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On Saturday March 2nd, I was pleased to have a tour of the Vertebrate Lab at University of Florida, hosted by Rachel Narducci, Director of the lab. I have some 85 photos before my iphone battery died. Here are some of the best. I love to take photos that will help me identify my finds or learn something new about Southeast US fauna. One of my 1st photos is a tadpole from Green River ??? I am walking thru a RESEARCH Lab, fossils are coming in and going out from/ to lots of places in Florida and around the world. Here is one from Florida, The extinct Hesperocyoninae are one of three subfamilies found within the canid family. The other two canid subfamilies are the extinct Borophaginae and extant Caninae. The dates on these fossils are the date found. Thecachampsa Americana, Found 1955, during construction. An Altlas/Axis of a Sloth A Tortoise buckler... 8 connected Osteoderms Whales... I love whale fossils.... How about Whale from South Carolina, Absolutely love that tooth.. Capybara Jaw Dire wolf Jaw... Sloth Skull... Rachel is holding a section of tail from Glyptodont.. I held it also... It is light, not as heavy as my thermos of coffee. Rhino Lower Jaw... A mammoth Astragalus... I wanted to remember the shape... A Sloth Claw... Gorgeous. That my hand holding a Smilodon upper carnassial P4. Scary moment, I was just thinking DON'T DROP IT> and here is a photo of TFF member @digit prepping a Gharial. Just another boring day at work... A juvenile Gomphothere.. amazing and most of another reptile on the next desk over.... Everywhere there are fantastic fossil. I am fortunate to have these memories. Enjoy Jack
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I'm interested in this skull, the price seems interesting to me, but I wanted to ask about it's authenticity over here. Seller states it's originating from China, has around 3% restoration and is genus Amphimachairodus. No further info on when this was found or imported into the EU. Any insight is greatly appreciated, thanks!
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Real machairodus/smilodon teeth?
MohammadAAK posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello all, Recently I purchased a pair of tooth from a seller who sold me real keichousaurus and another real frog fossil based on forum opinions. He says this pair is from the same animal. I don’t even know if it’s Smilodon or Machairodus, nor do I have information about locality except that it was originally from China. Main reason I’m asking the forum is that as this is my first time owning saber cat teeth I’m not sure if they are always this light? 31-33 grams per piece only. It doesn’t seem cast with the great amount of detail. And about restoration it was broken and repaired, which is what the seller also said. Best wishes -
I decided to separate the 2 finds here from my finds from Saturday. One is pretty enough to have its own thread.. This is a upper jaw section of Hemiauchenia macrocephala from the University of Florida Vertebrate Paleontology Database. M3, M2, M1 upper right maxilla Here is almost my best find Saturday... As I picked it out of the sieve, I knew it was an upper jaw camelid, most likely Hemiauchenia. I took it over to my kayak and snapped a couple of photos. I have been educated , mostly by Harry in other threads to recognize 100 % enamel teeth (no dentine or cementum) and what that means... In this case, an young adult camel has a barely erupted tooth, still in the process of growing roots, when it was likely killed by a predator a couple of million years ago. (I like to imagine stories). Look at the 2nd last tooth ... all enamel, a bare hint of root... Initially I thought this might be the M2, but looking at this last photo, comparing to the UF 271830 jaw, I switched to the M3.. Can you see why? I sent it to Richard Hulbert last night asking insight on the filigree pattern. I said "almost" above... There is a broken fragment of a tooth that I almost tossed (NEVER toss anything you do not recognize as a rock). Serrations on a 50 mm fragment !!!! That gets my imagination going. While Megs are all over Florida, there has never been a fragment found at this location.. It is not impossible that a Meg might have wandered in to an unlikely location.. Another possibility is Great White.. We have found some small GWs, but none over 2 inches.. This would be from a max sized GW... So , shark experts could tell me what they know about serrations from larger sharks. these look uniform . exact same size... and if someone does not recognize this as Meg or GW there is yet another possibility of large teeth with serrations...
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I bought this tooth online and am looking for opinions on its authenticity. I didn’t see any red flags on the photos (other than the glued break) and thought it would be clear once in-hand. But now I have it and I’m not 100% sure. Seller said it’s from an old collection and doesn’t have any provenance. Thanks in advance!
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From the album: Smilodon Fatalis
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Hello! Would like some opinions on whether this is a Smilodon m1 molar? The fossil was found in Florida and I have attached some pictures below I’ve also attached pictures of potential tooth locations on Smilodon skulls, highlighted in red circles From what I’ve heard canid teeth have a more broad surface whereas felid is much more angled and sharp since cats use them for cutting while dogs use their teeth mainly for crushing (dire wolf)
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Are These Really Smilodon Fatalis Phalanx Bones? They all Measure Approximately 1 1/2”.
