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Been at it for about a year now and I try to hit the creeks at least twice/month if I can help it. The "loose" pics are either newer finds that haven't made their way into the display yet, or finds that have their own display. Most of these were rescued from the Gainesville area. Some are from the Peace River & Joshua Creek, as well as Manasota, Caspersen, Venice & Fort Clinch beaches. I was also lucky enough to discover a previously unknown spot VERY close to home, while scouting one day! Dr. Hulbert (w/ UF) confirmed it is a new spot, but was reluctant to check it out as none of my initial finds were extinct species... I have since found horse teeth at that location and can't wait for water levels to go back down!!! Hoping to add a few new species to my collection on my upcoming trip to GMR & one of the Summerville creeks (not sure which one yet but would love to find my first Angi & GW)... the GW in my pics was actually found by my Grandfather in Panama in the 70s! Thanks for looking : )

Hello! With the extension of warmer and calmer weather in my area, I have recently taken to the dark arts of sifting gravel beds in search of fossils. Previously I have avoided this because it’s a lot of work, but I have been enjoying finding the higher quantities of fossils and other things... I know there are a couple of different exposures on this river’s banks, a marl with fresh shells and Miocene vertebrate material, and a reworked gravel layer with a bit more worn mixed material including either angustidens or ariculatus shark teeth. Pictures included. These are usually very worn. The gravel beds in the river below such deposits have been where I sift... In one such area I find a rich diversity of shark teeth and cetacean fossils(mostly bones chunks, earbones, and a few teeth) the whale material is the most interesting to me... I think I found a partial tooth from a heterodont whale, it is broken and worn, consistent with the older shark material. I hope the pictures tell the tale. My post is about mammal earbones that have been quite frequent and show a consistency of wear with the older material. They also have a consistent form, though worn, that is quite different from Miocene earbones that I’ve found here and elsewhere. I’m wondering if these are identifiable to oligocene cetaceans? I Have included 3 pics of what I think is the heterodont cetacean tooth 2 of the older sharks teeth 2 photos of the what I think may be the older earbones (The group of 3) 2 photos of what I think are Miocene earbones All of these fossils were found in the same bed of gravel along with many more sharks teeth and whale bones and a few more recent whale teeth(they look like what I have found at other Miocene formation sites) I’m curious if this rings any bells, I totally understand if they are to worn for an id of any specificity. I know there are some experts on this forum and I appreciate anybody’s opinion/ thoughts! thanks!

Is this a whale earbone or something else and what do you think it would be worth?