paulmars Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 I believe i found it as a kid where they were clearing a large wooded area in clearwater Florida, but my memory might be mistaken. Early 1970s. Thanks, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Looks like a piece of Gomphothere tooth, to me. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 2 hours ago, paulmars said: I believe i found it as a kid where they were clearing a large wooded area in clearwater Florida, but my memory might be mistaken. Early 1970s. Thanks, Paul Paul, Welcome to TFF. Is the bluish tint natural ? It might be a couple of plates of a mammoth tooth, but I am not sure of that.... Here is a piece I found in 2009.... In this 1st photo, the outside texture seems similar to yours.... but the other 2 photos show the enamel clearly.. I do not see in a similar way , the enamel on your find... Another alternative is the process from a Baleen whale earbone. Here is my find from last year... maybe 4 plus inches long and here is the Baleen whale earbone with the process on the left half, What do you think? Is it a match? @Boesse will be able to tell... 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...
paulmars Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 idk. Im untrained, but mine looks like a reptile head to me. 1st image side view where you can see the jaws, then top of head you can see the skin, last image both sides of lower jaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 It may be suggestively shaped but it is not a reptile head, if you can't tell it matches the tooth pictures perhaps a few more pictures would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Definatly not a reptile head. No bone, no enamal, nothing that would indicate a skull at all… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Although when i first saw it I will admit I thought it reminded me of a crinoid head cluster….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 8 hours ago, paulmars said: idk. Im untrained, but mine looks like a reptile head to me. 1st image side view where you can see the jaws, then top of head you can see the skin, last image both sides of lower jaw. Welcome to the forum--let the "training" begin. Newcomers to fossils often think that animals are "turned to stone" fully articulated with flesh and skin in place resulting in "fossils" that looks identical to the living creatures only petrified. With the exception of insects trapped in amber or Pleistocene animals like mammoths buried in the permafrost most fossils do not appear as they would in life. What you are seeing are features that are suggesting something recognizable to you--to Randy he can imagine a crinoid head (though Florida fossils are vastly too young to preserve crinoids). You are being led to this thinking due to the phenomenon of pareidolia which is curious (and often humorous) but of little use to us in identifying fossils. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia I believe Jack is on the right path here. This appears to be a few plates from a mammoth tooth. The circles on one end are the broken tips of the roots--the occlusal "chewing surface" would be on the opposite side. Not the fossil you imagined but a nice fossil nonetheless. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bringing Fossils to Life Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 To me it looked suggestive of a crinoid at first too, but the mammoth tooth seems much more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmars Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 Is the bluish tint natural ? It looks just black to me. Let me dbl ck that (Ive only had it a few decades) Nope, just looks black to me. I like the idea of mammoth tooth even better. I wonder how many other fossils Ive found that I didn't recognize and just discarded. Only keeping this one cuz it looked like a gator. Actually I do have a few more that Ill post to see what yall say. tks, paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I agree with mammoth tooth fragment 100%. Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I don't understand the tags? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Plax said: I don't understand the tags? Some people don't understand the need for tags: that it helps to aid in searches here on the forum. They find them silly or unnecessary. They just aren't familiar with Forums, or the requirements to post, so sometimes they just put anything in there. I have added some more pertinent tags. 2 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.cheese Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Plax said: I don't understand the tags? I think he didn't know what to put for the original three that are required before you can post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuckMucus Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 This object looks very familiar, not from real life but like I've seen it (or something very similar) on TFF before. I remember thinking it looked like a pepper. Cool tooth frag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmars Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 Is this something that might be found in florida? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.cheese Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 https://www.livescience.com/mammoth-bone-florida-river.html this is a link to a mammoth femur found in Peace river last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmars Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 Cool. How can i learn about how old mine is? Last ice age ended 25k yrs ago, but that fossil from Vero Beach they say is 13k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Here's the species you'd be looking at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_mammoth Can't narrow down the age when it is not found in situ with other fossils that can help to limit the time span. It is relatively young by fossil standards being no older than around 1.5 million years but possibly as recent as 11,000 years. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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