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Hello, Just want to ask for some opinions on whether this is a Smilodon incisor and how one would be able to identify it as such since it’s in pretty worn condition, it seems more likely that it could be either dire wolf or bear and that the “Smilodon name” is just to get more attention and money for the fossil? Thanks in advance, appreciate any help!
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Is this a Smilodon fatalis saber toothed cat incisor tooth? Supposedly found in northern Florida river or could this be a black bear canine? attached pictures Thanks in advance!
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It's common knowledge that Smilodon has been mistakenly called the "saber-toothed tiger", yet it and other machairodontines were not closely related to the tiger or other members of the felid subfamily Pantherinae. However, Smilodon was the not the first saber-toothed cat to be bestowed the epithet "saber-toothed tiger". In a poem about Pleistocene mammals found in England, British poet Thomas Miller refers to the European machairodontine Homotherium latidens as a "saber-toothed tiger", in which case people in Europe and America had yet to literally use the term "saber-tooth tiger" for the Smilodon. Link: https://incertaesedisblog.wordpress.com/2022/06/28/the-origin-of-sabre-toothed-tiger/
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Wanted to share a fossil hunting trip at peace river. Found some shark teeth, mastodon and mammoth enamel, a porpoise tooth, and some sort of mammal carnivore tooth. Can anyone identify it?
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I'm fairly new to collecting/hunting fossils. I bought these as Smilodon teeth last year, but I think they are Enchodus teeth. Can someone confirm? Thanks! From left to right: 5cm, 4cm, 2cm
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Genuine Smilodon Canine?
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I found this upper canine from a Smilodon for sale online. The number of surface imperfections lead me to believe the tooth is authentic though it could be a particularly well done cast. The seller has a couple other Smilodon fossils both of which seem legitimate. However the fossil is coming from China and I hear falsified fossils are very common in China. I would greatly appreciate another opinion thanks.- 25 replies
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Hello Fossil Forum Family & Folk. I recently picked up a McKittrick 'Smilodon Saber and Bones' specimen from an old collection. My concerns: there is so much going on with what I assume is epoxy/filler on the underneath of the tooth that I can't confirm the Smilodon ID. Looks like a saber from the top and one side, but from dead-on and the other side it looks like a thin pyramidical shape (and I can't/won't remove the saber from the tar matrix to figure out exactly what the previous owner or collector did to it). Also, the anatomy of the bone on the left is easy enough, but my lack of knowledge about big cats means I'm not certain of which animal the bone belonged to. Think the ID is correct? Any insights would be deeply appreciated.
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I’m almost certain this is not a fossil, but didn’t know where else to go. My buddy found this tooth/tusk in his attic and I’ve been having a tough time telling for certain what it is. No idea where it was found. Sperm whale was what first came to mind, but I don’t see a very clear boundary between the crown and the root. Doesn’t seem to match smilodon, walrus, boar, or any other similar possibilities that came to mind. Does anybody more familiar with this type of stuff have any idea what we’re looking at? He confirmed that it’s hollow which is another check in the sperm whale box but I’m just not sure. Unfortunately that’s all the info I have. Thanks in advance!
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Sabertooth smilodon skull fossil
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Hi there I've always wanted a sabertooth skull, and for the past year i see many coming the same seller among other fossils from our favorite auction site. They never really explain how much of the skull, eggs, pssitacosaurus, is authentic and not responded to messages. Do you recommend these products? Thanks!- 4 replies
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In January 2019, I found this Smilodon gracilis partial left dentary in coastal South Carolina. I am finally uploading it because it was finally positively identified by a paleontologist last week. The m1 is complete, and the p4 is broken off, but the roots are still in the jaw fragment. This was the smaller relative of Smilodon fatalis which only had a p4 and a m1 instead of a p3, p4, and m1 on the lower dentary. Page 216 of The Fossil Vertebrates of Florida has a picture that is a perfect match. This is definitely the best find in my collection (outdoing the Dire Wolf K9 from last December).
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Any idea if this tooth belongs to dinosaur or Sabre-toothed tiger? It is said to be found from Ganzhou of Jiangxi in China.
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https://canoe.com/technology/fossil-evidence-of-sabre-toothed-cat-found-in-southern-alberta https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/sabre-toothed-cat-alberta_ca_5d972269e4b02911e119321e?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cDovL2MubmV3c25vdy5jby51ay9BLzEwMDMyMjkwMjU_LTE3MDEyOjMxNzc6bW9zdF9yZWFkX3RvcA&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADScMybLtp_opPvCh-5kIENPNkC8bCyESRfw7_Kxl_5dQyhoPXtROZ7HibqeIWfCZQvV9pDG1j-0gOHDwbFgmIfncGnOsDjYgiWmEdGyavAcqV0Uog0phIBSzs2NKHta-RGOfB6jbZMViXVvzlkn3L3PreVMXxFS4pFDH6vwkO8O
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Studying their teeth points to a forrest dwelling hunter of tapirs https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/08/saber-tooth-cats-surprise-fossils-redraw-picture-of-big-cat/
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