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I've been working on a job site and we dug a huge pond about 25 feet deep and these old Shell's were everywhere. I've been trying to look them up but haven't had much luck. How can I find out what types there are and possibly how old? We were working about 10 miles from the ocean so they had to have been there for meany years I would think. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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So my daughter decided she wanted to go look for shark teeth yesterday. I went to a nearby spot that we to this point had found very little, to my surprise we found some of the best color teeth I have personally ever seen. Any suggestions on how to clean the root?
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Here I am with a new fossil. It's nothing special but where I live sellers usually have only shark teeth from Morocco / North Africa. I'm not an expert in the "shark teeth identification" field and I can only make hypothesis about the specie it belonged to. Suggestions? What are the diagnostic characters that can be observed in it?
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Hey all, Any reason to believe that this horse leg might belong to anything besides Equus? It's from Ice Age Florida.
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Found on Fernandina Beach in the far northeast corner of Florida. Weight 53.87 grams. Hardness somewhere between 3 and 5.5 (penny did not scratch it but steel blade does). Non magnetic. Found during incoming tide. Area is dredged frequently, also recent hurricane and several nor'easters. These are different angles of the same specimen Two more angles Not oily when cut. Does not float.
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I’m hoping someone could help me with a quick question! I have too many teeth and I need to let some go- I know that the rules say you can’t help appraise- but perhaps offer a general idea? The teeth are small but very beautifully colored (similar to agate?). Not all of them are colorful but the ones that are seem very unique to me! I know that my idea of value is not quite right since I was raised in shark tooth city, but most of what I see for a dime a dozen is pretty plain (black/gray) and I’ve searched with not too many answers -any advice on where to get started would be great, thank you !
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Hi all, I wanted to start a thread for people to share their favorite fossils with amazing coloration. To kick it off here is one of my favorite shark teeth (a hemipristis from BV in Florida, miocene age). It is near max size for the species, just under 2" on the slant.
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I was recently looking through some fossils I found, a number of years ago, along the beach in Charlotte Co. Florida, and found an unidentified one. It is well worn from the surf but stills shows a lot of detail. Other fossils found at that time were: horse, mammoth, bison, deer, shark and a few others. This one I'm not sure of. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
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I found this tooth the other day and it actually took me a minute to even flip it over and realize that it was a tooth! It's almost perfectly smooth & hollow in the backside.. any explanation as to what is going on here? And yes the tooth is in rough condition. Front and back view
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Glyptotherium tibia
megaholic posted a topic in Partners in Paleontology - Member Contributions to Science
I found this diving in the Peace River, Polk County Florida in 2013. After identification by Dr. Hulbert, he mentioned that they did not have an example of that bone in the state collection, and that they would love to have it if I ever wanted to donate it. After five years of consideration, I realized last week that it would be put to much better use there than in my living room. I mailed it last week. Glyptotherium sp. Florida Museum of Natural History (UF) tibia and fibula are fused at the proximal and distal ends (Engelmann, 1985). Bone Valley formation Peace River, Polk County, Fla river alluvial deposit on hard bottom rock.
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I found this yesterday, November 26, down at Venice Beach, FL near the fishing Pier, along with an assortment of shark's teeth, coral and other interesting things. It looks like a tooth to me but I didn't think it was a shark tooth. Does anyone know what it is from? Thanks in advance! I'll have to post separate posts for different angles; I guess my files are large.
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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Megalodon Shark Tooth Venice, Florida, USA TIME PERIOD: Middle-Miocene to Pliocene (2.6-23 Million Years ago) Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon), meaning "big tooth," is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 2.6 million years ago (mya), during the Early Miocene to the end of the Pliocene. There has been some debate regarding the taxonomy of megalodon: some researchers argue that it is of the family Lamnidae, while others argue that it belongs to the family Otodontidae. Further, its genus placement is also debated, with authors placing it in either Carcharodon, Carcharias, Carcharocles, Megaselachus, Otodus, or Procarcharodon. The shark has made appearances in several works of fiction, such as the Discovery Channel's Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives. Scientists suggest that megalodon looked like a stockier version of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), though it may have looked similar to the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) or the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). Regarded as one of the largest and most powerful fish to have ever lived, fossil remains of megalodon suggest that this giant shark reached a length of 18 meters (59 ft), though there are many other competing figures due to fragmentary remains; for example, 24 to 25 meters (79 to 82 ft). Their large jaws could exert a bite force of up to 110,000 to 180,000 newtons (25,000 to 40,000 lbf). Their teeth were thick and robust, built for grabbing prey and breaking bone. Megalodon probably had a profound impact on the structure of marine communities. The fossil record indicates that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. It probably targeted large prey, such as whales, seals, and giant turtles. Juveniles inhabited warm coastal waters where they would feed on fish and small whales. Unlike the great white which attacks prey from the soft underside, megalodon probably used its strong jaws to break through the chest cavity and puncture the heart and lungs of its prey. The animal faced competition from whale-eating cetaceans, such as Livyatan and killer whales (Orcinus orca), which likely contributed to its extinction. As it preferred warmer waters, it is thought that oceanic cooling associated with the onset of the ice ages, coupled with the lowering of sea levels and resulting loss of suitable nursing areas, may have also contributed to its decline. A reduction in the diversity of baleen whales and a shift in their distribution toward polar regions may have reduced megalodon's primary food source. The extinction of the shark appeared to affect other animals; for example, the size of baleen whales increased significantly after the shark had disappeared. