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Hi Gang, So I meant to ask this quite awhile ago when I saw similar textures in our Florida Plio-Pleistocene osteoderms and periotics and ran across this larger chunk of bone again while rooting around in the garage this weekend and thought I'd throw it out for an answer. Does the lumpy irregular non-smooth texture on the top edge of this bone actually have a name? Is it normal or does it indicate there is some abnormality? I think I've seen similar textures but was curious. I dont know what kind of bone fragment it might be or what critter its from but being its another goofy fragment--if someone has an idea that would be cool but right now I'm just hung up on what the weird texture is...LOL. I know I'm crazy....Any insights are welcomed. 1st shot of the texture Next 2 pics show a slightly diff angle of one side of the bone with the texture showing at the top. Here's another view of the other edge which doesnt look worn and looks osteoderm/patella like to me. And a view of broken cross section at the bottom of the piece.Thanks! Thanks! Regards, Chris
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Went out this morning to what is appearing to be another Blancan site. I hunted Blancan fossils at a different location from 2015 to early 2017. That old location is pretty much played out, but now I am finding Blancan index species at a new site. I feel blessed . Cold at the beginning 41/42 degrees at 8am. However the sun was shining and it reached 58 degrees by noon. My hunting buddy found a number of Makos including a perfect 2.75 silver blade/brown root. He also found 4 plates of a mammoth tooth. I was no slouch .. 15 each of nice unbroken tigers & duskys, 3.3 Makos, an equus upper m3/p2, 2 armadillo scutes, camel lower tooth, deer tooth, and these.... Those of you that know me realize that the 1st photo of Nannippus Peninsulatus (11x13x22 mm) was all that I needed for a GREAT hunting trip. The rest is gravy. Going out again tomorrow.
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https://m.imgur.com/a/uiXpI All the photos are there. It isn't magnetic, it's kinda heavy and not fragile at all. I would think it was a rock but it has a curved side and is way darker than any other rocks on the beach. Is there anything you can tell about what it is based on this? It's kind of shiny as well. found around Melbourne beach FL.
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I had gone out New Years Day and promised a friend Dave that I would go out today, Jan 3rd to the Peace River. We talked last night about the weather, air temps in the 50s, rain in the morning, winds 10-15 mph. We decided we could handle it. There are 3 of us who tend to hunt together. Each of the 3 spouses think all 3 of us are insane, with her particular spouse being the craziest of the 3. At 8:20 am Dave and I launched from Heard Bridge with a temp of 51 degrees and constant rain. We each had 7mm wetsuits, scuba gloves/boots plus Dave had a scuba skullcap. It stopped raining at 10:30 am, and was mostly sunny with intermittent clouds, and the breezes were sporadic. The primary issue for both of us was how our hands and fingers reacted to the cold. I wore a scuba glove on one hand, switching when fingers on that hand started having difficulty picking up small shark teeth. Dave just tried to tough it out, but at times had to use the index fingers to pick up each tooth. Dave found a couple of horse teeth, a pristine large puffer fish mouth plate, and many small teeth. Here are my finds: and a mass of smaller teeth which is pretty common on a Peace River hunt. Some closer shots: The broken Meg is 2.5 inches. 3rd photo is a cream enamel fragment of a Mastodon tooth... wish I had the rest of it. For those who find these crystalized sea urchen spines, here is an ID for the last photo. Dave and I talked while I was eating lunch and he was trying to pick teeth out of his last sieve, we agreed it had been another great day at the Peace, mostly because the weather is turning COLD! and only a crazy person would hunt the Peace before Sunday.
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Hey Everybody! Happy new year! So my wife and I went down to Florida for a week to spend the holidays with my mother in law who lives in Cape Coral. We spent a few days around Christmas on the Peace River canoeing and fossil hunting. The weather was great and the river gave up some of her bounty. The river was only about 12 inches below normal which was a little higher than I am used to but I'm not complaining. The higher water makes it harder to dig deeper when the water was already up to my chest in some spots but we managed to pull out some good stuff. Here's the bounty. I am also going to post some items in the ID section that I would need some help with so check out that post too if anyone can help. Thanks and enjoy! Shark teeth. I know just a fragalodon but look at the size of that tooth! Shark teeth. I did well with megs this trip! I actually pulled up my sifter on a dig and had 2 megs in it! That was a first for me Some interesting staining shapes on this tooth's enamel. From what?? Gator scutes, turtle, horse teeth, ray dermal scutes, puffer mouth plate, clam cast, and some mammal bones I believe this bone chunk has some predation teeth grooves on it?? Nice tortoise spur, manatee vert, turtle, horse teeth, middle pic is a drum jaw section, puffer mouthparts, alligator teeth, ray teeth, mammal bone pieces This stuff all came from one hole I was digging in. Lots of ivory pieces, mammoth tooth piece, toe bone?, vert?, whale tooth?, and large piece of bone. Lots of tusk pieces. I was hoping my shovel would scoop out a nice piece of tusk but did not. I will be going back to that spot later in the season. Saw a lot of big gators on the river on this trip too. This was a big one! Thanks for lookin!
