Peace River Trip - June 11th, 2022

[Meganeura]

So decided to try one last hunt on the river before things got too high, and cause I was hoping to find a complete Meg in the river as I still haven’t. 
 

Ended up getting caught in a massive downpour for the second half of the hunt, which has cued me into bringing a tarp next time so I can see what I’m actually doing.

 

Trip was relatively uneventful with finds, though I found a couple neat things I wanted to share!

 

So first up is this very tiny Glyptodon scute I found. Not quite a full piece, but still very pretty and neat:

 

Next is a common bull shark tooth - the unique part is how incredibly well preserved it is. It hasn’t been dyed black nor worn down by the river and is fully complete. The serrations are sharp enough still that I actually managed to cut my finger open slightly just running my finger across it:

 

Also found a gator osteoderm piece and 2 small gator teeth:

 

A partial piece of horse tooth:

 

What I believe is my first C. Hastalis from the Peace, although it’s just the blade so I’m not certain:

 

And finally a large collection of turtle shell. I found LOTS of it, including one red piece that seems particularly well preserved:

 

Gonna be probably trying Venice Beach or heading to some dry sites over the summer, see how I fare there before October comes around again!

[Nimravis]

Great finds Daniel, glad you got out collecting, your collection will continue to grow.

[Meganeura]

4 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

Great finds Daniel, glad you got out collecting, your collection will continue to grow.

Thank you! Definitely not the most exciting finds this time around, but by october I should hopefully have a kayak and thus free reign over where on the peace I go, which means many more spots will be open to me!

[Shellseeker]

5 hours ago, Meganeura said:

So first up is this very tiny Glyptodon scute I found. Not quite a full piece, but still very pretty and neat:

Not Glyptodon...

 

[Meganeura]

8 hours ago, Shellseeker said:

Not Glyptodon...

 

Oh wow, so a different kind of armadillo then that’s not a giant armadillo? I have another that’s slightly larger, but not as big as my glyptodon scute. I’ll have to get that ID’d as well then, thanks Jack!

[Meganeura]

Here’s my third, in between one. I was originally thinking very worn glyptodon, but maybe it’s an armadillo too? @Shellseeker

 

The 3 together for comparison:

[Shellseeker]

The Pampathere family includes both armadillos and glyptodonts.  They are related.

When I found my 1st Pachyarmatherium leiseyi. tiny osteoderm, I likewise thought it was Glyptodon.  I was wrong.

Your largest osteoderm is Glyptodon.  I can not tell which animal had the medium sized osteoderm. 

[Meganeura]

17 minutes ago, Shellseeker said:

The Pampathere family includes both armadillos and glyptodonts.  They are related.

When I found my 1st Pachyarmatherium leiseyi. tiny osteoderm, I likewise thought it was Glyptodon.  I was wrong.

Your largest osteoderm is Glyptodon.  I can not tell which animal had the medium sized osteoderm. 

Thank you! I'm pretty sure the medium sized one is one of the two - the camera didn't pick up the pattern well but it's very similar to my large Glyptodon scute in pattern, just worn away.

[Harry Pristis]

6 hours ago, Shellseeker said:

The Pampathere family includes both armadillos and glyptodonts.  They are related.

 ...

They are related, Jack, but not at the Family level.  They are both xenarthrans, and they are both cingulates, but pampatheres are armadillos, and glyptodonts are . . . uh . . . . glyptodonts.