tree root.... and below, a rare find for me ... note it tried to break,. it will not get the chance again A dolphin tooth found late... not one that I could name. Friends also found a Dolphin tooth earlier, Slightly larger. When this rolled into my sieve, I knew it was familiar, I rolled it over and over, but I was not expecting it , could not ID. My friends did. Menippe was a Genus of Stone crabs back in the Florida Pliocene. I wonder if this was a late arrival. I liked the quality of the fossils... look at the details of this crab claw... I was picking up a bunch of (broken) bones that I only slightly recognize with the intention of posting some of them but maybe in future posts. I do have a femur that I am curious about... I always search TFF for helpful threads: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/102805-peace-river-femur/ It has this comparison photo.... For comparisons, I possess a SaberCat femur at 13 inches if complete. Here's the key: 1-Horse femur, 2-Sabertooth Cat femur, 3-Human Adult Female Femur, 4-Komodo Femur, 5-Harpy Eagle Femur, 6-Kiwi Femur, 7-Platypus Femur, 8-Spider Monkey Femur, 9-Rhesus Macaque Femur, 10-Vervet femur, 11-Goliath Frog Femur, 12-Flying Lemur Femur. The bone seems not sufficiently robust for tapir, horse, llama, cow,, so maybe deer, coyote, bobcat.... Here is a mule deer for comparison. I think total length of Mule deer femur would be 11-12 inches. Any suggestions will be followed... Thanks for reading...
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Hey Gang, Happy New Year! I'm not sure this is exactly a fossil prep question but it relates to Identifying an unknown supposed Pleistocene fossil from Iowa so here goes. I'm trying to put together a comparative collection of extant/extinct mammal inner ear bones. I've got a number of fossil fragments from a number of critters and about to work on removing a couple of petrous bones/bulla (highlighted with red arrows) from a couple of extant skulls. Ive got to cut them out of 2 extant bovid skulls/cap--see photo below: The smaller example on the left is from a sheep and the other a much larger bovid I'm assuming a cow/Bos. I am thinking I can take my dremel with a cutting bit and remove the sheep petrous bone fairly easily by removing a surrounding section thru the skull cap along the blue line i've drawn. The larger skull on the right is more stout so I'm looking for any easy/cheap ideas from Harbour freight, hacksaw ideas or other to cut the ear bones free. Perhaps the dremel will have no problem cutting thru it as well. i've seen some pretty cool dissection equipment but I'm doing this on the cheap to satisfy the curiousity of how these bones are positioned/attached and identify their components and take some photos along the way. Any simple solutions for removal are welcomed. I'm ok with up/experimenting one side as I can always work on the opposite petrosal of each. Here's an unknown petrosal that I have that I want to compare against to compare the two extant bones too. I was told it might be possibly bison from the Pleistocene of Iowa. That ID has not been confirmed Thanks! Regards, Chris
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From the album: FOTM - Bone Valley Formation, Florida, USA
A lateral scute from Acipenser. These roundish scutes come from the sides of the Sturgeon -
From the album: FOTM - Bone Valley Formation, Florida, USA
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From the album: FOTM - Bone Valley Formation, Florida, USA
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Found on January 3rd, one of the bones to identify later, and now later has come. I went to a Fossil Club meeting and some experts there (Mark Renz, etc) felt it is a wrist bone, and did not recognize what mammal. 7 'views' of the find. The view below might be top of foot. Some 'chipping', especially on the last photo, but but basically this bone is all there is high quality preservation. If this is a Carpal (rather than Astragalus or Calcaneum) of 66 x 33 mm, it is from a LARGE mammal, say Rhino or Eremotherium. So that is where my thinking is going. I have not found any Rhino fossils at this site. I have looked at Metacarpal 2 (MC2) and the Unciform in this photo below which are close to the size (66 x 35 mm) of the find. I think close but not exact. But they are the best possibility SO FAR, and E. eomigrans was a Blancan fauna and I have found other E. eomigrans fossils at this location. Guidance on other possibilities or steps to investigate greatly appreciated... Jack
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I’ve got a a couple of what I think are some fossils/bones that I come across quite often in my searches and was wondering if people could help identify what they are! I believe the long skinny pieces are ray plates, but I do not know what the rest are. The small tooth looking item has a hollow ish cavity and small indents along the side. Thank you!!
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I wish I would have stopped in a store to help ID! What a great beach!
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I’ve been round and around with this one. Even messaged UF’s invertebrate paleontologist but no word, yet. Probably should have thought about colleges on breaks… Any suggestions?? Found: Peace River , Florida , US mixed with other positively identified Miocene echinoids, shell hashes and botryoidal covered shells and limestone composite rocks. Drusy coverings on most everything in this group. Including this fossil. Size: 35mm narrowest 45-50mm widest. Depending on if you stop at the fine rings or the outer flat perimeter. Could this be a jellyfish? Can others see the symmetry and outer rings? Thanks and fingers crossed! Jp Here are photos. Fossil in question- fossil side with close up in upper panels. Flip/bottom side in lower. It lightens when dry as shown in upper left. Sprayed with denatured alcohol to show the color when wet in the upper right. Close up details of the four quadrants of the oval. Drusy frost.
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Hello all, hope everyone is doing well. Since taking up some interest, my wife and I thought it would be fun for me to join a club near Orlando. Does anyone have any good recommendations? With some research I've seen Florida fossil hunters and Tampa bay fossil club, with fossil hunters being the preferable choice due to distance. I appreciate any and all help
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Can anyone help identify this fossilized shark tooth? Found today on Blind Pass Beach in Venice, Florida.
