ted coulianos Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 thought I'd share this little gem; Pleistocene bat jaw from a place called Cavetown, Maryland; limestone cave deposits full of bones. this lower jaw was intact, however I have another one that I had to stich together under a microscope; hope the picture shows suffucient detail; has very tiny & delicate 3-cusped teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TourmalineGuy Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I have mostly been lurking for the past few years...but I had to respond for this one. That is an incredible little jaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted coulianos Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 thanks! always afraid I'm going to crush it whenever I take it out of it's jewel case. I have mostly been lurking for the past few years...but I had to respond for this one. That is an incredible little jaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Carnassials in a bat!! Who'da thunk? I do not think I'll be finding or recognizing this one in the Peace River. Nice job on micro photography. SS The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Exquisite, and very rare Any avian material from that site? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted coulianos Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Sorry, no. Only some fragmentary long bat bones & some snake vertebrae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Wow! Amazing fossil! Great photography as well. Is the scale in cm? Thanks for posting this. Regards, 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...
ted coulianos Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Thanks, scale is in inches( my crudely drawn scale until I find something a little more professional looking, I'm afraid.); this was just a little too 3-demensional to fit on a micropaleo slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 I see a shrew. not a bat. It looks like it has colored enamel which is found in shrews. Also the large procumbent (sticking straight out) incisor is shrewoid. hre is a picture of a myotis jaw (the best one I found on the web)... differnt than yours. Myotis jaw I'm gonna see if I can find a shreww jaw on the web, as well. Shrew jaw Just a thought.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted coulianos Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 I see a shrew. not a bat. It looks like it has colored enamel which is found in shrews. Also the large procumbent (sticking straight out) incisor is shrewoid. hre is a picture of a myotis jaw (the best one I found on the web)... differnt than yours. Myotis jaw I'm gonna see if I can find a shreww jaw on the web, as well. Shrew jaw Just a thought.... WOW, and a big ' thanks!' I made the assumption all these years that it was bat because it was found with bat remains (as did the original collector); you're right, it does show more in common with the picture of the shew jaw. Will have to revise my label & take a hard look at any other specimens I have. Thanks again for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Shrew jaws are really cool... colored teeth... very few of those exist in the world of teeth, and esp in Pleistocene jaws, the colors are often preserved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 It's good to know the difference and it's nice to have a sample of both. There is some of that Cumberland Cave stuff floating around in private collections. Years ago, someone on Ebay was offering pieces of matrix with teeth and bones in it and someone had a couple of jaws at Tucson 2-3 years ago. I see a shrew. not a bat. It looks like it has colored enamel which is found in shrews. Also the large procumbent (sticking straight out) incisor is shrewoid. hre is a picture of a myotis jaw (the best one I found on the web)... differnt than yours. Myotis jaw I'm gonna see if I can find a shreww jaw on the web, as well. Shrew jaw Just a thought.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Nice jaw. Not too many people can say they have a fossil jaw from a venomous mammal. Ramo For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyrannosaurusRex Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 That is awesome!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionJ Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Cumberland Cave is close to me. I've never been up (to go down) myself but I understand they have it blocked off now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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