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  1. Not sure what exactly I’m looking at here. At first I thought it was a piece of Psephophorus or a tortoise piece but now I’m not so sure. Notice that it has a very distinct ring around the border of the smooth side. Quite flat in both sides.
  2. Shellseeker

    Peace River, 2/11/24

    Had a great day hunting Friday and decided to hunt the Peace River before the Super bowl yesterday with my friend Steve. I love grabbing a shovel and sieve and just walk into the River. Perfect depth, about 2 inches above my waist. I had another good day as you check my finds below. Steve had a great day! In his 1st sieve, 3 shovel of gravel he found one of those pointy rocks we hear about, followed by a copper button, and then a Meg. He found a Giant Tortoise hoof core and a Tail Buckler. I did not get photos of the rest, but at the end he found a small jaw with 2 teeth I did not recognize. Here are my prizes.. A few flecks of Druzy scattered here and there... A miniture Armadillo Osteoderm.. This is the smallest I have ever seen and look at the patina... I love this one... Followed by a real rarity for me.... an Armadillo front tooth... There is a lot of variety. Here is some of it. I hope that @Harry Pristis can provide an ID on this small premolar.. The size would indicate a small animal. To me, there are always surprises in hunting the Peace.
  3. PODIGGER

    Hoping to confirm some finds

    I'm seeking confirmation (or not?) on a couple of finds from the Peace River earlier this week. So far my research leads me to believe I have a medial phalanx from a giant armadillo and a lateral malleolar (carpal?) from a Long-legged Llama. First up is the medial phalanx. Measurement wise I think the Giant Armadillo, Holmesina floridanus, is a good match. The specimen measures: 1" x 3/4" x 5/8" or 25 mm x 20mm x 16mm Next up is the suspected lateral malleolar from a Long-legged Llama, Hemiauchenia macrocephala. The specimen measures: 1 3/8" x 1" x 5/8" or 35mm x 26mm x 20mm Would appreciate any input to confirm or direct me to another possibility on each. Thanks!
  4. Tony G.

    Bone identification needed.

    I collect armadillo fossils. All of my fossils have been purchased and I have been able to identify most of them using the internet. The attached photos are from bones I purchased labeled Holmesina carpals. Both seem to be the same bone, one from holmesina septentrionalis and one from holmesina floridanus (my guess). They are both river finds from Northern Florida, USA. I have not been able to find a photo or diagram showing this bone. Does anyone have a photo or diagram showing this bones position in the skeleton. If these bones are not from the Holmesina genus, I would like to know that also.
  5. So I recently found an at-the-time unidentified small armadillo osteoderm in Paynes Creek. I immediately assumed due to its overall thickness - that being much thicker than the Dasypus bellus osteoderms I’ve found - as well as where I found it, that it was an osteoderm from the much rarer Pachyarmatherium leiseyi. My first step in confirming this was google, to which I found incredibly little information to discern between the two. There was plenty of info on D. bellus, however. My next step was to check here, including the thread that @Shellseeker had created and linked me when I found a D. bellus osteoderm a few months ago: Where I’d say that the results seemed inconclusive at best - all that was discussed was that P. leiseyi is “thicker”. No numbers, nor comparison. Following that, I went to the next most reliable source - Richard Hulbert, who ID’d it as a baby glyptodont osteoderm. Which really didn’t seem quite right to me - it was MUCH too small as far as I was concerned, and also much too thick, being nearly as thick as my much bigger glyptodont osteoderm. So I spoke to @digit, who recommended I reach out to one Rachel Narducci also at FLMNH, specializing in Xenarthra, and thus would most likely be able to help me. She got back to me, after comparing with FLMNH’s own collection, that it was indeed a P. leiseyi osteoderm! I had also asked for more detail in comparing them, so I could properly make a post here comparing them, prompting this post! So first Rachel’s description: “The difference in thickness is the big giveaway. I cannot find a single dasypus osteoderm that is anywhere near the thicknesses of the pachy osteos. The pachy osteoderms are also very rounded while those of D. bellus are polygonal with more angles and some even being rectangular. The dorsal outer surface of your pachy looks a bit worn (or the picture is kind of dark), but the peripheral figures around the central round figure are larger, more bulbous or infated, and more separated than those of Dasypus bellus. D. bellus osteoderms have a larger central figure surround by the peripheral figures, but they are all pretty flat and very close together. The central figure of D. bellus also seems to take up more space on each osteoderm than it does in the pachys.” Finally, here are the pictures - starting off with my own Pachy osteoderm: Then the D. Bellus osteoderms I have: A comparison of them: And similarly from Rachel, the Pachy osteoderm is in the middle of 5 D. bellus osteoderms: Comparing thickness: And finally, more examples of P. leiseyi: Hope this helps anyone else who is struggling to identify and compare between the two!
  6. Meganeura

    Holmesina anterior tooth

    From the album: Florida Mammal Teeth

    Holmesina sp. anterior tooth tip - Peace River, August 2022
  7. Meganeura

    Dasypus bellus osteoderms

    From the album: Florida Mammal bones and osteoderms

    Dasypus bellus - "Beautiful Armadillo" osteoderms
  8. Fin Lover

    Glyptotherium sp?

