PODIGGER Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Got out to the Peace River, FL yesterday for another hunt. The water level finally seemed low enough that I would be able to get to my target spot and have a productive day. The only problem was the fact that the sun never came out and I had to quit early due to getting wet and cold with no way to warm up. Luckily I had my emergency dry shirt to change into before I started shivering! I always keep one on board the kayak sealed in a plastic bag. Came up with several of the usual items, horse tooth, partial megs, couple of hemis, turtle and a nice gator tooth. Then I pulled up what I believe are an armadillo scute, camelid incisor and a tiny dolphin tooth. The last three I am posting below for some help and/or confirmation on the ID. First a picture of the best of the day finds - Here is what I believe is the camelid incisor. From prior posts by @digit and @Shellseeker along with comparable pictures from @Harry Pristis I believe this is a large headed llama tooth, Hemiauchenia macrocephala. Both digit and Shellseeker found prior examples that they posted here on the forum along with Harry's pictures - One of @Harry Pristis examples: Next up is a small tooth I believe is dolphin. It is only 20mm long so is dolphin possible? Finally, what I have id'd as an armadillo dermal scute - Any help with confirmation or other possible id's would be appreciated, Thanks! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, PODIGGER said: Got out to the Peace River, FL yesterday for another hunt. The water level finally seemed low enough that I would be able to get to my target spot and have a productive day. The only problem was the fact that the sun never came out and I had to quit early due to getting wet and cold with no way to warm up. Luckily I had my emergency dry shirt to change into before I started shivering! I always keep one on board the kayak sealed in a plastic bag. Came up with several of the usual items, horse tooth, partial megs, couple of hemis, turtle and a nice gator tooth. Then I pulled up what I believe are an armadillo scute, camelid incisor and a tiny dolphin tooth. The last three I am posting below for some help and/or confirmation on the ID. First a picture of the best of the day finds - You went out yesterday ? I looked at the weather forecasts and decided that Monday would be a preferable.. sunshine thru noon, no rain I was well upstream.... Bailed out early as the clouds rolled in. Very nice find on the Hemiauchenia macrocephala incisor. I love the size of these. Your Armadillo scute runs down the tail. I got a couple of the more normal rectangular ones. I agree on all 3 of your tentative IDs. I believe that Dolphin teeth could run 1/2 the size of your find, but I would like that confirmed by some of out Maryland or North Carolina experts. They see lots more dolphin teeth than I. Here is the only oddball that I found on Monday. Do not be fooled by the size. I know what it is.... So, we can HUNT All we have to do is increased the thickness on our wetsuit choice ! 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PODIGGER Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Thanks for the reply and confirmation. I held out for Tuesday thinking the water level would be a little lower, didn't think about the temperature level! Although small I would say your find is a whale tooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Shellseeker said: Very nice find on the Hemiauchenia macrocephala incisor. Agreed. These camel incisors can be really cool looking. Here's one I found 2 years ago when I was out leading a Tampa Bay SCUBAnauts group (teens & pre-teens) on an outing to the Peace River. Spent most of the time making sure they were having fun and finding good stuff but had a free moment or two to toss some shovels of gravel in a sifter and pulled up a tiny shark vert and the tooth shown above--quality over quantity! The dolphin tooth is well in line with the size I've seen from the Peace River. Cheers. -Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PODIGGER Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Thanks for your input Ken. That photo of your find is one I used to help make the ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 And I got that ID from Richard Hulbert so you're golden. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 hours ago, PODIGGER said: Although small I would say your find is a whale tooth? YES !!! Whale at 27 mm... Wow. I have seen this pattern of wear on much larger teeth.... but as I have indicated in other threads, there is no scientific identification of any whale that would have teeth of this size in South Central Florida..... I have about 20 of these small whale teeth in the range of 30-40 mm, but this is my smallest yet... 2 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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