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I do a lot of Internet searches. At one of the per_pay land hunting sites, these photos were posted in mid December 2023. I think it might be a Goniodelphis hudsoni jaw segment with 6 teeth. @Boesse Just sharing and asking for any comments and suggestions . To me, this is a fantastic find... Some comments from Bobby in this thread https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/129508-iniid-tooth/ A PDF reference from Calvert Cliffs After years of never recognizing these ODD teeth, I have even found a couple: Do these match the ones in the Jaw... ?
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I went hunting yesterday. Running out of days, so I take any opportunity. Walked in over private land with owners permission. Hunted 5 hours "walking the river upstream". I like hunting in deep cool water, it is aerobic exercise. 1st location has shallow water and some colorful teeth. We were there 90 minutes. Between different locations , I frequently move finds from my collection bag to a ziploc bag in my backpack. That was fortunate since I left my collection bag and all the rest of my finds in the bed of Steve's truck. In a post 2 weeks ago , @Harry Pristis suggested Bryozoan as a ID for one of my Peace River finds (different location)... https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/137631-peace-river-hunting/#comment-1458374 Yesterday I found a similar looking fossil. I almost tossed it back, but I am glad I did not. It is mostly round about 60-65 mm in diameter with a lot of attached concretion. I hung onto it because of this feature. Is this a holdfast, or Bryozoan remains or what ? I read that Bryozoa attach themselves to to anything hard on the sea floor like seashells or coral... Looks silicified.. Is that druzy ? Thanks for any and all Bryozoan comments. Is this identifiable to genus ? I hear there are 6000 + possibilities but this one in miocene or later.. A couple of other items in the box above... A Sand dollar or at least a piece of one...
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My last post was about a Kingfisher I chased after hunting... Now I would request some IDs... One interesting item is what might be a Shrimp burrow, but I do not know very much about these except that @Harry Pristis has some that housed much larger shrimp and I seek his insights... Another very nice find is a section of a Castoroides incisor (Tusk), only my third such find at this size. I found a whole one in 2019 and identified it as C. leiseyorum but I believe the name has since changed to C. dilophidus... Any ID suggestions for this two small oddly shapes, complete ?, bones ? Last ID request for this Osteoderm... At 1st, due to shape I thought Armadillo, but now Glyptodon may be more likely.. It is an "edge" Osteoderm (left side in this photo)... Finally, just noting the unusual roots on this Equus tooth... always they are broken off the horse teeth I find... Many high quality fossils in addition to chasing the Kingfisher .. This memory will last... Thanks for any/all suggestions, insights, comments....
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I try to keep hunting year round. Sometimes it is difficult. The Zolfo Springs USGA gauge was at 8 feet today. Although I have occasionally tried, I can not breathe river water. Our temperatures were cold starting out. My car thermometer had readings as low as 53 degrees Fahrenheit. I have not been out for a week, which means muscles and joints are hurting more now. It is always nice to get rewarded. Only time for a few photos.. I generally average 6 or 7 sieves an hour and I hunted for 6 hours. Whatever I find, I am always pleased. For the 1st 5 hours, mostly small shark and ray teeth, a few ray dermals, a broken shark vert. Going into the last hour, a nice Bovid tooth, Bison or modern cow. The APL is 30 mm. I'll figure it out. The above tooth came off of clay and so I stay there trying for a Meg.. I was at the point where I should have left 2 sieves earlier in order to get home for dinner. So, I told myself that this next sieve was absolutely the LAST sieve. and... It was not a Meg A tad broke , size 55 mm. Hastalis. I'll figure out a tooth position... It always somehow feels better when the best comes last.
