mpb0312 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Hey I'm a new member and I need some help with identifying this fossil! I've had this for a few years now but I just found this website and am so curious if someone might know what this is. I found in at a beach in southeastern Florida, and have never seen something like it since. on the other side of it, it looks as though it broke at some point (this is how I found it) I would be so appreciative if someone could tell me what this is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoMike Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Fish mouthplate. From the look of it, it may be recent, not a fossil. Still very cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpb0312 Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 Cool! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Welcome to TFF! I agree with fish tooth plate. 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...
Peace river rat Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 puffer fish bottom plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Beautiful ! That's a pufferfish (tetraodontid) mouth plate,IMO. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 2 hours ago, Guguita said: Beautiful ! That's a pufferfish (tetraodontid) mouth plate,IMO. Regards, Not Tetraodontid. It is Diodontid. Very easy to tell the difference by the name. Tetraodontid means 4 toothed because puffers have two upper and two lower tooth plates. Diodontid means two toothed because the fish has a single upper and a single lower tooth plate. Diodontids include burrfish and porcupine fish. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 3 hours ago, Al Dente said: Not Tetraodontid. It is Diodontid. Very easy to tell the difference by the name. Tetraodontid means 4 toothed because puffers have two upper and two lower tooth plates. Diodontid means two toothed because the fish has a single upper and a single lower tooth plate. Diodontids include burrfish and porcupine fish. Thank you, Al Dente! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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