DinoMike Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) Here are my finds from the Peace River in Desoto County, FL. All were collected by screening the sandy gravel from the river bottom. I found these around the time period from 1997 - 2000. Some sort of fish mouthplate or other. I'm not really that good at ID on these. Assorted shark teeth from the river. Edited June 22, 2015 by DinoMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoMike Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Left to right: Whale ear bone, dugong rib fragment, broken dolphin vertebra & a horse tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoMike Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Another horse tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoMike Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 This is an odd one. I actually found this one in Joshua Creek, near its confluence with the Peace River. I've been told it's a REALLY weathered horse tooth, but to this day it looks a bit odd to me to be horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoMike Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 A partial mammoth tooth. I found this one in the mud at the edge of the river. I looked down as I was wading along, and saw about a 1" circular patch of the side of the thing showing through the mud. I thought "That doesn't look like mud or river bottom", reached down & pulled it free. No other parts of the tooth were nearby, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoMike Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) This one I didn't find myself. A rock shop near my job back in Florida had a "bone box" of broken fossil parts from the Peace River that a diver would sell in bulk to the owner. The owner would then resell the parts for $1 per piece. I saw this in the box & thought "That looks odd" & bought it. Looking through reference books, and talking to Tampa Bay Fossil Club members, we came to the tentative conclusion that it's the proximal end of the ulna of a sabertooth. Edited June 23, 2015 by DinoMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 That would be quite the purchase, a piece of saber cat for $1!! However, I did some comparing and it doesn't seem to be a very good match to me. Compare to this jaguar ulna. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoMike Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 It might well be something else. A lot of the club members were commenting that it was bigger than most sabertooth bones they had seen. I'm not even sure it's a felidae bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice finds Mike, thanks for sharing ! The top piece looks like half of a pufferfish mouth plate to me Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoMike Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Nice finds Mike, thanks for sharing ! The top piece looks like half of a pufferfish mouth plate to me Thanks! I shall name him Puffy, the Amazing Fossilized Fish Balloon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Compare your fish mouthpart with these: 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...
DinoMike Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Thanks, Harry! Mine looks more like the holocene example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Great finds. Thanks for sharing with us. _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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