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From the album: Peace River, Florida 26/12/23
Next shadow box from Peach River 26/12/23: Mammal Teeth. Teeth are hard! Still working on IDs, but this is current progress. -
Hello there here is another skull I’ve seen online and I’m interested in. Any red flags? I don’t have much info I’m afraid… Any and all help is very welcome!
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Hi Everyone, I went fossil hunting last weekend on the Norfolk coast, UK. A long walk up and down the beach of Happisburgh. Well known for its Ice Age mammal finds. I found a few different pieces, but this one in particular caught my eye. It's been rolled around in the surf somewhat, but I was hoping someone might be able to ID this for me? Because it does retain some shape still, it kind of looked like the end of a femur or tibia? But it does also resemble an ankle bone from a large animal, possibly Mammoth, Rhino or Bison? What do we think? Thanks in Advance, Jim.
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I found this lying on a dirt road, in the Western Cape, South Africa. I looked at dozens of pics of mammalian teeth, and the only one I could find that looked similar, was a hippopotamus tooth.
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What appears to be a fossil canine tooth from Virginia, USA. out of a layer that typically produces marine fossils from the late Oligocene-early Miocene. It measures ~2.5” from tip of crown to the base of the root, has some sort of cementum or ossification at the base of the root. The enamel is smooth with the presence of a carina on both cutting edges. As you can see, there is very little wear to the tooth, which makes me wonder if it was a juvenile or is that indicative of the type of prey it ate. I initially thought it had to be a whale/odontocete tooth, but the smooth enamel with the presence of the carina has me second guessing that ID. Could it be from a pinniped? Large cat? Something else? This one has me stumped. Any thoughts are appreciated.
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Recently, I found many fossilized bones, including a lower jaw, buried in clay next to a riverbank in Greece. I surfed the internet to get more information about that place and discovered it was very close to another site on the same river where Miocene bones were found (about 50 species, mainly mammals). I cleaned the jaw bone and then noticed that the teeth were missing, and I couldn't identify whether it was a carnivore or a herbivore. I would appreciate it if anyone could recognize any characteristics and maybe find what animal it belonged to. (In the known locality there were found rhinoceros, apes, turtles, hyenas, gazelles, lions, saber-toothed cats, other felines, various species of giraffes, bovines, bears, deer, horses, boars, primitive elephants and chalicotheres)
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From the album: Miocene, Maryland and Virginia, USA
The inner hoof core or toe bone from a deer. Not Miocene in age but old. Exact age unknown. Calvert cliffs state park -
Hey, been a while, so i decided to start a new topic for the new year. Headed out on Thursday 25/01 to the river shores in Antwerp again. First hunt of the year since i've worked non-stop so far and a contractor is rebuilding our house.. It was great being out again so i was already pleased on beforehand, finding some nice teeth made it even better 😁 here's some in situ pics.. Rolled C. hastalis C. hastalis in excellent shape my first Parotodus benedeni ever, not in great shape but an awesome find anyway 😀 Finally a complete 6cm C. hastalis VID20240125131132.mp4 And some random mammal teeth Had a great first hunt of the year, and I already feel like going back! oh yeah, here's the whole lot cleaned up.. Surprised about how many different species i got covered this time 😄 Grtz, Dries
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Hello everyone Below are some finds from my last trip to a dredge spoil island that has Miocene to modern marine and terrestrial fossils. The dredge and river action unfortunately beat up the fossils and make it hard to ID. The scale on the white graph paper is 1" for the boxes. Photo quality a little off due to the poor winter sun angle. Large Un-numbered Bone: Possibly a mammoth or bison femur? Weighs more than 3.5 pounds. It looks like the head of a femur and a heavily worn limb bone. May be too far gone to ID. #1: Two small mammal (likely cetacean) periotics #2: Edge of a Turtle shell? Just didn't see the typical interior turtle shell texture #3 Broken coprolites? Interesting interior compositions on them #4 Worn turtle nuchal shell? #5 Wild guess-fish tooth in jaw? Has a smooth enamel on the pointy end that tapers on both sides to a broken point #6 No idea-Probably unidentifiable? #7 Small broken horse scapula? Thanks for looking. Hopefully the photos stay in order, with an outdoors photo followed by another photo indoors due to the outdoor light this time of year. Be happy to add better photos if requested.
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Found on a beach in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Height is approximately 1.3 cm / 0.5 in.
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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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Is this skull real? Is it from an adult individual? Its 10 inches and has minor restoration on the canines braincase and sagittal crest. Seller says it from miocene but I am pretty sure Hyaenodon lived during the Oligocene
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I found this jaw section in the Chandler Bridge creek in Summerville, SC. It looks like a jaw section possibly from Bob Cat. Does anybody have any differential opinions where this may originate?
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I recently found this partial tooth in Florida and I really think it’s dire wolf. It looks exactly like the upper carnassial dire wolf teeth online. The only measurement i have is that the thickest part of the enamel from top to bottom is 17mm thick, not accounting for wear. Can you guys confirm/deny? Thanks! filtered-3F76D20A-199B-4B93-8957-ACB17287FC39.mp4
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The first fossil mammal in my collection: a partial jaw of Merycoidodon sp.
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Hello everyone, even though I haven't reached 35 fossils in my collection like I hoped for this year, I still managed to close 2023 with my 34th fossil! The one I'm going to show you today is, in fact, this 34th fossil, which is also the first mammal fossil I've ever owned Species: Merycoidodon sp. (Leidy, 1848) Size: ~3.0 cm long Age: 34-23 mya (Oligocene, stage indet.) Origin: South Dakota's Badlands (USA) About this fossil: a partial lower jaw of this genus, with four nicely preserved teeth. I personally like how, in this specimen, the matrix is still present, which helps to keep the two parts together and just makes the fossil look nicer
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Howdy all, Found these on a beach in Panama city a few years ago and I'd appreciate some help identifying them. The first one I originally thought was just a piece of turtle shell, but later while examining it, I noticed the presence of a root canal, which leads me to believe this is some sort of tooth. The second one I saw in my pan, and I just paused, cause I wasn't expecting to find land mammal material. I want to place this as Archaeohippus, but I'm not sure.
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On college ruled paper, 1 line = 7.1 mm
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On college ruled paper, 1 line = 7.1 mm
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On college ruled paper, 1 line = 7.1 mm
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Mammal jaw from Montana
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I was going through my collection today, as I got some nice display stands that I was beginning to put to use, and remembered this fossil, found around Steinhatchee, Florida, I hope I spelled that right. I was thinking Camelid, but normally those seem to be section into 4, not 2, thoughts? (About 3/4 of an inch, almost 2cm)
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Found this tooth in the peace river on my last trip, wasn’t completely sure what it was. Im thinking it could be whale or predator. I know its in pretty bad shape but would be thankful if anyone knows what it is. thanks
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One of the few things I collect are capybara fossils. One of the other things are mammal verts and large shark verts. But of all the capybara teeth I have I have never seen a vertebra from one of them. Does anyone have any that I can see?
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From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
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Dug this out of the sand in the Peace River, FL. After a few hours of searching images of various teeth, I can't find anything that resembles it closer than a human molar. Hopefully it isn't just that! Any help on the ID would be appreciated.
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