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I made it out hunting Thursday and Friday, found some treasures I am still sorting. Also , met up with a friend who has been finding some early horse fossils and wished to give to the opportunity to acquire them. He had a very nice , very small upper molar. and a couple of Proximal Phalanx... The Phalanx were of a size to make me wonder if they were pre_Equus or Equus. One is just under 3 inches and the other under 2.5 inches. do we move from Equus to pre_Equus and then down to what I believe is the smallest of the Florida small horses, Nannippus morgani ? For Reference , in his Gallary, @Harry Pristis has a 52 mm ( 2.07 inch) Phalanx of Neohipparion eurystyle. The UF MNH Database has a 48 mm (1.9 inch) Nannippus peninsulatus Phalanx and a 40 mm (1.6 inch) Nannippus aztecus. As I searched Harry's Gallary for answers, I found this picture, NOTE the words "Sizes vary Substantially". As these things happen @Brandy Cole had found a rather large Horse Proximal Phalanx (3.75 inches) and asked this question: I do not know what the upper end on size for Equus Proximal Phalanx. Maybe another TFF member can suggest one from their fossil collection. I sort of wonder about Clydesdales. From what I can derive from the sizes on Nannippus peninsulatus and aztecus, the lower end on Horse Proximal Phalanx (at least in Florida) might be 1.4 inches or 36 mm. That does not include the pre_Nannippus horses (like Parahippus), which are not in my south central Florida hunting locations. So, we have equus at 69 mm, eurystyle at 52 mm and I have just acquired one at 60 mm. If any member has identified a 60 mm Proximal Phalanx, please post.... Thanks Jack
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My son currently lives in Dallas. For the last 10 days, he was visiting the East Coast of Florida, and yesterday we got together for a Bone Valley hunting trip. During these stressful times, getting together with family is a luxury to be enjoyed. We were together in the sunshine, checking our sieves within 10 feet of each other, talking about family, events from long ago, and events coming up. Talking about fossils and finds. You can see by the gray in his beard that the 2 of us have been doing this for a good long time. It was about 95 degrees but when you are standing in water, it is easy to cool off. For most of the day, the mosquitoes left us alone. Initially we were finding small teeth, his included sand tigers, mine Hemis and a small Mako. We were digging away, enjoying the company, not many finds and then I picked up a small horse upper tooth. I have found Neohipparion Eurystyle at this location previously. It might also be Cormohipparion. I'll try to figure it out later. We moved around trying to locate gravel in fast moving water, burning energy pushing upstream. We were moving gravel to the sieves with the shovel parallel to and our backs blocking the current. Around noon, we stopped for lunch of ham and cheese sandwiches, hard boiled eggs and ice water. My son started finding Megs ... a broken 3.75 incher and one in good shape that is now going back to Texas as a memento of the day. I picked up what seems to be my 1st fragment of Mammoth in a location that generally has Miocene(8-12 mya) finds. It is pretty worn but I will try to "read" the Schreger lines to confirm as mammoth. Just a little strange to find it. Mammoth has been around since the Pliocene and this is not a high mix environment. For example, few/no Equus, Camel, Bison, Tapir, etc fossils.. Here is the combination of what we both found (plus lots of little shark teeth) , not a lot but enough....
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Wanted to share this hoof I found yesterday. Not entirely sure which exact species this is but is likely neohipparion based upon the literature.
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Hi TFF! I picked up a horse tooth recently that I believe is a Neohipparion eurystyle. It is 21mm x 20mm x 34mm and found somewhere in south Florida. Can anyone confirm for me? Thanks! @Shellseeker @Harry Pristis
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From the album: BONES
This tarsal, the calcaneum, is often found as a fossil because the bone is dense and because in life there is little meat on the bone to attract carnivores. Calcanea (plural) are diagnostic -- that is, they can be identified to family or genus. In this image, the Pleistocene Equus sp. tarsal is compared to a smaller, Mio-Pliocene Neohipparion sp. calcaneum.© Harry Pristis 2013
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