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I am looking to start a North Florida Fossil Club, so we can share what we find in the area, meet to fossil hunt, and share experiences and knowledge.
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I found this vertebra in Peace River and I haven't had any luck identifying it. Any ideas would be appreciated!
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Hi all, I found this tooth during my trip with Fossil Voyages. It’s from the Santa Fe River, Florida, US. From the Pleistocene. Anyone know what it is? I’m thinking three-toed horse, or small horse, but I’m not sure... Oh, the tooth might be incomplete, I’m not sure either about that. Thanks in advance for your help, Max
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Hi all, From Cris & Kyle, along with a few other awesome seashells, I got these two great conch shells. They were found somewhere in Putnam County, Florida, and are likely from the Nashua Formation (early Pleistocene). They seem to be part of the conch shells, the Strombidae family. But I really don’t know what species. Anyone know what it could be? Thanks in advance, Max
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Hi all, This great little Gastropod was given to me by Cris & Kyle from Fossil Voyages. They found it somewhere in Putnam County, Florida. They said it was likely from the Nashua Formation, which is early Pleistocene. So I’m trying to put a species name on it, but I can’t even find the family! If you could help with ID in any way (even pointing out the family that you think it might be part of would help; of course going straight to genus or species is better) I’d be more than glad to hear your thoughts! Thanks in advance! Max
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I spent the holidays down in Florida so I was able to get in a few days on the Peace River for some good fossil hunting. I posted the trip finds in a separate post. Here are some things I need some help on. Thanks so much! #1 #2 #3 long piece... antler tine? bone? #4 vert of what?? #5 bottom whale tooth? sperm whale?? #6 Thanks for help!
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Hi all, So I got this gorgeous olive shell as a gift from Cris & Kyle from Fossil Voyages, as they knew I was a big fan of fossil seashells. Unfortunately they don’t remember where exactly they found it, but they know it was in Putnam County, Florida. They also said that it was likely from the Nashua Formation (which is early Pleistocene). So I looked around on neogeneatlas.org , but not a single shell from the Olividae family seemed to come from this formation. I then checked fossilworks.org , and found some results, but googling for pictures to compare the species with was quite disappointing. In Neogene Atlas, the two genera that seemed to match the best (this is just based on the pictures, not on any data) were Oliva and Americoliva. In Fossilworks, the only database (from 5 results searching “Nashua Formation” to contain fossils from the Olividae family is: PaleoDB 79748 , with fossils from Rucks Pit Mbr of the Nashua Fm, has the following Olividae species: Oliva (Porphyria) paraporphyria, Oliva (Strephona) rucksorum, Oliva (Strephona) roseae. I would really like to put a species name on this beautiful seashell, it’s my first fossil from the Olividae family, a family that also has incredible modern representatives (yes, I like the olive shells A LOT ). Anyways I am looking forward to your feedback as to what species this fossil is! Thanks in advance, Max
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Have not been out frequently this month, so here are finds from a couple of weeks back. These finds are small..... but outstanding!!! Any time, I get a couple of pristine and/or unusual fossils, I am ecstatic. I love the small Meg, but these outstanding posterior tiger teeth are a first for me at this level of quality.. I did not know they had so many serrations.... right out of a karst_clay like mixture.
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Still stumped by this one thinking about submitting it for fossil of the month based on rarity alone. First tooth in a jaw I've found yet, seems to be carnivore. Found in a stretch of river with roughly plenty of Pleist. material.Thanks! @Harry Pristis @Boesse @ynot
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This has been a pretty disappointing year so far, with the season delayed by high water levels and then very poor results on trips to the Santa Fe, Withlacoochee and Peace when I finally could get out. This last Tuesday yielded reasonable results which I'm thankful for since the trip was a scouting expedition in preparation for a Christmas Eve trip with @Cam28 and @Max-fossils. Most of the vertebrate finds are pretty typical. My favorite find, though, was this sand dollar that looks like it had been dropped into the river after being professionally prepped. We find thousands of fragments of these while we're screening, but this is the first complete one I've run across. I think it's the best find of the day. I'm hoping Paul and Max will get something on our trip that will make it memerable.
