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Extinct elephant fossils discovered in Levy County, Florida
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Graveyard of Extinct Elephants From 5 Million Years Ago Found in Florida by Brandon Gird, Pensacola News Journal, May 26, 2023 Extinct elephant fossils discovered in Levy County https://www.wcjb.com/2023/05/27/extinct-elephant-fossils-discovered-levy-county/ Yours, Paul H. -
A reconstruction of the biotope of Sansan (Pliocene, Gers, France)
archeo posted a topic in Paleo Re-creations
I begin the reconstruction of the biotope of Sansan in France (Gers). https://books.google.com.sv/books?id=7s8yAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/collections/memoires-du-museum-national-d-histoire-naturelle/la-faune-miocene-de-sansan-et-son-environnement https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/collections/memoires-du-museum-national-d-histoire-naturelle/mammiferes-de-sansan https://www.mnhn.fr/fr/paleosite-de-sansan. -
Show Us Your Wide Boys! A Thread For The Widest And Fattest Megalodon Teeth
Kurufossils posted a topic in Member Collections
Heres a fun thread for those to show off their widest and fattest looking megalodon teeth fossils in thier collections. I'll set the tone with the widest fat boy in my collection, I don't have digital calipers but it measure roughly 5.4 inches wide by 6.1 inches long. When I close my hand together it looks even more monstrous. Share yours and join the wide boyclub Got the idea while thinking about what the widest megalodon tooth ever found measures, if anyone does know do share in this thread! -
please can you help me identify this microfossil
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About a year ago while researching early filter feeding whales of the Miocene-Pilocene eras (23-2.5 Million Years ago), I came across an interesting fossil record of the small whale genus Cetotherium from after the Pilocene. Note: By small, I mean small by plankton eating whale standards (4.5 meters (14.7 feet) in length). The record was of fossils of a Cetotherium sp. (of the family Cetotheriidae) from Pleistocene formations in Baku, Azerbaijan dating to the Calabrian, Pleistocene (1.8-0.8 Million Years ago). http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collecti
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I know that I went hunting yesterday. My neck and back muscles are screaming at me. We go to places we have visited before... In this case, some sort of coral reef or shell bed that was laid down , most likely in the Pliocene. Steve, who worked in the Phosphate mines said that there were 3 layers of shell beds in Bone Valley mines where he worked. Land mammal remains between the shell layers. In some locations, the Peace River has brought those layers close to the surface. I call this location wonderland. When ever I go there ... I wonder.. I wonder
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Recently went an area known for pleistocene and pliocene material in North Carolina. Stumbled upon what has me wondering is either a tusk or a tooth of some kind. I did find mammoth material there, but never a tusk. But because there's also pliocene, not sure if it's something from then. Would love to know what you all think
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Hi guys if anyone has a good resource for identifying these Florida shells it would be greatly appreciated in the meantime, here are a few for identification. 1.Arcinella cornuta 2. another Arcinella cornuta? 3. some pecten I’m not sure on species 4. Conus not sure on species 5. not sure 6 same as 5 7. Unsure 8. Balanus concavus?
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The Chondricthyans (including the sharks and rays) have been around and keeping the ocean's ecosystems healthy for about 420 Million Years. Today, in celebration of this, I've decided to do a little fun post and list the eight times in Earth's history truly massive chondricthyans have emerged. Hope you all enjoy!!! The First is the Devonian, where there is at least one confirmed fossil (CMNH 5238) of a large currently unnamed Ctenacanthiform shark that reached lengths of 4.2-5 meters (13-16 feet) in length. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/318 The -
3 hour hunt Saturday morning. The sun was brutal. On the walk back to the cars with half full buckets, stopped 6 times I love this hobby Saw 4 friends who all were much more interested in Shells, echinoderms, corals than the fossils I normally find. It was good to get together and talk about fossils I used to hunt and occasionally do now. Note on this last photo, the tiny murex. You have to be careful. Lots of little shells are washed out of the mud and crevices of larger shells. In the early afternoon, after sitting in air conditioned pick
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Hello! For the 'erfgoeddag' here in Belgium the Natural History Museum Boekenberg (where I volunteer) organised a talk about whale and dolphin fossils by Mark Bosselaers. I came to listen to the talk and I also bought some small fossils. Here are some pictures from the museum.
