old bones Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 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. A and a close up of the fossil... you can even see the striated texture on the teeth. B I think that this is the dentary of an amphibian perhaps a salamander which I believe shows the interlocking structure of the mandibular symphysis C Still trying to figure out what bone this is... D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Here is another mandible like the 'C' in the last post. D Another possible frog maxilla? E A very robust phalange that makes me think turtle... F Fairly large, (for the matrix), phalange and caudal vertebra. Another beautiful Anole dentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 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 Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Can't help with ID's but beautiful pics and finds as always Julianna 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...
old bones Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Can't help with ID's but beautiful pics and finds as always Julianna Thanks Jeff. Cool tiny stuff, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoWilliam Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Nice finds! Thank you William Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Once again-"out of the park"!!! Great finds and pictures. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Once again-"out of the park"!!! Great finds and pictures. Tony Thanks Tony. This is good stuff - very different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khyssa Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Such amazing finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbrunning Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Thanks Julianna! More great stuff! Looking forward to adding your segment to episode 5! P.S. Visited your website too. Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 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. G) H) a well preserved bone I) another claw J) partial mandible K) jaw fragment L) phalange I wondered if this was a forked rib of a salamander, but I am not sure the angle is right...might be a tooth M ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 N) not sure about this one O) P) Q) R) I think that this one snake S) to be continued at another time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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