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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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From the album: Carnivore Fossils from the Pleistocene of Florida
Very rare Xenosmilus carnassial from the Blancan of Florida.-
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