Another day in paradise. May 13th on the Peace

[Shellseeker]

Another day hunting with a friend. Having a friend along manages to give me a sense of security during the Florida alligator mating season. It makes no sense for an alligator to mistake me for a potential mate, but I am wearing a black wetsuit.

 

In any case , we have found a productive hunting site that seems to improve as time goes by.

I has lots of opportunity to pick items out of my screen.  There are some interesting fossils that I am not doing close_up photos on:

Horse earbone in upper left, Gator Osteoderm, center top, I reacted when that blue triangle fell into my screen, I thought it was a gift from some ancient humans, but no such luck... this time. There is a little of white druzy covering a silica shell fragment, some nice long sea urchin spines, a bunch of turtle footpads, a deer ungual and antler frag, a 42 mm Meg and lots and lots of shark teeth,  including a couple of tiny threshers,  one nurse shark tooth, and some of the smallest Snaggletooth upper teeth I have found. 

 

Here are some of the finds I think I recognize, but always willing to be corrected. 

 

1)  A Glyptodon Osteoderm from the edge of the carapace. (3 broken sides)

2)  Another Glyptodon Osteoderm from the edge of the carapace. This one only has 2 broken sides... unusual

 

3) A Dugong Vertebra process fragment in fantastic shape.... This is 3 plus mya.. look at the lack of wear... small lines on the bone.

 

4) A Camel Unciform (ankle bone)... that is slightly broken  off to the right

I set that thread up as a "fossil ID",  but I recognize more of what I found.

5)  An enamel "cap",  no roots... an in_process tooth which is pretty rare in/of itself from the lower jaw of a juvenile tapir and (did I say enamel caps are rare?)

6) An enamel "cap",  no roots but in this case much rarer because the animal is much rarer than tapir. Metaxytherium floridanum, the Florida dugong lived 14-7 myas ago.  I have found less than 10 of these over 15 years of hunting. 

 

 

Now down to the Fossil ID part of this thread , one I am not sure of... and hope that @Harry Pristis has some insights

7) It seems to be a tooth L 22, Height 8, W 5 mm.  I wonder which is the root end and which is the chewing end.

 

and the last,  I have never seen before and while it could be  a fossil,  I am unsure if it is mammal or fish.

8) 31 x 13 mm. All comments and suggestions appreciated.  I am wondering of there is a seashell or bottle cap inside. 

It is an ongoing joy to have such a variety of fossils to find and 15 years of hunting still be unsure of exactly what I am finding.

Jack

 

[minnbuckeye]

Jack, Similar to this? Found with you last month.

[Shellseeker]

19 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said:

Jack, Similar to this? Found with you last month.

Yes, Mike you are right!.  If I covered your find with the beady like silica that covers the one I have,  it would be almost impossible to differentiate by using size and shape.  Very Curious..

 

Exact size on yours?  Diameter and width.

Edited May 14, 2022 by Shellseeker

[minnbuckeye]

3.5x3.5x1.2

[Family Fun]

Jack,  I can’t help with identifying it, but another great trip out for you.   Please keep posting 

[Fin Lover]

A meg and a nurse shark tooth, both? You almost completed my bucket list in one trip! 

[Harry Pristis]

The closest I can come, Jack, is an anterior armadillo tooth, the root end.  While most of the tooth would be solid, there is a pulp cavity at the root end.

 

[Shellseeker]

2 hours ago, Fin Lover said:

A meg and a nurse shark tooth, both? You almost completed my bucket list in one trip! 

The Meg is damaged but the Nurse shark is very nice.  You lose the smaller ones that can slip between the diagonal of a 1/4 inch screen. This one is 9 mm.

 

1 hour ago, Harry Pristis said:

The closest I can come, Jack, is an anterior armadillo tooth, the root end.  While most of the tooth would be solid, there is a pulp cavity at the root end.

 

Very nice.  That is a fantastic comparison tooth!!!!

Initially, I thought it was a broken deer tine,  but it was the pulp cavity that changed my mind. If  you match against all my finds,  this small armadillo is my rarest find of the day. Certainly rarer than the Meg, but also the Dugong tooth and the Nurse shark tooth. Thanks for the ID.

[Shellseeker]

16 hours ago, minnbuckeye said:

3.5x3.5x1.2

3.5 times 1.2 and my find is 3.1 times 1.3... pretty close Mike.  I think we are just picking up examples until someone identifies a candidate. 

[Brandy Cole]

Thanks for posting the unciform @Shellseeker.  I had one that I've been scratching my head over!  I knew it was something, but couldn't figure out what.

[Shellseeker]

50 minutes ago, Brandy Cole said:

Thanks for posting the unciform @Shellseeker.  I had one that I've been scratching my head over!  I knew it was something, but couldn't figure out what.

I know... I generally search Google with something like shellseeker hypural site:www.thefossilforum.com and then scan the images for what I want.  I learn to recognize  many new species and fossils  because they there are lots of extra TFF images thrown into the search results.