Shellseeker Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 A couple of recent trips. The Peace is lower although I spent a lot of time digging at chest level. I was digging with friends finding a lot of small teeth in smaller gravel with an occasional Mammoth fragment or deer tooth and then this trip maker. . I have found a few small ones in the past but this one rates right up there as 2nd best. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/37772-baby-meg-from-zolfo/ A week earlier, I found a favorite. These always take me a while to ID... With all the rains, a very curious season, but I am enjoying The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I am sorry, but I am not so good with ID's what are these? aside from gorgeous teeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 Apologies FossilDude! These are relatively rare and I should have told you what I know and do not know. The shark tooth is a Megalodon. The larger Megs look more impressive but in my hunting grounds, this one is far more difficult to find - maybe once every year or 2 for me. The other tooth is a Horse upper molar, commonly and sometimes incorrectly called a three toed horse. This tooth came from an ancestor of modern horses, usually about the size of a large dog that lived 2-5 million years ago in Florida.While I know it is from a small horse, there are numerous types and variations and I will try to determine exactly which of those variations produced this tooth. Here are a couple of forum threads with details: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/60424-three-toed-horse-tooth-id/ and http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/49618-quiz-for-the-horsey-set-florida-3-toed-variety/ The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 As we say here in Germany, "Klein aber Fein"! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Nice finds Jack, that's a sweet little posterior : ) 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...
Vieira Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I love your finds Congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I have found a few megs smaller than a penny at calvert cliffs and I love them. Nice finds. A meg is a meg. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Wow very nice ShellSeeker! Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Absolutely love the little meg tooth!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I always enjoy seeing your finds Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Nice finds Jack, that's a sweet little posterior : ) Agreed. It is a sweet little tooth. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoMike Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Great finds! I miss the Florida hunting sometimes. Gotta get back to the Peace someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Those 2 little finds are A1 top! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 DinoMike, I'll pick you up on the way over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 That small meg is beautiful!!! Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDinoNATI Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Like a saying that I made up goes, 'Size and Price aren't relevant, as long as you're happy'. Nice teeth, though. Good condition. 'Size and Price are irrelevant, except for an Elephant (molar)'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Some nice finds, no buts about it!! 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...
doushantuo Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 equid teeth looks hipparionine to me.Is that a possibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 equid teeth looks hipparionine to me.Is that a possibility? Thanks for the comment, This indeed is a hipparionine!!! but now I have to search McFadden's books and papers or send it to Richard Hulbert to find out exactly which one ,, You can see the TFF bias ==a fantastic small horse upper molar or a small MEG and the Meg gets all the attention.. yours is the 1st comment after a month on the horse !!! and a welcome comment it is... The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Shell seeker, you might want to "g***le/look up "Ann Forsten" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Thanks.. Looks like a great source of data and images on pre-Equus horses. I will read her material. Jack The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Yes that's nice finds. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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