emtilt Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 These are a few different types of marine mammal vertebrae (at least I think they are marine mammals) that I found in phosphate pits near Bartow, Florida, but I can't identify precisely what they are. All have some damage and broken areas. The attached pictures show a few different angles of the vertebrae. The top row of each picture shows three vertebrae of the same kind, and the bottom rows depict three different vertebrae. Hope you guys can give me some more specific ID info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 B and D are whale I'm pretty sure, C looks like dugong, A I don't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 It looks like a mix of whale,porpoise,and elephant maybe some sloth too . Not to sure about dugong. :- But some nice fossils emtilt! 8) It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cris Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 I have the twin to D...Almost sure it's whale, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emtilt Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 Thanks for the help, guys. Do you have any idea what genus you think D is, Cris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Looks a bit like some of your stuff, emtilt huh ! 8) 8) It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emtilt Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 Yours are in much better condition, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Thanks emtilt. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cris Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I sure don't, emtilt... For me, verts are the hardest thing to put an ID on... You can tell it came from a whale/dolphin or fish...... Just no idea what kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 These are a few different types of marine mammal vertebrae (at least I think they are marine mammals) that I found in phosphate pits near Bartow, Florida, but I can't identify precisely what they are. All have some damage and broken areas. The attached pictures show a few different angles of the vertebrae. The top row of each picture shows three vertebrae of the same kind, and the bottom rows depict three different vertebrae. Hope you guys can give me some more specific ID info. Specimens C is a small dugong cervical centrum while D is a very weathered Dolphin centrum. The rest are centra of Metaxytherium the typical large dugong found in the Bone Valley sediments of the phosphate mining district of central Florida. Good Collecting! Twynn Mammoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Those are most likely all cetacean vertebrae, either from mysticetes or smaller odontocetes. Specimen C does not look like a sirenian vertebra - it is not composed of pachyosteosclerotic bone, and the centrum is circular (sirenian centra are distinctly heart shaped). It instead looks to me like an odontocete thoracic vertebra. The top row all appear to be thoracic vertebrae, and possibly the one on the lower left, and the one labeled D looks like an odontocete caudal vertebra. Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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