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  1. Shellseeker

    2023Jan16thSloth_earbone

    From the album: FOTM - Bone Valley Formation, Florida, USA

    Sloth Earbone, includes one (of the two) Occipital Condoyle and shows the Hypoglossal Foramin.
  2. Shellseeker

    Peace River Hunt

    I may get another hunting trip before 2024, but possibly not. It will be tough to match this one on Volume and diversity. The smaller shark teeth were numerous, including 4 broken Megs .. late in the day found an almost complete one. When there are a lot of bones in the sieve. I limit myself to the best 3 , usually ones I do not recognize. I always think I'll have time later to attempt an ID. We'll see, On the lower left , one of the better Dugong Vert process I have found. There are a couple of Mastodon tooth fragments, a Mammoth fragment that might be a spit tooth and a piece of Bark ivory in lower left. a Bovid tooth that might be a broken m3, a Paramylodon harlani lower left caniniform and some interesting horse teeth. Add in a whale Vert, tortoise osteoderm and dolphin bulla that showcase the diversity of the fossils available in the river. The Peace River is relatively low right now , but will get lower. One advantage is the depth at which I dig. Due to a problem with my lower back, I enjoy hunting deeper water. Today I was digging fossils from nearly 6 feet below the river surface, and frequently I had to hold my breath to keep the river from flowing in. It is a technique I developed over the years. A reason that these fossil spots have continued productivity is that they are unavailable to hunt with normal techniques most of the year. Some closer photos of a few fossils. I was hunting alone today and based on experience, I do not have to worry about gators whenever I am wearing my 5 mm wetsuit. When I am chilled, the gators want nothing to do with me or anyone else. Just recording the finds, and sharing as I try to do with every hunting trip... Jack
  3. johnnyvaldez7.jv

    20230924_223430.jpg

    From the album: MY SE TEXAS FINDS

  4. johnnyvaldez7.jv

    20230924_223555.jpg

    From the album: MY SE TEXAS FINDS

  5. johnnyvaldez7.jv

    20230924_224034.jpg

    From the album: MY SE TEXAS FINDS

  6. sisen23

    Peace River trip. Sloth?

    1. No idea on this 2. Part of a sloth tooth ? 3. Whale or dolphin tooth root? 4. Anyone know what part of tooth this is from ?
  7. sisen23

    Sloth tooth?

    What I think is part of a sloth tooth? Can anyone confirm this. Found in the peace River near wauchula
  8. gnswede

    Knuckle bone fossil?

    Hello all. I'm a newbie and artifact hunter. I pick up interesting "fossils" on my hunts and know nothing about their origin or identification. Here is what I think is a knuckle bone of some kind maybe from a sloth or other animal. It is mostly fossilized (I think). Found on the Kansas River. Appreciate any and all input. I'm going to post another interesting fossil that I think is a horse leg bone & hoof. Many thanks!
  9. So I found this today… I originally saw the hollow end and thought sloth tooth. But the side where the chewing surface would be is devoid of the enamel ring. However I’ve certainly seen sloth teeth that are worn down enough that the enamel is missing. However it looks like there’s enamel on the broken/hollow/supposed root end - a very thin layer though. The hollow end also has growth rings like a shark vertebra, and with the indent down the side, also points to vert. But it’s only on one side, not the other, which is smooth. That same indent also seems to rule out rib bone, as far as my experience with said rib bones go. So… anyone have any ideas? @Shellseeker @digit @Brandy Cole @Harry Pristis Broken/hollow end: “Chewing surface”: Sides: Growth rings: Enamel?
  10. So had a couple VERY productive diving days towards the end of last month, and I’m finally getting around to posting. Went out with a couple of off-forum friends. So I’ll post the finds, and then a little story at the end with the best find. Starting off with teeth - Paramylodon harlani M2, dire wolf canine tip, beaver molar, 2 capybara molar chunks, a partial tapir tooth, 2 raccoon jaws, one with a tooth: Bison premolar, camelid premolar, tapir incisor, partial Dugong tooth, dolphin tooth, and a modern (ish) pig symphysis with an unerupted canine: All my horse stuff, including a thoracic vert, proximal phalanx, astragalus, a carpal/tarsal, 2 incisors, 2 upper teeth, and 3 lower teeth: Bison proximal and medial phalanx, and a bison scapula: Gator stuff - 2 verts, 7 large teeth, 5 scutes including one MASSIVE one: Deer stuff, including multiple big chunks of antler, an astragalus, a proximal and a distal phalanx, many teeth (2 premolars, and my first incisor!): All my Glyptodon and Holmesina osteoderms: Turtle Shell: And finally before the big reveal… here’s some big tusk chunks, including the tip of a tusk: ….WHICH WE FOUND MOST OF THE REST OF! It has since been consolidated and preserved and put back together - coming an inch shy of 5 feet! Going back out this weekend and you can bet there’s gonna be much more to come.
  11. So found a sloth tooth today - dunno which sloth though! Also found 2 toe bones that I’m quite sure are ALSO sloth and associated to the tooth too. @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker Sloth Tooth: Toe 1) Toe 2)
  12. Shellseeker

