Largemouth Bass Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 From Bowling Green, FL. Each fossil is about 1 cm across. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Pharyngeal teeth from labrids (wrasses). I happen to be picking a plate of Florida micro-matrix at the moment and I'm seeing lots of these--in clusters and individual teeth. Cheers. -Ken 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Very nice specimens. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Largemouth Bass Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 Cool, thanks! I love the diversity of fish fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Hi, If Miocene, look like Labrodon pavimentatum. Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Several other fish families have throat (pharyngeal) crushing teeth--these would be species with a fair bit of invertebrate composition to their diet (to crush up shells and exoskeletons). Drums (sciaenids) are quite common in the micro-matrix from the Montbrook fossil site here in Florida including specimens from the marine genus Pogonius and the freshwater genus Aplodinotus. You can see what those more pellet-like teeth look like in a search such as this: https://www.google.com/search?&q=fossil+drum+fish+teeth&tbm=isch The labrid pharyngeal teeth grow in much more irregular lumpy clusters rather than well oriented teeth in a large and distinctive pharyngeal plate/tray. The key to identifying separate labrid teeth is that from underneath they resemble tiny donuts/bagels but often compressed into a peanut-like shape. Cheers. -Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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