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Having returned from a lovely vacation to Florida, I have examined some fossils that were brought back with me. There are always unknowns in my collection , but year by year I require less and less assistance in IDing finds!!! This year, I am down to these five:  

 

1. A large bone with odd joint surfaces. Not sure of the owner and not sure what bone I am looking at!

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2. A tooth that was fractured. Gator? The reason for thinking of the ridge running down the tooth in the first picture. The 2nd pic is of the fractured surface. 

 

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 3. Odd looking bone. Again the owner of this bone and location of it eludes me. Navicular bone from some form of horse???

 

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4. Turtle foot pad? Initially I thought it was just a rock, but then I noticed the crease in the upper part of the first picture. 

 

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5. This one has me totally stumped. Texture of bone but looks like a molar with roots and a depression on the opposite side. Maybe nothing.

 

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Mike,

Number 4 is a turtle foot pad... You might checking this thread for #5,  that "spike" is reminiscent

 

The White Queen  ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast"

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@Shellseeker, I was correct on #4!! 

Took a look at that link and it sure looks suspicious of a fibular remnant. At 23mm in diameter, would that still be camel?   Picture from @Harry Pristis.

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By the way, the pictures of our fossil excursion turned out well. Will hopefully post a trip report soon.

 
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