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Hello again. I have acquired some new specimens to expand my "collection" and I would like you to help me corroborate the identifications of these fossils. I have no idea what species the trilobite corresponds to, I only know that it is from Morocco. According to the seller, the tooth was collected north of Florida, in a Pleistocene stratum and corresponds to a Tapirus veroensis. Likewise, the "crocodile" tooth was collected in the Bone Valley Area, Florida, within the Pliocene substratum. The shark tooth was identified as belonging to "megalodon". And finally, the piece of jaw with the tooth was collected in France and corresponds to a plagiolophus minor. I would love to have your opinions regarding those identifications and if you could help me to better catalog the "crocodile" tooth (if and when possible). Thank you very much!

My regular fossil hunting friend and I decided to hunt one of our small creeks since the Peace is still just a bit high. Last time we went to this site, it was so low and slow, that leaf debris had covered our nice gravel bars and made it all but impossible to look. We decided then, there was an optimum range between too high and too low and were hoping to hit it just right. It is about a mile walk in, thorugh 5 foot high burr bearing plants. Luckily this time, the seeds weren't quite ripe, so I didn't come out of the woods looking like I was dressed up for Holloween, as the Burr Man Monster. The walk was pleasant, although we are still hitting record breaking temperatures in the 90's this time of October....good thing I am heading to the Smoky's to camp this week...We passed several terrestrial orchids on the way in, not quite blooming, so we knew we were a bit earlier than the last time...and as we climbed down the ridge to our "spot" we were delighted to be able to see the gravel bottom. No debris. Hooray. We got right to work, screening, and relaxing. The stream is only about 10 feet wide, where we were, and a pleasant 18" deep. moving along at a speed swift enough to cleaer the water immediately after digging. Even if I were to never find anything at this spot...I still might come to do it. It is so very pleasant. And I always find a few interesting things. In the photo, I have attached, I added my favorites in the top row. The biggest gator tooth I have ever found, perfect and a little over an inch long. A nice glyptodont piece, a puffer fish mouth plate, an interesting ray plate, a really neat piece of limestone, a great white shark tooth and a net weight.. The other teeth are all just ordinary, but fun to find. Often a screen here, has 4 to f teeth in it. My friend found a great white, 2 times the size of mine. I should have photographed it, a beautiful 4 inch long antler piece, including its base, and a gorgeous piece of soft shelled turtle. Both he and i like to find turtle shell, I have a nice little edge piece in the second row. We stayed about 3 hours. didn't find any megs this time, as we have before, but we both had a great time....as we wait for our favorite sites on the Peace river to become accessible.