    Can anyone tell me if this is a piece of carapace from a glyptodont? It's the closest thing I can find, but mine doesn't have the "daisy" appearance, so I may be wrong, or it may just be really worn. Ventral side is too worn to look for a foramen. Found in Goose Creek, SC where we are finding a mix of things, but mainly Pleistocene (I think...still a newbie). Thank you!
  9. Shellseeker

    Small toe bone

    Life is good. I go out tomorrow to the Peace River. I was also there Monday.. There were a few nice finds. I found 1/2 of a carnassial, maybe dire wolf. Seems like I found a mostly whole one in early February. Here is an interesting toe bone. Back 10 years ago , I found a Toe bone, identified as Jaguar 39 mm Medial phalanx by TFF experts. Note the recess to accomodate a retractable claw in the left of the 1st photo.. Then Monday, another toe bone, only 25.5 mm in the sieve. BIG smile. I think once again it is a Medial phalanx. So, is it a Feline Medial Plhalanx (from a smaller cat than Jaguar) OR Maybe a Medial Phalanx from Holmesina floridanus, another candidate from the Florida Pleistocene. Photos below from online. and most of all, what do you see in the photos to choose one over the other... Thanks for all comments and suggestions. Jack
  10. This seems too "bubbly" to be turtle shell. Any ideas? Found Myrtle Beach, January, 2022. Thin, bubbly texture on both sides. Marrow type stipling inbetween.
  11. Decided to go for a hunt yesterday after my Saturday plans were canceled due to two flat tires. The weather report had it as a cold day to start with an expected warm up y midday. When I got to the river at a little before 8:00 am the temperature was 40* F with a light breeze. Got the kayak set to go then donned my wetsuit with a jacket style life preserver over it to block the wind. Even then I also put on a hooded sweatshirt and gloves for the paddle to my hunting site. As I approached the area I planned to search for the day I stopped to take a few photos of the sun rising over the river. The gravel bed I was targeting has been producing some nice fossils. The negative, it stays in the shade most of the day due to overhanging trees along the banks. The river is not really wide at the spot. I shed the sweatshirt as I entered the water and decided I would need to try and keep my upper body as dry as possible due to the water/air temp and the breezy conditions. I think this was a big part of why there were no outstanding finds for the day - couldn't dig as deep as I would have liked. Usually the deeper I go the better the results. Finds for the first few hours were limited to a variety of shark teeth. Some were quite nice but most were small and regular finds. I was also finding a lot of turtle shell. The first interesting thing that came up was a piece of a turtle plastron followed by a ray barb and a small puffer fish mouth plate. Then a partial meg appeared in the screen and I was managing to forget the cold and my numbing fingers. It was getting to be about 12:00 pm and I had been digging for 3 1/2 hours when I really started to feel the cold and decided to take a break to warm up. I had to climb out onto the bank and walk downstream to find a spot where the sun was breaking through the trees. I took off my life jacket, dive boots and socks and hung out in the sun for about 20 minutes to try and warm up. I felt I had warmed up enough to get back to work and with the next screen I came up with what I believe is a cetacean vert - second one found at this spot. As I wasn't coming up with any other great finds I decided the cold and the river had worn me out for the day. After pulling up an armadillo osteoderm I packed it in at about 1:30 pm. I usually stay until at least 3 pm. I think the cold had gotten to me as when I left I neglected to remove my knife from my hip and later found that I had inadvertently pierced the inflatable seat in the kayak - thankfully I didn't jab the kayak! Below are some pictures of the days finds. First some turtle pieces and the vert - Next photo Left side - Cup of misc. shark teeth, Armadillo Osteoderm, Ray barb, Puffer fish mouth plate, Tiger Shark, Extinct tiger shark and lemon shark. Right side - Turtle Plastron, Sand shark, partial Megalodon & Hemis. An overall average day on the river with a bit of a chill in the air! Today I need to patch the seat, lol.
  12. cava.zachary

    Mystery osteoderm

    At first I thought this was a neural bone from a turtle but now I'm wondering if it might be a mammalian osteoderm (3cm long x 1cm thick). From a north Florida river. - Zach
  13. Brandy Cole

    Glyptodont?

