fossil_newb Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Hey! We are needing some help with identifications. These were all found in Florida along the Peace River. Some of the photos are not the best, sorry in advance. Any help is greatly appreciated. I'll number them to the pictures. Thanks again. A&J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Welcome to the forum! Looks like a successful hunt! I've never been to the peace river, but have searched through micromatrix. I would wait on more experienced eyes before accepting these IDs. 1. This is a vertebral centrum, it's a little hard to tell with the pictures, but it looks like a sawfish since I don't see any foramina on the lateral surface 2. Partial vertebra, mammalian? 3. Almost certainly Carcharocles megalodon 4. Extinct tiger shark tooth, Physogaleus contortus 5. I'm going with mastodon enamel - looks virtually identical to stuff in TX 6. Crocodilian tooth? 7. Interesting... can we see this surface?: 8. No idea - could just be a phosphatic nodule 9. Mammalian digit, no idea from what "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 #7 is interesting....I'd like to see other views as well. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 8. Might be a worn gar fish scale? Look at this picture and compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 5. I'm leaning towards reptile, possible turtle scute? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_newb Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 Wow! Thank you all for the quick responses. Here are a few pics of #7. I also found some more in the bucket and my pockets. The last is the same #8 as the top. Cheers to you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 5. I maintain this is mastodon enamel - it doesn't have any bone texture. cf.: 7. I think this is just an impression, of a shell maybe 8. Not flat enough to be a scale IMO. It does look like there is some enamel on there, so could be a tooth, but I'm not sure what it's from The first new object is a soft-shelled turtle plastral fragment (shell on the belly). Next is another tiger shark (maybe G. cuvier). Next is a Hemipristis sp. symphyseal tooth (from the very middle of the mouth). "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_newb Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 Thank you all. We just got back from the Peace again (2 hours). We might have a few more to ID. I will get back to you all soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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