    Peace River February 19th

    Went out Monday, going back out tomorrow. My last find of the day was a bear premolar. I have posted a thread http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/130052-maybe-bear/&tab=comments#comment-1405238 But needed more time to sort, take photos, etc We had gone to a spot on the Peace River that we had hunted numerous times before, knew every curve and straightaway, where we found gravel and how deep.. Sometimes it pays to go home again. We had a hurricane that moved LOTS of sand and gravel , and some of that came from the banks, and rearranged it down the riverbed. We were basically prospecting for new gravel on top and returning to deep holes. Just small teeth early, then found a stretch of more productive gravel on top... So, 4 armadillo osteoerms, a couple of Equus teeth, 3 tillybones, 3 gator teeth, chunk of ivory, bunch of small shark teeth.. There were some odd finds... a couple of sponges... when did we last have sponges in the Peace River.... Should I search for an ID on this sponge ? Were there many different kinds and shapes? I also found almost a a perfect end of a dolphin vert, but most of it had disintegrated. ... strange. I pay a lot of attention to texture.... This has got to be bone , maybe hoof core.... the "bone" is shaped and curving from top to point,, and has channels, maybe for blood vessels.... I rarely toss anything that I don't understand I only bone I have seen that reminds me of this.... curving bones layers, blood vessels... Sloth claw is a possibility... there may be others... There were many others.... That's a wrap... 5am is coming fast. Looking forward to the hunt.
  13. Amarykah

    Sloth?

    This may be wishful thinking, but is this a chunk of sloth tooth? TIA!
  14. Shellseeker

    Capybara, maybe sloth

    Last August, I found a broken bone. The unbroken part reminded me of a Rhino astragalus. I posted a Fossil_ID thread but not much feedback, The following week I did some internet searching for fossil astragali... and found this one for sale by @PrehistoricFlorida. I thought that I found an ID match !!! This Capybara astragalus has many characteristics of Rhino , also Cutting to the chase, a member PMed me on some of my Capybara finds Friday and I started searching the internet . I found another fossil on @prehistoricflorida 's website.. This time an Eremotherium fossil. Did you get a good look at this 3 inch Eremotherium medial phalanx, compared to my August find.... Could it be Sloth rather than Capybara? and by the way.... here is a look at the bones in a sloth claw... and the bone next to this claw (P. harlani ??) is also a Sloth medial phalanx !!!! Some times you have to take a circuitous route to a fossil ID... So what say you? Did I find Capybara or Eremotherium or something else?
  15. Shellseeker

