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I have a probable whale tympanic bulla that I can't identify. It was among the bits and pieces of South Florida phosphate mine (Miocene) fossils in my storage. It had some adherent matrix, including pebbles and even a tiny shark tooth, which I have removed. (The matrix interfered with measurement with caliper.) Anyone here recognize this bit of bone? @Boesse
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I have puzzled over these teeth for a while now. I found one in a mix of Florida phosphate mine fossils, then another, then another, and so on. I don't know what to call them, so I didn't put them my drawer. None is crocodilian. The teeth are solid, and one is double-rooted. Can anyone here identify these teeth? The closest I can come to them is an Oligocene xenophorid identified by @Boessesome time ago, but Family Xenophoridae is not listed by Hulbert in his Florida fossils book. The phosphate mine fossil teeth are almost certainly Miocene in age. Here are the SC Late Oligocene teeth for comparison:
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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Hey all, Part 2 of my blog series on whale and dolphin earbones is here - my guide to identifying isolated dolphin/toothed whale (Odontoceti) periotic bones. Check it out here: https://coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2023/01/bobbys-guide-to-whale-dolphin-earbones.html Sample image: -
This smallish odontocete periotic turned up in a box of miscellaneous phosphate mine things. This was collected decades ago from the Gardinier Mine in Polk County, Florida. I can't match it with any of the periotics in my drawer. Perhaps someone here has a match for this fossil. @Boesse
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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Hi all, Apologies for being gone for so long. I have been busy with pretty important research for my (hopefully) undergrad thesis. Anyways, I found this bone a few years back at Flag Ponds Nature Park in Calvert County, Maryland. It's Miocene in age. I know that most bone chunks coming from float from the cliffs are unidentifiable but this one seems to have some diagnostic characters considering the amount of foramina running through it. I could be wrong, however. That's why I study fish, not cetaceans! Thanks all in advance.
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I found this tiny tooth in a creek in Summerville South Carolina. Help with an id would be greatly appreciated. I’ve seen a couple other posts with a similar tooth where the consensus was undetermined species. Is this the case with this tooth as well? Thanks in advance!
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From the album: Miscellaneous
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From the album: Miscellaneous
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From the album: Sharktooth Hill
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From the album: Sharktooth Hill
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Hi y'all. While visiting a local rock shop, I saw these mammal teeth in a tray labeled "shark teeth," along with actual shark teeth. I wasn't sure of what they were and decided to take them home. Their proximity to another tray of fossil cetacean teeth and their rough similarity (crown-to-root ratio) made me think they could be odontocete. Thanks for any help! @Boesse@Harry Pristis
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One more. What throws me off about this one is the oval root base, when all several dozen other Odontocete teeth have a circular root base, and the wear pattern on the tip. Thoughts?
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hello everyone, I am looking for some assistance in identifying two odontocete teeth from the Pliocene Yorktown Fm, Lee Creek Mine. The first photo shows the two teeth in question on the left vs a Kogiopsis sp. tooth on the right Are the teeth in question just Kogiopsis with the crunchy outer coating intact? Marine mammal ID isn't my forte. There are 3 photos each. Interesting that the second of these teeth almost has an opaline filling of the basal cavity. Any help is greatly appreciated! TOOTH #1 TOOTH #2
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Looking to purchase the tooth, seller has it listed as odontocete but I believe it is squalodon. If it is squalo I will definetly be buying immediately. Also figured that it would be a good thumbnail when people search squalodon on the forum as you dont see them very often. Thanks all
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Darn it, @Shellseeker, you got me started on these whale teeth! I'm starting to feel a little like Jonah -- swallowed in the mystery of these long-gone beasts. Anyway, I've found another recovery from the Peace River that doesn't seem to fit a common model. It's a small tooth with an inflated root. It doesn't seem inflated the way a river dolphin (e.g. Goniodelphis) is inflated and laterally compressed. I thought for a brief moment that this tooth might be a cheek tooth to go with the odd tooth with the off-center crown -- which I had concluded to be an apical tooth from a river dolphin. One or the other guess must be wrong. Anyone here have an idea about the ID of this tooth?
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