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Unknown fossil south eastern Florida


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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!

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2 hours ago, Guguita said:

Beautiful :wub:!

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.

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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!

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