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniformes Family: †Otodontidae Genus: †Carcharocles Species: †C. megalodon -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Megalodon Shark Tooth Venice, Florida, USA TIME PERIOD: Middle-Miocene to Pliocene (2.6-23 Million Years ago) Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon), meaning "big tooth," is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 2.6 million years ago (mya), during the Early Miocene to the end of the Pliocene. There has been some debate regarding the taxonomy of megalodon: some researchers argue that it is of the family Lamnidae, while others argue that it belongs to the family Otodontidae. Further, its genus placement is also debated, with authors placing it in either Carcharodon, Carcharias, Carcharocles, Megaselachus, Otodus, or Procarcharodon. The shark has made appearances in several works of fiction, such as the Discovery Channel's Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives. Scientists suggest that megalodon looked like a stockier version of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), though it may have looked similar to the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) or the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). Regarded as one of the largest and most powerful fish to have ever lived, fossil remains of megalodon suggest that this giant shark reached a length of 18 meters (59 ft), though there are many other competing figures due to fragmentary remains; for example, 24 to 25 meters (79 to 82 ft). Their large jaws could exert a bite force of up to 110,000 to 180,000 newtons (25,000 to 40,000 lbf). Their teeth were thick and robust, built for grabbing prey and breaking bone. Megalodon probably had a profound impact on the structure of marine communities. The fossil record indicates that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. It probably targeted large prey, such as whales, seals, and giant turtles. Juveniles inhabited warm coastal waters where they would feed on fish and small whales. Unlike the great white which attacks prey from the soft underside, megalodon probably used its strong jaws to break through the chest cavity and puncture the heart and lungs of its prey. The animal faced competition from whale-eating cetaceans, such as Livyatan and killer whales (Orcinus orca), which likely contributed to its extinction. As it preferred warmer waters, it is thought that oceanic cooling associated with the onset of the ice ages, coupled with the lowering of sea levels and resulting loss of suitable nursing areas, may have also contributed to its decline. A reduction in the diversity of baleen whales and a shift in their distribution toward polar regions may have reduced megalodon's primary food source. The extinction of the shark appeared to affect other animals; for example, the size of baleen whales increased significantly after the shark had disappeared. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Lamniformes Family: †Otodontidae Genus: †Carcharocles Species: †C. megalodon -
Went for an hour hunt after dinner tonight and glad I did. We had some rain today and hit a site that most stuff is broken at now but somehow this guy made it thru.
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Hello everyone, About a year ago, I moved my family to Southwest Florida. A new hobby my son and I have picked up is hunting for fossil shark teeth. We found a great beach. Our record haul in one day was 1300 teeth! We are having fun and are planning to take scuba lessons so we can start finding some Meg teeth out a little deeper. In any event, here are a few pics from a couple months ago. We did find a tooth on Saturday that we can't quite ID. Our best guess is a small Meg tooth or possible a Great White? I'll photograph it later today and post it in a new thread to see if anyone can help ID it. For now, here are a few of our first teeth.... Shark Teeth-009 We did think this piece could possible be part of a Meg tooth (two pics, front and back) Shark Teeth-013 Shark Teeth-014 Any guesses on what this one is? Shark Teeth-046e2 Take care, Russ
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Hello from the Sunshine State. I am a 44 year old beach comber, along with my son we pull in a ton of (legal) material from the shores... mostly sharks teeth and odd bits of sea polished fossils. Here hoping to name a few odd finds as time goes by. Thank you for your time and efforts with this forum. TWCurtis.
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Hello everyone! My name is Seth, and I do zero-visibility diving here in FL rivers to hunt for fossils. Besides the people I dive with, I have never met any other diver that is willing to do what we do, so it will be very interesting to maybe find some people on here! We typically find alligator, mastodon, turtle, tortoise, horse, deer, and just about anything that use to live here +10,000 years ago. I am a diagnostic medical sonographer, so I'm a lot more knowledgable about all the squishy stuff in the body than the bones. I still have a lot to learn in the ways of fossils and the history they can tell, so any standard tips and rules when trying to ID a find is very helpful. I can not wait to learn tons from this amazing pool of knowledge.
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Hello all, I am a new member who has just started to get into fossil hunting this past year. I currently split time between St. Simon's Island, Georgia and Tampa, Florida depending on the time of the year and my work schedule. I have some experience sifting on beaches / marshes in both locations as well as a few creek bed collecting trips in Kentucky. I am looking for some fossil hunting buds in either area!
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Hi All! New to the forum and wanted to introduce myself. I've been hunting western Florida for the past 6 months and have dived in teeth first!! On here to get info on some of my finds and learn more about the amazing/beautiful/jaw dropping things we all find in the dirt/clay/surf/rock. Been in love with fossils since i could see! Have a deep passion for ancient creatures and connecting the dots for the last 30+ million years one fossil at a time. I'll be posting some of my finds in the next few days, please feel free to strike up a convo, ill listen to you brag about all the cool stuff you found!!! I primarily land hunt for shark teeth and bone (whatever it may have been from) You never know in Florida (some of you know exactly) Happy Hunting! GWM
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Reference Gardner, Julia A. 1937. "The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. Part VI - Pteropoda, Opisthobranchia, and Ctenobranchia (In Part)," U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 142-F.
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Reference Gardner, Julia A. 1937. "The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. Part VI - Pteropoda, Opisthobranchia, and Ctenobranchia (In Part)," U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 142-F.
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Some of my feathered neighbors.
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Reference Gardner, Julia A. 1937. "The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. Part VI - Pteropoda, Opisthobranchia, and Ctenobranchia (In Part)," U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 142-F.
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Reference Gardner, Julia A. 1937. "The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. Part VI - Pteropoda, Opisthobranchia, and Ctenobranchia (In Part)," U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 142-F.
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Screen washed collection of bulk sediment.