    A day in the Sunshine

    Yesterday, I returned to a hunting location that I had not been in a couple years. It is difficult to get to... lack of paved road and miles of kayaking, I always have great anticipation, and I did find lots of fossils, lot of bones, some teeth, but curiously few that I did not recognize. Might be E. eomigrans based on other fauna found here... Found a number of Horse teeth, uppers and lowers, too large for tridactyl and then this slightly damaged one... I think it is N. eurystyle, but curious on what others think. Then a Giant Tortoise leg spur or....maybe a claw core... I have this from @Harry Pristis and then a number of turtle claw cores...including one from @PrehistoricFlorida So I'll ask Harry to comment on differences between Tortoise leg Osteoderms versus Tortoise claw cores versus Turtle claw cores... Finally , I will conclude with a rather mundane , small broken fish tail... Is this really in the Billfish or Tuna family as advertised on the net. This tail is 44 mm in length and about the same size as the few others I have found. I guess there were Bonita back in the Pliocene also
  16. Hi all! I am relatively new to the forum as well as to collecting but I have put together a small collection of various specimens over the last year. This collection will keep growing and I will continue to post when I get new specimens. I have some more small specimens but for now I am only posting a selection of my collection. Enjoy! -Ben
  17. Shellseeker

    Some curious bones

    Out hunting Monday. 1st time in a while. Low expectations. This is a challenging location to reach. In the 1st sieve , found a connected turtle osteoderm. That was nice... A number of items that could be teeth, but too beat up to identify. Shark teeth were Bull, Dusky, Tiger This request is about these 3 fossils: 1) I know the tympanic bulla Identification because of a great previous posting by @Harry Pristis.which I saved to my local disk. The find is fragile ans thin... likely in development pre_birth. Just wanted to confirm the identification.. 2) About the same size... similar to a carpal/tarsal, Great quality with small lines not yet eroded. 3) , the larger bone. It is complete, pristine, with lots of fine lines, not removed by water erosion.. My memory is failing. I have seen these before. Size is Length 60 x Width 30 x Height 30 millimeters. All suggestions appreciated.
  18. fossilus

    Huge vertebra I found last week

    So last week in the heat of SE Texas I decided to go on a kayak trip (It was 102 F). I didn't find too much but did find this giant thoracic vertebra. It's about 25cm, 9.75 in to the top of the processes, 24 cm (9.25 in) wide across the processes. It looks different than most of my proboscidian vertebrae that I've found, it has a very round neural channel, like I've often seen in sloth thoracic vertebra. It's also stretched vertically. The front articular process extends farther out than what I see in my elephant vertebrae (could it be a xenarthra type process?). It also has rib attachments that are higher on the vertebra, more like sloth than elephant. I really just want imput from anyone who has looked at these large vertebrae. @PrehistoricFlorida @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker @garyc @Brandy Cole @JohnJ
  19. Most of the fossil hunting in Jacksonville is limited to dredge spoil sites from the St. John’s River. The majority are off limits or severely overgrown by vegetation so when I saw bulldozers turning over one of my favorite sites along the river I knew it was only going to take a few showers to wash it down and the tropical rains from last week did the trick ! Made it out there 2 days in a row and was quickly reminded how good it can be here with my first find a beautiful great white tooth partially encased in matrix. You find alot of fossils here with matrix on them and found several sharks teeth, a partial horse tooth, and a piece of capybara molar all with matrix still on them. Found a box full of broken sharks teeth including some heartbreaker megs but managed a number of nice great white and I.hastalis teeth but the best find was a decent Eremotherium tooth split vertically down the middle - ugh ! Need some help with a partial horse tooth that appears to be pre -equus. What’s left of the tooth is almost 2cm in mesio- distal length and slightly more than 1cm in the bucco- lingual dimension. Hopefully it can be further identified. Many thanks !
  20. West Virginia Turkey Hunter Discovers Giant Sloth Skull https://www.outdoorlife.com/hunting/hunter-finds-ground-sloth-skull/
  21. I am getting out to hunt about twice a week. I have interesting places to look. It turned out that @PODIGGER and I chose the same launch point, and returned at the exact same time. It was hectic stripping the kayaks , storing the gear for the drive home in time for dinner. We did have a few minutes to exchange pleasantries and discuss finds. Here are most of mine sorted for their photo. I am more interested in the fossils you don't recognize than those you do. This for example is a druzy cave inside a silicified banged up oyster. I had not seen a fragment of a turtle Nuchal bone in months, but 1 whole and 2 fragments showed up in my sieve yesterday. I will use the post that @Harry Pristis put in this thread to attempt pontificating of mine. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/106885-turtle-nuchal-bone/ @fossilnut asked me to keep and eye open for turtle material. I did find a quality tooth from a very old horse. Horse grinds down its teeth over a lifetime and many die of starvation. That's a Harlan's caniniform on the right. It was mostly orange coming into the sunlight. I have been very lucky recently finding sloth teeth once a month. It was my "find" of the day, before... The nurse shark in slightly less than 9 mm. At that size it will easily fall through the mesh on a quarter inch screen. Once I discovered that there small treasures dropping out of my screen, I switched tactics for about 2 hours (see the collection of tiny teeth in the photo above). I stopped shaking the screen to clear mud/debris, I took much longer searching the screen for tiny teeth. There is a tradeoff here. I really like finding small treasures, mainly because it is unusual for me to find them (before they slip thru the holes). However, it takes a Lot longer to search for them , so that I do not process as many screen in a hunting day. No way to avoid it. and thus finding fewer of the WOW finds (Megs and Sloth Teeth) Let me ask a member who has some focus on tiny shark teeth on how he handles it. @digit All in all, a great day out hunting on the River.
  22. Mahnmut