    @Rockwood Wouldn't this be too big to be glyptodont? Or am I missing something? Including one I found for size reference.
  14. Harry Pristis

    armadillo tibia.JPG

    From the album: BONES

    © Harry Pristis 2021

  15. Shellseeker

    Interesting Bones

    I went hunting with @minnbuckeye Monday and in another thread discussed a couple of Hipparion horse teeth I found. We found lots of fossils. For example, here are 3 unusual ones. One is an Emmons fish tooth, only the 2nd that I have ever found, another a very rare Osteoderm from Pachyarmatherium_leiseyi, and then an oddly worn dolphin earbone (or at least shaped like a dolphin earbone). In this fossil ID thread, I am not trying to ID any of these. Here is a bone to ID. On all 3 photos, you can see bone on bone wear patterns, which seems to imply this bone is almost complete , as opposed to being a broken fragment. Plus I had seen a similar bone and searching tracked down this bone from @Harry Pristis gallery: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/gallery/image/39751-camel-fibula/ The bone below is 58 (compared to 43.7 in camel) x 48 x 35 mm. So, is this bone a fibula ?, and if so, which mammals have fibula like this size? !!!
  16. Found this fossil inland, Venice, FL. Early Pleistocene material. I believe this is perhaps tortoise shell showing spinal attachment point to vertebrae. Piece. Measures 17cm x 13cm x 5cm thick. All photos taken at 1x. I look forward to reading your remarks. - Michael
  17. PODIGGER

    Peace River ID help

    Got out to the Peace River, FL yesterday for another hunt. The water level finally seemed low enough that I would be able to get to my target spot and have a productive day. The only problem was the fact that the sun never came out and I had to quit early due to getting wet and cold with no way to warm up. Luckily I had my emergency dry shirt to change into before I started shivering! I always keep one on board the kayak sealed in a plastic bag. Came up with several of the usual items, horse tooth, partial megs, couple of hemis, turtle and a nice gator tooth. Then I pulled up what I believe are an armadillo scute, camelid incisor and a tiny dolphin tooth. The last three I am posting below for some help and/or confirmation on the ID. First a picture of the best of the day finds - Here is what I believe is the camelid incisor. From prior posts by @digit and @Shellseeker along with comparable pictures from @Harry Pristis I believe this is a large headed llama tooth, Hemiauchenia macrocephala. Both digit and Shellseeker found prior examples that they posted here on the forum along with Harry's pictures - One of @Harry Pristis examples: Next up is a small tooth I believe is dolphin. It is only 20mm long so is dolphin possible? Finally, what I have id'd as an armadillo dermal scute - Any help with confirmation or other possible id's would be appreciated, Thanks!
  18. PaleoNoel

    Dasypus Imbricating Band

    Hi everyone, I know I haven't posted any fossils in the ID section for a while, but one recent post caught my eye. I immediately recognized a fossil on that post to be similar, if not the same as one I found in the Peace River in Florida back in the February of 2018. I now believe it's the imbricating band of some type of armadillo (likely Dasypus). It's about 2 cm long by .6 cm wide. I'd be happy to hear your input! Here's my specimen Here's some images provided by @Harry Pristis
  19. I found this oddball in the same spot where I found a broken armadillo/sloth tooth that I posted in another thread. (Peace River, Bone Valley, Florida, likely Pleistocene). I can't decide if this is a very worn and beat-up (and large) turtle scute, or a "chunkasaurus" bone fragment, or possibly a beat-up osteoderm from a giant armadillo or something else glyptodont-adjacent. Does anyone else think this looks like an osteoderm or is it just my eyes fooling me?
  20. Shellseeker

    Multiple Hunts this week

    I get out hunting as often as I am able. In addition to the fossil finds, I am at a point in life where exercise has great value and fossil hunting the Peace River watershed 3 times a week does get the muscles moving and the blood flowing. Add the great feeling with getting out into nature which I share with numerous animals of all types and this is just about a perfect hobby, BUT, not always a successful one. I think that I, over the long run, find one impressive fossil a week... What about this week? A lot of folks are saying that the Peace River water depth is dropping and this is open for success in fossil hunting. Last Sunday, I went to one of my favorite locations that have been very successful for me in the past, as recently as last spring. I usually kayak to to/from this location for an hour each way and hunt shovel and sieve for 5-6 hours --- good exercise. The Peace River is still high. Right this minute , the USGS gauge at Zolfo Springs is over 7 feet. That is un_diggable, except in isolated spots. You need to cling close to the banks and the currents are fast. !!!! I found a couple of chipped Equus teeth, turtle shell and spurs, 120 small teeth 70 % broken. Largest of the small shark teeth were 3 30-40 mm hemipristis (2 lowers and an upper). I did enjoy the day, sunny, cold out in nature. So , Monday was my 2nd day out to the Peace River this week.. Somewhat better, with 2 frequent fossils hunting friends, staying close digging in a 2 foot layer that had been uncovered by the heavy summer currents. They found it and invited me to partake. Not a show stopper , but some good fossils. I tend to remove (and donate) broken and small shark teeth from my "finds" photo. So the finds from a home to home 12 hour hunt. Some osteoderms, barracuda teeth, a few larger Lemon and Hemipristis teeth, a broken tapir, broken llama incisor, Thresher tooth (relatively rare). and then some closeup photos below. I liked this last hemi best and another sun_shiny day in paradise
  21. JarrodB

    North Sulphur River

    I had a few finds at the North Sulphur River Texas yesterday. All the bars were covered in mud so it made for hard hunting. The tiny mosasaur tooth was my favorite find of the day.
  22. old bones

    Holmesina I hope

    After much research I feel fairly confident that this is a scute from Holmesina-septentrionalis. What do you think? Can I label it as such? Thanks for looking.
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