Wood in a river

[Shellseeker]

Usually, I go with 2 other fossil hunters.  One was sick , so just the two today. well, just 2 humans. We have a gator at this location, not unusual on the Peace.  I (and most people) tend to over estimate the size of gators, but he/she is big enough to cause concern. I normally take an 8 foot surveyors pole to the river, so that I can stake out my kayak where ever I dig. It has a steel point and could be used for other purposes. On this day, I also chose to strap a 6 inch titanium dive knife to my right leg. Make me feel better, like I'm prepared for eventualities.

Today we arrived at 7:30 am in the pouring rain. Rain does not make all that much difference. After all, we are hunting in a river,  we get wet even if it does not rain.  The forecast accurately predicted it would stop at 10 am.

Arrived home late. and do not have time to sort and  photo all my finds, but I selected 3 For my fossil Q&A. 

A Meg... this was my only one close to whole...

 

I like cusps. Also feeding damage , I think, on the tip.  It is a little hard to tell,  but this meg (root tip to tip and slant length are both 10.5 mm).. had a brown root , green blade with a yellow band on the blade closest to the root.  The Peace is a black water river. Q1.  What does that tell you about this Meg?

 

Next up ... a 19.5 mm canine.  I think it is likely raccoon..  The Peace is a black water river.  Q2) Can I tell the difference between a fossilized canine form 20000 years ago , or a modern one that has been in the river for the last year ?

 

 

A 3rd find that really made me want to ask questions... Mostly because I do not know much about fossilized wood I find in the river.

 

Q3. The Peace is a black water river. Why is this fossil not black.

 

Q4.  I think I have found this pattern previously.  It might be a Liana vine. @Harry Pristis has a GREAT picture and might know....

What ever it is, I only find small pieces... Is it more likely to be broken pre_fossilization or post_fossilization into these smaller chunks ?

 

Q5 is about the more likely process.  Lots of wood falls into the river and stays there.  Some of that wood rots but things like ceder and cypress do not. Does a likely process involve a vine falling into the water, settling to the bottom, covered by sand and mud, and having heavily mineralized water seep thru for 10000 years?   or something else ?

 

All comments appreciated,   Jack

[Harry Pristis]

Peace River phosphatized wood . . . totally replaced by calcium phosphate:

 

[Shellseeker]

8 hours ago, Harry Pristis said:

Peace River phosphatized wood . . . totally replaced by calcium phosphate:

Thanks Harry,   Nice piece...

Following the path....

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The eye-interest in fossilized liana is in the exterior which is usually sculptured and sometimes burrowed by insects. Plant pathologies and knot-holes are evident.

There are some 90 different families of liana recognized, and I don't know to which this specimen belongs. It is characterized by being flattened side-to -side. This Florida wood, like the other examples in this album, is about 2,000,000 years old.

 

[Shellseeker]

Adding a photo after sorting, and removing most small shark teeth.

 

Some bone fragments and bits of teeth. I attempt IDs to enhance my knowledge of fossils.  Got some very nice tigers,

and a relatively rare Glyptdont Edge osteoderm.

 

and I IDed the broken tooth fragment in the right corner of group shot above.