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Out to a location that is 90% marine fossils and 10% mammal. Mammal finds tend to be Late Miocene_ early Pliocene. Most mammal finds are "distressed". Smaller survives better than bigger and I see many fragments like the one below. At this size, almost certainly Tridactyl horse, but species identification impossible. My find of the day is a Tridactyl Horse Incisor. This is actually in great condition although the root area is damaged. On previous hunts, I have found 5 mm incisors of Nannippus aztecus, a very small horse. This likely from a larger cousin. The fossil I am trying to identify looks like a medial phalanx, either raptor or predator. I hope some of our members can differentiate. I will be trying to find a Pleistocene phalanx that looks like this one, regardless of size. This one is 21 mm in length. As always, I appreciate any and all comments. Jack x
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Labor Day. I went into the South Florida jungle and labored strenuously. Mosquito and Horse Fly bites, hands and arms sliced by Saw Palmetto fronds. I did get some rewards.. One was getting to stand in the water while hunting. Almost all marine fossils On the way to the site, I noted scattered bones from a 3-4 year old cow. There were some Vertebrae with fused epiphysis, but at least 3-4 epiphysis laying on the ground. I decided to take photos that I could use for comparison purposes The lower m3 seems to be approximately 40 mm. Note the stylids. I was curious about the shape of uppers versus lowers. I note that the upper M3 is actually smaller in length than the M1 or M2. Just sharing a day well spent. Muscles really sore, lots of cuts, charleyhorse in left thigh...
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From the album: Bone Valley Sawfish
Longitudinal grove identifies Pristis genus. There are 2 species of Pristis genus: Pristis pristis and Pristis pectinata. AT 65 mm length, likely Pristis pristis. (Largetooth Sawfish) -
Today, I went to the Peace River with frequent hunting partner Steve and , as a treat, my son Jack. My son is at Florida's Atlantic coast for another 4 days and we scheduled today to meet at the Peace River. This is only the 7th time we have hunted together and usually we find interesting and impressive fossils. Beyond the numerous small shark teeth that are available in many sections of the Peace River, the 3 of us found few other species. All of us found a couple of small megs in the 36 to 40 mm range. That was pleasant.. Here was my set of interesting finds. Megs, Dugong, Stingray, Seashells, Dolphin bulla. This was just icing on the cake...My birthday is Tomorrow. Got to celebrate with my son in the sunshine hunting fossils. How sweet it is...
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Back on April 25th, I was hunting and found a Humerus of a Green Sea Turtle from the Pliocene. We finally figured it out in this post... My hunting partner found another Humerus on the same day, and at the time I thought based on size that it was dolphin. He stopped trying to ID it and gave the humerus to me. Some things I can tell you.. It is not dolphin, alligator, manatee, Sea Turtle... I have already looked and do not mind any one checking to make sure... The only break seems to be in this last photo, but that is where the "knob", if it existed would be... I thought this picture of a Dugongid from @Harry Pristis was somewhat similar but nown I would like to see the other side... I also thought of Seal... has some similarities, but differences also... I'll leave it there, with the hope that some member has seen and identified a similar bone.. Jack
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I was out a week ago, hunting the Peace River, not finding much. Basically little shark teeth (Lemons, Tigers, Dusky, occasional Sand Tiger). I have hunted this location a number of times and the only mammal fossils I have found besides marine Dolphin are chips of Rhino tooth. I have an open cut on my leg and about to travel for a couple of weeks, so my hunting opportunities are seriously curtailed. Time to look at and identify fossils I found a week ago. Now this is the Peace River, and that means mostly float fossils, So when I initially picked this out of the screen, I thought it to likely be gator... It's about the right size... When I turned it over , I no longer thought Gator.... quickly switching to un_identified. Pulp cavity and some sort of interesting layering of the enamel.... Not sure why I am adding this,, but found an interesting paper on a Miocene porpoise from Japan, which has some similarity in item D....
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I found this small tooth years back in one of the numerous Bone Valley creeks that produce colorful teeth. I never was positive on the ID, thinking it was likely Carcharhinus .sp, but not shaped like the common Bull or Dusky I was finding in the Peace River, similar to the one directly below. Just stumbled over the photo below, looking for well preserved fossils. I only have this single photo.. Hope it is enough....
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I was out hunting the Peace River yesterday, spent about 3 hours each at 2 locations, I thought my 1st large (2 inch) Kentriodontae tooth was the prize, but after looking close, that shark vert is a pretty nice find also... This Vert is 8.5 x 20 mm diameter on the back ?? edge and 8.5 x 23 mm diameter on the front edge. Is this normal and does it tell us anything... like where the vert is positioned in the shark? Scyliorhinoid .. Catshark ??? Have I been finding their teeth in the Peace River...? What are those marks on the very inner core of the Vert ? Is the hole in the center natural or due to erosion, age, damage ? Ken, @digit... you know about small Florida sharks .. What can you tell me about this Vert.....
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