ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I had to get some of the "frog toe" matrix from Sacha! (Thanks John for making this available!) This is the first things that I have found....(I have no idea as to what they are.) Scale is millimeters. more... 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...
ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 cont... more... 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...
ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 cont... cont... 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...
ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 cont... more... 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...
ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 cont.... more... 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...
ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) And a couple of gastropods... This one is a Polygyra septemvolva Will post more as I get them and pictures also. Thanks for looking. Tony PS If You can identify any of these please feel free to help Me out! Edited November 29, 2015 by ynot 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...
jpc Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Here is what I can guess, but the pix are pretty out of focus when I click on them. Second post... maybe a lizard jaw, a lizard jaw and amammal (rodent?) calcaneum. 4th post... shrew jaw and rabbit tooth. 5thpost... ?? and a possibnle snake vert. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Here is what I can guess, but the pix are pretty out of focus when I click on them. Second post... maybe a lizard jaw, a lizard jaw and amammal (rodent?) calcaneum. 4th post... shrew jaw and rabbit tooth. 5thpost... ?? and a possibnle snake vert. Good stuff. Thank You. 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...
calhounensis Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 The last figure in post 2 and the middle in post 3 are both astragali. They do appear to be rodents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Yes... astragali... not calcaneum. My bad. And yes, there are two of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Lover Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Here is what I can guess, but the pix are pretty out of focus when I click on them. Second post... maybe a lizard jaw, a lizard jaw and amammal (rodent?) calcaneum. 4th post... shrew jaw and rabbit tooth. 5thpost... ?? and a possibnle snake vert. Good stuff. If the second picture in the 4th post is a rabbit tooth, the first picture in the 5th poat looks like a partial rabbit tooth "Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you" Job 12:8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Don't print the label yet, as I may be off-base, but this deserves following-up: Possibly, this might be an avian cervical... "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...
ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Thank You for the replies. I think that I will revisit the microscope and try to improve the picture quality. Please stay tuned... 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...
jcbshark Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Nice finds Tony, that's some very unique matrix: ) 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...
ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Nice finds Tony, that's some very unique matrix: ) Thanks Jeff. I am liking it a lot, even though the bones are a little bare. It is My first non-marine fossil matrix. 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...
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ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 The last figure in post 2 and the middle in post 3 are both astragali. They do appear to be rodents. Yes... astragali... not calcaneum. My bad. And yes, there are two of them. I am a little confused. I "googled" astragali and got chinese herbal medicines. I know considerably less about bones than I do about the shark teeth, but am reasonably sure they are not members of the plant family. What am I missing here? Thanks for the help! 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...
ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Thank You Ziggie! 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 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I am a little confused. I "googled" astragali and got chinese herbal medicines. I know considerably less about bones than I do about the shark teeth, but am reasonably sure they are not members of the plant family. What am I missing here? Thanks for the help! Tony Try astragalus, Tony. Astragali is plural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 These are nice finds, Tony. We are each finding something a little different in this matrix. I real like the tiny jaw bone in post 4. Julianna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Try astragalus, Tony. Astragali is plural. Same "google" results-- chinese herbal medicine. Argh! (Is it April 1st already?) These are nice finds, Tony. We are each finding something a little different in this matrix. I real like the tiny jaw bone in post 4. Julianna Thank You Julianna. Wish My pictures would come out as good as Yours and Marko sr.'s do. 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...
Pagurus Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 You've been making some nice finds in all that matrix, Tony. I'm still working on mine. I've looked through about half of it. I know there's a lot that I missed and I'll be going through it all again. As for your internet search, try looking for "astragalus bone." Link Here's one diagram I found that seems helpful. I'm sure there are better ones as well. Mike Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Tony Really nice specimens. The Merritt Island matrix has a lot of different terrestrial species that we don't normally see posted on TFF. The more pictures that you take the better they will get. I probably took over 5,000 pictures of micros over the last few years. Unfortunately I lost almost all of them when my hard drive crashed a few months back. 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...
ynot Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 You've been making some nice finds in all that matrix, Tony. I'm still working on mine. I've looked through about half of it. I know there's a lot that I missed and I'll be going through it all again. As for your internet search, try looking for "astragalus bone." Link Here's one diagram I found that seems helpful. I'm sure there are better ones as well. Mike Thanks Mike, I like the few that You posted, looks like You are off to a good start Yourself! It is kind of like playing the shell game, You have to look under every single clam shell. Also thanks for the link-- now I understand, (never studied anatomy either.) Tony Really nice specimens. The Merritt Island matrix has a lot of different terrestrial species that we don't normally see posted on TFF. The more pictures that you take the better they will get. I probably took over 5,000 pictures of micros over the last few years. Unfortunately I lost almost all of them when my hard drive crashed a few months back. Marco Sr. Thanks Marco. It is nice to see something a little different from what is usually within the scope of collecting. It is also kind of like We are all on the same fossil hunting trip together! (even though We have not actually met.) I am having such a hard time sorting out the shark teeth that I do not want to get more confused with this new material. (Is that bad of Me?) Sorry to hear that You lost Your album. I hate it when that happens. 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...
ynot Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 Here are a few more things from Merritt island... scale is a millimeter ruler. 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...
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