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Id help! I’m not sure if this in an animal skull or just a rock
jwestbury posted a topic in Fossil ID
I have this piece from Central Indiana (Generally the Mississippian or Tertiary/Quatemary). What I find fascinating is that it appears to be a nasal cavity. I’m not sure if it’s coincidence or something of actual interest. I took quite a few pictures some with stronger flash so you can see the difference in the different light. -
I went out hunting today, needed the exercise. Predicted afternoon showers, but warm and sunny all morning. I was doing pretty well, constant finds of Bull, Dusky, Tiger shark teeth, mixed with Osteoderms from Alligator, Armadillo, Glyptodon. About 1:30, getting ready to kayak back to my truck in order to beat the rains, I saw something that I did not recognize in the sieve. xx I turned it over and over trying to figure out what it might be... When I saw this next edge, I thought I knew... But maybe I was incorrect. What do you think it is...
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From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Marginellidae Bullata popenoei (Mansfield, 1930) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Member of the Tamiami Formation. Location: APAC, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Largest of the Southeastern Cenozoic Marginellidae. The body whorl envelopes the spire forming a depression on top of the shell. Also found in the Jackson Bluff Formation in the Florida Panhandle. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Marginellidae Bullata donovani Olsson, 1967 Stratigraphy: Lower(?) Member of the Tamiami Formation. Location: Bird Road housing construction site, Miami-Dade County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Large for a Marginella, widest at top third with a small spire. Five columnar plaits as opposed to four. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Marginellidae Prunum pinellaensis Olsson & Harbinson, 1953 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Member of the Tamiami Formation. Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Small marginellid with protruding spire and wide stubby, vase shape. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Marginellidae Prunum precursor (Dall, 1890) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Member of the Tamiami Formation. Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Similar in outline to P. pardalis, but larger. Can be differentiated from all other Prunum by five columnar plaits as opposed to four in all others. Contrast enhanced image shows a color pattern of tan background with irregular white spots. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Marginellidae Prunum pardalis (Dall, 1890) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Member of the Tamiami Formation. Location: Bonita Grande Pit, Lee County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Small shell, but the most common Prunum in both the Tamiami and Caloosahatchee Formations. Contrast enhanced image shows a color pattern of a light background with brown spots.-
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From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Marginellidae Prunum willcoxiana (Dall, 1890) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Member of the Tamiami Formation. Location: APAC, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Similar to P. eulima but is more narrow with the body whorl encompassing the spire. Relatively common in the Caloosahatchee formation, less so in the Tamiami. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Marginellidae Prunum eulima (Dall, 1890) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Member of the Tamiami Formation. Location: Quality Aggregates Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Narrow with noticeable spire. Can be differentiated from P. onchidella by denticulation on the aperture lip and four strong columnar plaits forming deep channels in-between. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Marginellidae Prunum onchidella Dall, 1890) Stratigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation. Location: Bonita Grande Pit, Lee County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Narrow with little denticulation on the aperture lip. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Marginellidae Volvarina clenchi (M. Smith, 1936) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation. Location: APAC, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Small, white with no dentation on the lip. Slightly constricted mid-body whorl. Higher spire compared to V. belloides. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Marginellidae Volvarina belloides (Olsson & Harbinson, 1953) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation. Location: APAC, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Small, white with no dentation on the lip. Slightly constricted mid-body whorl.-
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From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Marginellidae Dentimargo polyspira (Olsson & Harbinson, 1953) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation. Location: SMR Phase 10, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Wider than the other two pictured Dentimargo with a denticulated lip with distinctive tooth. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Marginellidae Dentimargo mansfieldi (Tucker & Wilson, 1931) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation. Location: SMR Phase 10, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Similar to D. eburneola, but with a thickened shoulder. All Dentimargo have denticulated lips with distinctive tooth.
