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Merritt Island, Florida - Pleistocene Fossils part 2


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This is a continuation of my finds in the Merritt Island matrix. I will add photos to this thread as I get them ready. If anyone can suggest ID's for any of them, please do.

I am hoping that this is either a premaxilla or vomer of a frog or salamander.

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and a close up of the fossil... you can even see the striated texture on the teeth.

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I think that this is the dentary of an amphibian perhaps a salamander which I believe shows the interlocking structure of the mandibular symphysis

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Still trying to figure out what bone this is...

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Here is another mandible like the 'C' in the last post.

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Another possible frog maxilla?

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A very robust phalange that makes me think turtle...

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Fairly large, (for the matrix), phalange and caudal vertebra.

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Another beautiful Anole dentary.

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Wow. Terrific finds and your photography is incredible, Julianna. I've been looking through some of this matrix today and struggling with my limited photographic skills. I will post a few photos later today but they look so amateurish compared to yours. Thank you so much for researching the specimens in this interesting and addicting matrix.

Mike

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Can't help with ID's but beautiful pics and finds as always Julianna :fistbump:

Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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Wow. Terrific finds and your photography is incredible, Julianna. I've been looking through some of this matrix today and struggling with my limited photographic skills. I will post a few photos later today but they look so amateurish compared to yours. Thank you so much for researching the specimens in this interesting and addicting matrix.

Mike

Thank you, Mike, but it has taken me two years to get to this point with my photography, and I am still tweaking it. Please do share your finds. I am so excited to see what else we find in this very interesting matrix. (And, yes, it is addictive!)

Between my mother, (Ancient Bones), and my FF friends, I have accumulated a pretty good library of books and PDF references devoted to the small animals whose remains we are finding. It's not as good as a comparative collection, but I am hoping that some experts will chime in as well.

 
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Can't help with ID's but beautiful pics and finds as always Julianna :fistbump:

Thanks Jeff. :) Cool tiny stuff, huh?

 
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Once again-"out of the park"!!!

Great finds and pictures.

Tony

Thanks Tony. This is good stuff - very different.

 
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Julianna

Great specimens! Really excellent pictures!!!!!!!!!! Please continue to study and research these specimens. That way you can help all of us with ids. I'm struggling with the ids of a lot of these specimens. I've spent way too much time over the years on marine species and very little time on terrestrial species. It is really frustrating when I have trouble figuring out whether certain specimens are mammal or reptile or bird or amphibian.

Marco Sr.

"Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day."

My family fossil website     Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros     My Extant Shark Jaw Collection

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Thanks Julianna! More great stuff! Looking forward to adding your segment to episode 5!

P.S. Visited your website too. Very cool!

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I am reluctant to post a lot of photos without having corresponding IDs, but that could take awhile. So here are some more pictures of some of the fossils I have had a chance to edit.

This looks like another possible amphibian pre maxilla or vomer.

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I) another claw post-13648-0-56615600-1449445316_thumb.jpg J) partial mandible post-13648-0-65906000-1449445366_thumb.jpg
K) jaw fragment post-13648-0-29211800-1449445405_thumb.jpg L) phalange post-13648-0-12191600-1449445460_thumb.jpg
I wondered if this was a forked rib of a salamander, but I am not sure the angle is right...might be a tooth
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N) not sure about this one post-13648-0-77846100-1449445699_thumb.jpg O) post-13648-0-70404500-1449445724_thumb.jpg

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I think that this one snake

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to be continued at another time. :)post-13648-0-81438500-1449452103.png

 
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