    thalassocnus

    From the album: Skeleton models

    Thalassocnus, swimming sloth, Mio-Pliocene of Chile Model modified from the commercially bought Geoworld Megatherium

    © Jan Frost

  23. Shellseeker

    An Easter Fossil Hunt

    I usually do not hunt Sundays and never on a Sunday Holiday. However, I usually hunt with Steve and Dave on the Peace River, Dave was returning North soon, so Steve called last night and twisted my arm to go hunting today to a location where we had found lots of larger Tiger and Hemipristis shark teeth 3 or 4 years ago. You can never go home again, but sometimes lightening strikes. None of us found large Tigers and Hemis, The location had been heavily dug since we were there last. For 3 hours the three of us were finding only 6-7 small shark teeth per sieve, which is not particularly productive. But the sun was shining, temps were 90 degrees, but we were staying cool in the caress of the Peace River. We just were not finding much despite moving frequently upstream to different locations. Then I found a gravel pocket that seemed to be missed , maybe refreshed, but it had 15 small shark teeth, and then in the next sieve, a Horse tooth.. that figures because they always expect me to be the lucky one. The next sieve I found a very nice sloth tooth. The pocket ran out , we kept on digging with few results, and I went about 150 feet upstream.. probing for gravel, trying to find another pocket of virgin gravel. Time ran out on the day and I returned downstream to Dave and Steve. While I was upstream, Steve found a Dire Wolf molar, and Dave found a Bison molar. I did not say anything about luck, but I was really pleased that we all found one great fossil, when for a long while it seemed all we would find would be small sharks teeth. So here are the 3 finds. Close up on the sloth: This is a 2nd molar of Paramylodon harlani. Close up of the Dire wolf tooth: I was fortunate to find this great photo, courtesy of the NY Times on my searches. Looks like La Brea fossil. A comparison: The whole tooth In fossil hunting, as in most things in life, it pays to be lucky. Enjoy. Jack
  24. vietnamfossil

    Florida sloth tooth need help for ID

    Hi everyone! Recently I have purchased these tooth but they just write as sloth. The location is North Florida. Pleistocene period. I know there are some sloth species there so could you help me to get a science name for these tooth? Thanks guys!
  25. Shellseeker

    A fantastic Christmas present

    Sharing the joy. I went hunting with friends on the Peace River today. It has been a while since the last time and we decided to check out a location that had significant fossils 10 years ago and was remote. We were prospecting... stopping frequently to probe for rock, I had found a small calcaneum, a couple of tapir caps, and then we moved on to the site none of us had hunted in 10 years. In my 1st sieve, it is 79 mm long. Over the last 10 years I have found a lot of Sloth fossils, most commonly Megalonyx jeffersoni, Paramylodon harlani, and once Megalonyx leptostomus. Is it possible to identify the Sloth species based on a single claw. It might be , because so many sloth claws are sold where the species is identified. Thanks for the help...
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