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Hello all! I've always wanted to do a "guess this fossil post". I get my inspiration from Harry Pristis's quiz Posts that made me do some research and learn something new. So, I hope I have my ID correct and here it goes....

This fossil was found by me in the caloosahatchee shell beds in North Port FL. There is usually lots of clay in the deeper layers of the shells, This bone was found in a whiteish colored clay that I usually associate with late pliocene.

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There is a living cousin to this animal in Florida today.

Thanks for looking!

Dan

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Looks like part of an avian pelvis; more specifically, part of the synsacrum.

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We'll that didn't take long, lol! Thats it. Care you guess at the group of birds? There is a fairly famous find of dozens of these guys in a shell pit with in 15 miles of where I found this.

Dan

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We'll that didn't take long, lol! Thats it. Care you guess at the group of birds? There is a fairly famous find of dozens of these guys in a shell pit with in 15 miles of where I found this.

Dan

Phalacrocorax fillyawi - extinct cormorant

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Correct!! Or at least it confirms my ID :) . there is a great set of pics in the book "Vertebrate fossils:A neophyte's guide" of cormorant parts from Sarasota county

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Correct!! Or at least it confirms my ID :) . there is a great set of pics in the book "Vertebrate fossils:A neophyte's guide" of cormorant parts from Sarasota county

Cool fossil, P-Man; I dig it!

Where would I go about getting this book?

"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!

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Funny, I actually have that book sitting on my leg where I was looking through it 5 minutes ago.

Very nice fossil, Dan. I didn't know what it was, so the topic helped edumicate (:P) me. Can't wait for more of these.

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Cool fossil, P-Man; I dig it!

Where would I go about getting this book?

I found it at the venice shark tooth fest it was written by Frank Kocsis.

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Cool fossil, P-Man; I dig it!

Where would I go about getting this book?

Oh, and just so you're not disappointed...There's only about 2 pages that actually has info on birds in the book.

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Got mine for $15.00 on ebay awhile back

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