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The following were found in Sarasota County, Florida (USA) on public land eroding out of berms. They appear to be plio/pleistocene. Using the forum and several books, I've ID'd the best that I can. I'm looking to confirm the ID's. Any and all assistance is appreciated. 1. Turritella acropora 2. Arca wagneriana 3. Eucrassatella speciosa 4. Terebra dislocata 5. Carditamera floridana or arata 6. Terebra aclinica 7. Cantharus multagulus 8. Anadara brasiliana 9. Strombus floridanus 10. Unknown Strombus
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I found this on the beach in Georgetown,South Carolina, USA. The beach is in the Waccamaw Geological formation & same area l found other Pleistocene megafauna ( mammoth & horse ). This tooth has smooth waved enamel sides, rough jagged crown & root with 4 holes. Any help with identifying it is welcome & appreciated.
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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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Found this tooth on the beach last week. I have found Pleistocene horse, bison & mammoth teeth on the same beach. Any info would be greatly appreciated Georgetown, South Carolina, USA.
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I found this grapefruit sized (possibly tooth) getting washed up in the surf in Georgetown, South Carolina, USA. I have found what I believe to be Pleistocene Horse & Bison teeth on the same beach. Any help identifying it would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello, All 🙂 Found this sitting on the riverbed while crossing a shallow section a month ago or so. Same spot I found a bovid cervical vert trip Before. Tossed it in the boat as a modern cow thoracic to identify “which one”. Saved it for a day when the temps cold and the water is up. That’s today, only problem is I can’t find a vertebra with a fork in it to save my life. Cow, horse, camel , oxen… no forked thoracic. Can bovids of different breeds have different vertebrae characteristics? Is this not a thoracic vert? Where too next?? its 7.5” long and 3” wide with the broken piece added back into the measurement. That’s 187mm ish long… Peace River , Florida modern thru Miocene Thanks for any insight or suggestions. Appreciate the feedback Jp
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I am not a tooth person, hope someone can help identify which animals these are from. I suspect most are Bison, with some elk mixed in as well. All were found along a river eroding through glacial Lake Agassiz beach ridge. Disregard the two bison petrous bones, I am going to send those in to get dated. Thank you.
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Hey, Over the weekend, I took a little beach vacation to Port Aransas and I found some cool stuff. From what I know, the South Jetty is known for its pleistocene era fossils so I'm hoping that's what some of these are. 1. This one is probably a long shot but it kind of reminds me of a bone. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't though. 2. Now I do know that these are ray teeth, but I was wondering if these are modern or actual fossils. 3. I'm not too sure if this is a fossil either. It reminds me of a fish spine though. 4. Originally, this was complete, but sadly, on my way back the top broke off and got lost. Like the last one, this also reminds me of a fish spine. 5. Probably the find I'm most excited about. This reminds me a lot of a mammal tooth from the pleistocene era. Now I could be 100% percent wrong and it could all be high hopes but if it is, that's pretty cool. Thanks for the help!
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Below is an armadillo scute from Venice Beach in Florida, stated by the seller to have belonged to a Glyptotherium floridanum. However, it is my understanding that the scutes of another large Pleistocene armadillo, Holmesina, are also rather common in Florida, and the scute does look a lot like scutes identified as having belonged to the latter. Thanks in advance for any proposed ID's Othniel
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From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
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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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Hello to everybody! I'm kinda new here, but before I start I must say I really love this forum! It has really great vibes and you instantly can tell that this is a good and friendly community! So, I am ziggycardon, I live in Belgium, close to the border of the Netherlands and when we start speaking geologically, I live on the same cretaceous sediments as where the first major Mosasaurus discoveries where done! Unfortunatly I have never been on a fossil hunt myself and everything currently in my collection was bought or given to me. But I hope to change that soon, as I am dying to go hunting myself. Maybe the Chalk sediments 3 km from my home would be a good place to start! For the rest, my job, my major hobby and my other main interest besides fossils are living animals. I currently work as the head of terrarium & aquarium in 3 different pet stores and I have quite a collection of reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates and tropic fish myself. In my spare time I often take my own living animals along with my fossils and other educational natural history material to schools so I can teach kids about nature and it's history and hidden mechanics. For the rest are my other hobbies mainly based around movies and televisions as I collect a lot of stuff drom my favorite franchises like "Lord or the Rings" & "The Hobbit", "Game of Thrones, "Pirates of the Caribbean", ... And I also attent a lot of comic cons and other events related to those franchises. But then this topic! In this topic I will show my collection of fossils (and also minerals, stones and meteorites) as it is right now and then I will highlight each group of fossils bit by bit. I am currently starting with a own specialized fossil room, so ofcourse the progress and end result will also be posted here! And ofcourse when something get's added to my collection, I'll show it here as well. Sometimes a photo of my "special" pets or taxidermy specimens might pop up, but this topic will mainly be about the fossil room and my fossil collection. For the rest, if you have any comments or questions about the collection or about me or about anything, feel free to ask! I'd love to reply!
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From the album: FOTM - Bone Valley Formation, Florida, USA
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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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Hello , I have this two still unidentified pieces in my collection. A bone and a tooth. But from what ? The bone looks like If it came from a joint (flat , smooth area ). But I have no clue to which animal the tooth belongs to. Could it be that these pieces are from the pleistocene ? I found them in Hejlsminde , Denmark in a cliff. Thanks !
