Done Drillin Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Hoping to get some help identifying some finds from this weekends hunt. The second piece is pretty beat up but I hope there is enough left for an Id. The third is a tiny intact bone that may or may not be fossilized. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Done Drillin Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 Sorry - the third one is the worn, beat up piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Welcome to the Fossil Forum. Some suggestions: 1) Make it easier to figure out measurements. Line up one end of the fossil with a measurement line. Example, I have to drop it down to a 1 CM line to figure out the length. Why don't you do that and state in words the length... "This toe bone is 21 millimeters in length." That is a lot faster for the many people looking at your finds. 2) Take all photos is light as bright as you can ... Direct sunlight or a Halogen bulb. Years ago, I set up a floor lamp with halogen bulb to shine down on a desk top. Look at this thread .. paying attention to the photo clarity. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/78811-medial-phalanx/ I think your photo is a toe bone called a "medial phalanx"... Just do a search for Medial Phalanx and see if you agree. I will try to find which mammal has one the size of yours. 1st impressions: Alligator with root .. It is rare to find them with the root. Please provide a photo pointed directly at the open root end, 2nd. Horse (Equus .sp Incisor) 3rd likely a battered upper cheek horse tooth. Looks like a good weekend. Maybe just in time.. The river and creeks are up a couple of feet. May be end of season. MUCH harder to hunt in high water moving fast. 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...
Done Drillin Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 Ok thanks - not sure if these are any improvement ! The tip end is a triangular shape not at all conical like a gator - tried to show that in the new pics . I was more leaning toward peccary or maybe hog canine ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 10 hours ago, Done Drillin said: Ok thanks - not sure if these are any improvement ! The tip end is a triangular shape not at all conical like a gator - tried to show that in the new pics . I was more leaning toward peccary or maybe hog canine ? It is certainly not a gator tooth, although I thought so off the initial photo: Your bone is pretty small. A possible candidate that is close to the same size. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Done Drillin Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 My photography (or lighting)certainly doesn’t help with the identification - I will work to improve on that ! The size certainly looks right for the phalanx - thank you for researching that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Done Drillin Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 Going back to the horse incisor- would this be an example of a senile specimen? I have several horse incisors but haven’t seen one that has been worn completely flat like this one - to me it appears to be occlusal wear and not “River” wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR0GRAM Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Could the first tooth be a beaver or capybara incisor? I believe those are both found at Peace river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Done Drillin said: Going back to the horse incisor- would this be an example of a senile specimen? I have several horse incisors but haven’t seen one that has been worn completely flat like this one - to me it appears to be occlusal wear and not “River” wear. Here is an interesting post that has something to say about senile Horse Incisors: Yours is a decent sized tooth but it is at my minimal size range for Equus incisors. It is not camel/llama but also could be bison/cow juvenile. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Done Drillin Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 Great information! Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Done Drillin Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 8 hours ago, PR0GRAM said: Could the first tooth be a beaver or capybara incisor? I believe those are both found at Peace river. Certainly looks like it could be Capybara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 I think it's neither beaver nor capybara, both of which have incisors compressed front-to-back and no canines. This may be a tayassuid (peccary) deciduous lower canine. If so, it is an uncommon find. 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Done Drillin Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 That was my first impression - thank you sir ! Proudly displayed in my daughters curio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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