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Please help identifying this tooth. Unfortunately, I went past my phone’s photo capabilities but I hope the shape and serrated edge give some clue. The tooth is 1.3” long.
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Hi, ’Found this today. It’s about 3/4 inch square. Wondering if it’s familiar to anyone. Thank you.
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I am going to be in Florida for the next few weeks. I was wondering if any Forum members might want to meet up to do some collecting. I have collected the Peace a few times but do not have that much experience with river collecting. Feel free to reach out to me if interested. I should have access to a few kayaks.
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Hello, Brilliant Experts; ’Found this today. It’s about 1.7 inches and composed of varied patterns of stone. I appreciate any insight.
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Need help identifying this jawbone I found in the banks of St. John’s River, FL near mill cove
FossilFisherman posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi this is my first ever post so apologies for the atrocity that is my attempt at using tags lol, I found this guy on the banks of the St. John’s River FL by mill cove, i know its a jawbone, but to what i have no idea, could be mammal or marine, because there are lots of Osprey Bald Eagles and other birds of prey in the area. Any help is much appreciated! I also think it’s some sort of predator due to the shape of the teeth.
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So at the Florida barge Canal, you can find echinoids supposedly. I actually found a forum post on this site from 2019 where someone found some. And one other forum post. If you have been to this location, I would appreciate help with finding where exactly I'm supposed to dig. We parked on the south side of the bridge. We walked to the right down to the gate and then found the Florida trail. There were no gravel piles dig in. We tried digging right next to the water. And we tried digging on the trail in a hole where it seemed like others dug maybe a couple years ago. All we found was sand. Are we supposed to just dig until we find an echinoid🤣 maybe someone with experience in general knows more than me and could help even if you havent been to htis site🥲 thanks~
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As I was going through my collection yesterday night, I came across this strange fossil, I don't remember where i found it, but it is from Florida, probably around Jacksonville or Steinhatchee. Sorry for the little amount of detail, it's around 1 inch long. Any thoughts?
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Hello, My name is Kris. I haves been collecting shells since I was a child now and I started collecting minerals and fossils in adulthood. I often visit the Florida Keys so a lot of what I collect comes from there. I mostly find coral and clams, but recently I noticed I had collected a fossil crab claw years ago thinking it was a piece of coral. I thought it would be a good idea to start getting a second opinion on what I find, so here I am. I also sometimes buy something and forget to label it (😅), so I may also post to try to identify things I forgot.
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Due to the holidays, my last time out was 2 weeks ago. The nights have been cooler lately and we had some recent rains. Yesterday was sunny/overcast highs in low 70s F. I went out yesterday to a favorite location. Took a 5 mm wetsuit which was not quite enough to avoid occasional chills. The water was deeper so I could not quite reach the gravel and moved to a spot that had smaller gravel, more sand and shell. I recall thinking I might just try a sieve or 2 here and then move upstream prospecting. So much for that idea. In the 1st sieve was a tridactyl horse lower tooth. I would hunt here for the next 6 hours. I was finding fewer fossils than normal at this site, but the quality was better. For example , instead of 250 small shark teeth, I found 50. There were many broken bones and I kept a few that had potential for identification. In searching for comparisons, I found a @Plantguy thread where he was looking for IDs on horses, tapirs, and filefish. @Harry Pristis help out on differentiating Tapirs.. https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/76697-florida-vertebrate-unknown-questions/ I wonder if Chris ever IDed his tapir. A few closeups of what I believe are accurate IDs looking for comments. Early in my hunting days, I found an almost complete 3.5 inch Ray barb... Any time I see one near 2 inches, it makes my day An upper hemi around 2 inches, even broken is a welcomed find One of the best filefish verts I have ever see, Look at the detailed lines on the inside of the centrum.. Nice tooth.. HSB traverse lines on the enamel. I say peninsulatus based on the age of the location AND the long time ratio of peninsulatus versus any other Tridactly at this site. There are at least 6 species of tapir in the Florida fossil history, I have found 2-3 of them at this location, but this ones looks a lot like Tapirus haysii, much more than others . That was the show and tell part of this thread... Here is the request for ID. I know that 1st photo looks like a conglomerate rock.. I almost tossed it, then turned it over to see the 2nd photo and thought maybe Dolphin earbone, At 16 x 11 mm, really small. What do you think?
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I was out hunting yesterday. One of my frequent finds in the Peace River is horse teeth , usually Equus .sp. I found one yesterday. Typical Equus upper molar. EquusExample#1 I am very interested in horse fossil teeth but have focused on pre-Equus. To tell the truth I just do not know a lot or can tell differences between Equus variations like Equus Simplicidens or Equus Complicatus, etc but I am about to learn!! My education should focus on Florida because that is what I tend to find, but I am interested in but I am interested in any publications that can effectively differentiate Equus .sp. I will start by searching TFF and checking out Harry's gallary. A week ago a hunting friend gave me a box of horse teeth he had found all of which he believed to be Equus. Actually he wants the teeth back . I am just doing the identification & analysis. Lots of teeth!!!! My 1st separation was 1) large uppers 2) lowers, 3) not fully erupted 4) m3 lowers, 5) M3 uppers, and a few odd ones. While many teeth are worn or chipped, there are some fantastic teeth like this one below. EquusExample#2 Note what I refer to as the "squiggles". I generally have used these to differentiate pre-Equus horse species and I am wondering what variations I might see in equus.
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