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Hello! Last time i posted a fragment of bone that unfortunately was not telling much, but recently i found another piece of bone but again i have failed to identify what piece of bone this could have belong, outwardly looks like a footbone of a mammal but i'm not sure, again, i found this in place that may range from late pleistocene to late Miocene, Central America. Anyone that may be familiar with it? it is missing two pieces
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I was out hunting yesterday. One of my frequent finds in the Peace River is horse teeth , usually Equus .sp. I found one yesterday. Typical Equus upper molar. EquusExample#1 I am very interested in horse fossil teeth but have focused on pre-Equus. To tell the truth I just do not know a lot or can tell differences between Equus variations like Equus Simplicidens or Equus Complicatus, etc but I am about to learn!! My education should focus on Florida because that is what I tend to find, but I am interested in but I am interested in any publications that can effectively differentiate Equus .sp. I will start by searching TFF and checking out Harry's gallary. A week ago a hunting friend gave me a box of horse teeth he had found all of which he believed to be Equus. Actually he wants the teeth back . I am just doing the identification & analysis. Lots of teeth!!!! My 1st separation was 1) large uppers 2) lowers, 3) not fully erupted 4) m3 lowers, 5) M3 uppers, and a few odd ones. While many teeth are worn or chipped, there are some fantastic teeth like this one below. EquusExample#2 Note what I refer to as the "squiggles". I generally have used these to differentiate pre-Equus horse species and I am wondering what variations I might see in equus.
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One of the most complete mammoth skeletons found in North Dakota
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Mammoth Specimen Discovered North Dakota Geological Survey ‘One of the most complete mammoth skeletons found in ND ever’: Paleontologist explains discovery in Beulah Bella Kraft, KFYR, North Dakota, December 19, 2023 Rare Mammoth specimen discovered by miners near Beulah, ND Valley News Live, Fargo, North Dakota Miners saw a flash of white in the rock. It was an Ice Age mammoth tusk Daniel Wu, Washington Post, December 27, 2023 North Dakota Geological Survey Paleontology Happy New Year, Paul H. -
Camelid? tooth from Pleistocene Florida (As good as the location gets). On college ruled paper, each line is 7.1 mm
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Alligator tooth from Pleistocene Florida (As good as the location gets). On college ruled paper, each line is 7.1 mm
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Deer? tooth from Pleistocene Florida (As good as the location gets). On college ruled paper, each line is 7.1 mm
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When did baleen whales become large? New blog post - The Coastal Paleontologist
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Hey all, I realize I've been incommunicado quite a bit this year - it's been a bad one. Things got real bad at the office and both my wife and I resigned from our department and we've been working for a new nonprofit in Charleston. But, I AM alive and returning to active status here on TFF now that 1) the forum has been upgraded and is functioning and 2) I've had some breathing room and time to unwind after leaving a deeply toxic work environment. I've also made a conscious effort to get back into blogging more frequently and have written/posted quite a lot in 2023. My most recent post summarizes a bit of an interesting and ongoing debate in whaleontology: when exactly did baleen whales become gigantic? Anyone who has spent any time in the Pliocene of the Carolinas or Florida knows that baleen whale fossils that are only a few million years old are nowhere near as large as the gigantic skeletons of modern whales hanging in museums. So, what gives? I've written a blog post that goes into a fair amount of detail regarding competing ideas for the evolution of body size in baleen whales - shown above is skull width of archaeocetes, odontocetes (toothed whales) and mysticetes (baleen whales) through time. Read the whole thing here - please enjoy! And don't hesitate to ask questions, here or on the blog. https://coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2023/12/obscure-controversies-in-cenozoic.html
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January opening announced for Southern Nevada’s Ice Age Fossils State Park
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Indy Environment: January opening announced for Southern Nevada’s Ice Age Fossils State Park The site of a massive paleontological dig in the 1960s, the park is opening nearly 70 years after the state acquired the land. By Amy Alonzo, The Nevada Independent, December 14, 2023 Yours, Paul H.-
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Octopus DNA seems to confirm scientists’ theory about a longstanding geological mystery
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Octopus DNA seems to confirm scientists’ theory about a longstanding geological mystery By Katie Hunt, CNN, December 21, 2023 The paper is: Lau, S.C., Wilson, N.G., Golledge, N.R., Naish, T.R., Watts, P.C., Silva, C.N., Cooke, I.R., Allcock, A.L., Mark, F.C., Linse, K. and Strugnell, J.M., 2023. Genomic evidence for West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse during the Last Interglacial Period. Science, Vol 382, Issue 6677, pp. 1384-1389 PDF file at Genomic evidence for West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse during the Last Interglacial, bioRxiv bioRxiv, pp.2023-01. Yours, Paul H. -
Good afternoon, just finished reading about how the Colorado river in Austin was essentially the beach during the mid-Holocene. I’ve attached the image from the article showing this sea level rise. This article reminded me of all the oyster shells I find in select spots along the Tavis/Bastrop county line. There are also archaeological sites in the area where marine diatoms are documented dating to the mid Holocene. Curious if anyone has heard of this. The article is from July of this year.
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