Field Trip In A Box Rattlesnake Creek Florida

[ynot]

Hey-hi All,

From recent trades and purchases I have micro-matrix from 7 locations.

This is the first report on the matrix from Rattlesnake Creek, Florida and what I have found so far.

With much thanks to Sacha for providing Me with this matrix.

scale in mm.

Fish teeth...

A foraminifera....

Stingray barbs....

Ray and Skate teeth...

A fossilized leaf bud...

A clam burrow...

More to follow...

[ynot]

More....

Shark teeth....

More....

[ynot]

More shark teeth...

Thanks for looking.

Tony

PS If You have any micros from Rattlesnake creek, please feel free to post them on this string.

[Sacha]

Very nice Tony! You've been busy.

[jcbshark]

Great finds and pics Tony: )

[ynot]

Very nice Tony! You've been busy.

Thank You. it is a good way to waste some time. Also thank You for the matrix!

Great finds and pics Tony: )

Thank You, I still have a ways to go before I get the matrix from You up here.... but it is on its way!

Tony

[PaleoWilliam]

Nice finds!

[ynot]

Nice finds!

Thanks

Tony

[old bones]

Very nice, Tony. Rattlesnake Creek is a very productive matrix as your report shows. Love all the pictures.

Edited August 7, 2015 by old bones

[ynot]

Very nice, Tony. Rattlesnake Creek is a very productive matrix as your report shows. Love all the pictures.

Thank You Julianna, I just wish that I could identify all of them, but ....

Tony

[digit]

Lovely assortment of teeth with really great coloration. I see lots of Lemon Shark (Negaprion), Snaggletooth (Hemipristis), Atlantic Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon) and even some Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo and Physogaleus) teeth in that great gallery. The one that interests me the most appears to have multiple cusps and looks like a small Cow Shark (Hexanchidae).

We don't seem to get Cow Shark teeth down in my part of the state (or they are exceedingly rare if here at all). Because of their local rarity and the fact that they look so cool, they have been high on my shark tooth bucket list. Great finds all around. Looks like I need to visit Rattlesnake Creek and get some micro-matrix of my own to search through.

Cheers.

-Ken

[ynot]

Lovely assortment of teeth with really great coloration. I see lots of Lemon Shark (Negaprion), Snaggletooth (Hemipristis), Atlantic Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon) and even some Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo and Physogaleus) teeth in that great gallery. The one that interests me the most appears to have multiple cusps and looks like a small Cow Shark (Hexanchidae).

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We don't seem to get Cow Shark teeth down in my part of the state (or they are exceedingly rare if here at all). Because of their local rarity and the fact that they look so cool, they have been high on my shark tooth bucket list. Great finds all around. Looks like I need to visit Rattlesnake Creek and get some micro-matrix of my own to search through.

Cheers.

-Ken

Hey-lo Ken,

Thank You for the comments and identifications. The tooth that You are calling a cow shark is not ( There is a nutrient groove in the root and the overall root shape is rounded). It was posted in the ID section where 2 people thought that it may be a pathologic hammerhead tooth, but I think it is a split file tooth (hammerhead works for Me).

I hope that You do get to rattlesnake creek and find some great things there.

Tony

[Khyssa]

Nice finds! Here are a couple Nurse shark teeth and a mystery tooth I recently found in some gravel from Rattlesnake creek. The armadillo scute I found while in the creek.

[ynot]

Nice finds! Here are a couple Nurse shark teeth and a mystery tooth I recently found in some gravel from Rattlesnake creek. The armadillo scute I found while in the creek.

Hey Khysa -- Thanks for adding to this post , I like to see what others find!

Speaking of which - those are some really great finds! I am still looking for My first "nurse".

Please feel welcome to post any photos that You want to add to this string.

Tony

Edited August 13, 2015 by ynot

[TNCollector]

Cool finds! I enjoy reading these reports. Just a question, what kind of tooth is this? I found one very similar yesterday in an Oligocene site in MS, and do not know what it is (I don't know much about non-Cretaceous sharks).

[ynot]

Cool finds! I enjoy reading these reports. Just a question, what kind of tooth is this? I found one very similar yesterday in an Oligocene site in MS, and do not know what it is (I don't know much about non-Cretaceous sharks).

Thanks for the comments. The tooth that You are asking about is a Hemipristis, Snaggletooth. It is one of the few teeth that I can identify. They do look very cool!

Here is one with the root intact...

Tony

Edited August 14, 2015 by ynot

[TNCollector]

Thanks! That helps a lot, this is the first of that kind for my collection. I found a few other teeth that I cannot identify, I will probably create a topic in the ID section soon. The Oligocene is a new adventure for me, and I am enjoying it!

[Herb]

WOW! NICE FINDS.

[ynot]

WOW! NICE FINDS.

Thank You. And that is just half of the box.... more to come!!

Tony

Edited August 18, 2015 by ynot

[Raptor Lover]

Thanks for sharing!

[ynot]

Thanks for sharing!

It is My pleasure!

Thanks for looking.

Tony

[old bones]

Tony,

I was having another look at your Rattlesnake Creek finds, and realized that you have answered a question that I have had for a long time!

I have found many of these in a few of the matrices I've hunted, and always wondered what they were. Now I know. Thanks.

Julianna

[ynot]

Tony,

I was having another look at your Rattlesnake Creek finds, and realized that you have answered a question that I have had for a long time!

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I have found many of these in a few of the matrices I've hunted, and always wondered what they were. Now I know. Thanks.

Julianna

Thanks Julianna,

But I should not take credit for this one as I posted it in the ID section before I put it here.

Tony

PS I have more to show here and in the Post oak creek string, just have no time to play with My microscope.

[Mike from North Queensland]

Some nice finds with a good variety but what increments is the scale in so I can tell the actual size ?

Mike

[ynot]

Some nice finds with a good variety but what increments is the scale in so I can tell the actual size ?

Mike

Thanks! The scale is in millimeters.

Tony