pliocene fossils

[Faten]

Hi, I a geologist from Tunisisa,I found some fossils last trip. Please, could you help me to identify this fossils?

[Manticocerasman]

the 1st one is some cind of bovine tooth ( cow ? )

 

the 2nd fish vertebrea

 

the 3d are crocodile scutes

 

 

[Faten]

Thank you 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello, and a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco!

So, maybe number four's a croc tooth? 

[Faten]

thank you so much, 

me too I think that it is a croc tooth

[Vieira]

4 hours ago, Manticocerasman said:

the 1st one is some cind of bovine tooth ( cow ? )

 

the 2nd fish vertebrea

 

the 3d are crocodile scutes

 

 

 

I agree.

 

the 6d looks like some type of ornithopod tooh...

the 7d some kind of vertebra, I don't know from what animal

last one looks like some kind of bird or amphibian...

[jpc]

1 and 2 ungulate tooth.  Based on color it may be more recent than the other fossils.

3 fish vertebra

4  crocodilian scutes

5 ?  

6 ?

7 smaller ungulate teeth (not ornithopod , they are long ago extinct)

8 interesting small vertebra (maybe turtle)

9 amphibian verts

10 fish fin spines

 

That is my educated guess.  Fun fossils.  

[Faten]

thank you for helping me, all the fossils are from the same unit which is formed by tidal sands. 

 

[PaleoNoel]

8 hours ago, Faten said:

Hi, I a geologist from Tunisisa,I found some fossils last trip. Please, could you help me to identify this fossils?

Bovid tooth (cow or similar)

Fish vertebrae

Crocodile scutes

Maybe a croc tooth but hard to tell

no idea

Pieces of teeth from an ungulate, maybe antelope, goat or cow

Vertebrae of some kind I believe, mammal or reptile

fish vertebrae

Fish bones

 

[Faten]

thank you

[siteseer]

I think that first tooth is actually a horse.  A photo of the chewing surface would help with the identification.  The specimen after the crocodile scutes resembles a large lizard tooth but it might just be a broken tip of a spine or piece of bone.  Close-ups of opposite sides could help.

 

The two ungulate teeth might be antelope or goat. 

[Faten]

thanks

 

[sharko69]

Awesome finds! Love the croc parts.

[Faten]

hi, how are you?

I have collected some samples of clay from the same site, I want to search and identify, if they exist, the micro-organisms, 

I would be grateful if you tell me what is the exact steps to follow, or 

If you have a document that describes these steps, i would be so thankful if helped me, 

 

[Coco]

To defragment clay, you have to put your dry blocks in a mixture of water and hydrogen peroxide. Once your sediment has been thoroughly removed, you sift through and rinse. You dry the remaining parts as a block and repeat the operation as many times as necessary.

 

Coco

[Faten]

Thank you so much

[fossilus]

On 2/9/2019 at 1:39 PM, siteseer said:

I think that first tooth is actually a horse.  A photo of the chewing surface would help with the identification.

Not a cow for sure. Agree likely horse.

[Harry Pristis]

 

I agree, it's an equid tooth.  And, they are bony fish vertebrae, not from sharks.