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Hello! Nice to meet you all. I am Terry Goodall and I am an amateur paleontologist from Philadelphia that just moved down to the Jacksonville area. I want to get the paleo ball rolling down here so feel free to reach out to me! I live next to a great deposit where I have found mammoth, horse, tusk fragments, shark, whale, and much more! Hope to hear from you guys soon, -Terry
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So If you could Fossil hunt anywhere in the world. Where would you go, how long would you be there and what tools would you bring to help? I would Like to go to a lovely Clear stream in One of Florida's forests. I have always wanted to Scuba dive there and look for the many fossils that lye under the waters surface. What I would like to Look for are the fossils of Mastodons and Titanis walleri along with any species of Alligators that may have lived there during the Pleistocene era. Not only that but to also look at the current Wild life, You know it is awe Inspiring to think, this is one of the few places in America you will find a hold over from an ancient time, the mighty American Alligator. I think their presents within the water has scared a few people off from looking on the floor of the body's of water. It's almost somewhat Ironic that people go looking for fossils, some of which are from giant predators but can be scared off by an Alligator. But where do you want to fossil hunt?
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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Shark Teeth SITE LOCATION: Florida TIME PERIOD: Miocene Era (5.3-23 Million Years ago) Data: Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays. However, the term "shark" has also been used for extinct members of the subclass Elasmobranchii outside the Selachimorpha, such as Cladoselache and Xenacanthus, as well as other Chondrichthyes such as the holocephalid eugenedontidans. Under this broader definition, the earliest known sharks date back to more than 420 million years ago. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Elasmobranchii Family: Selachii -
Found these two today whilst knocking around some dirt. Not sure if they are fossil or not. Down here we have a lot of shells and a lot of "reworked" dirt and sand,so to speak. Which means I'm not sure if they originated where I found them or if they were moved there by construction and/or backfill. Any input is welcome.
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Hi all, Last weekend at the fossil fair in Ede I bought a big box full of great fossils, but I need your help with some of them. Here are some sharkteeth that I bought. They were found in Florida, but no location was given. Any Florida hunters recognize those colors? They are from the Miocene. I'm assuming some (first picture) are Negaprion, but I don't know the species, and I don't know about the other teeth. All help is welcome! Max
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Hello all Does anyone have access to the following PDF? Klaus, James S.; Meeder, John F.; McNeill, Donald F.; Woodhead, Jon F.; Swart, Peter K. 2017. Expanded Florida reef development during the mid-Pliocene warm period. Global and Planetary Change, Volume 152, May 2017, Pages 27-37 Mike
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I found this tooth yesterday at Peace River and I haven't been able to ID it yet. I think it is a canine tooth from some type of mammal.
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Hello, here I am again with a second tooth that a friend of mine bought few days ago. It's a quite small one but, for its price, it was a good purchase. The seller described it as belonging to a juvenile Carcharocles Megalodon (Miocene, Florida) but there're some doubts about that. What is your opinion on it? Does it belong to a Carcharocles Megalodon or to another specie (such as a Carcharhinus sp.)? Thanks for all the suggestions. (that's the only photo I have, if another one is needed I'll ask for it)
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This is a Florida beach find from about 25 years ago. We don't remember the exact location, but somewhere between Ft Meyers and Tampa. It reminds me of sponge but that's just a guess. It could be just an interesting rock, but has those large holes and very small pores. Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.
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I received not 1, but 3 gift boxes from our very own Nimravis. I was in Kuwait when he sent them, so I had him ship them to my parents house for safe keeping until I got home. I was VERY excited. 2 of the boxes were from Mazon Creek. My favorite is the 2 jellyfish. they are to the far right. 1 above the other. To the left of the small jellyfish is a piece of coprolite. At the bottom are unopened concretions. I have them freezing at the moment to try the freeze/thaw method to see if anything is in them. There are also ferns, a clam, and bark. The other bow was "about 22 Florida Pliocene shells from 16 different species" Thank you, Nimravis, VERY much. My son and I really appreciate this very much.
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