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Found this tooth in the peace river on my last trip, wasn’t completely sure what it was. Im thinking it could be whale or predator. I know its in pretty bad shape but would be thankful if anyone knows what it is. thanks
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Yesterday was going to dip into the high 40s F in the early morning and top off at low 70s. I know it is not the same as being up north, but deciding to step into water when the air temps are 50 degrees always generates a gasp even with a 5 mm wetsuit on . However, opportunities are few in December for me. We are hunting a location that used to produce Miocene fossils , but has been heavily worked. Mostly it produces small shark teeth today. However, like @Balance, I have learned something about layers.. and I know that I may be able to dig thru mud and sand clay, and even gravel and discover an un_dug pocket. We had found a spot where small teeth had rolled in so we could get 10-12 in a sieve and spent about 90 minutes digging. There were also a few broken Ray teeth and barbs, but I hoped for something more for this day beyond the small shark teeth. I was about to pack up, move downstream probing for gravel. For whatever reason, last sieve at this location was going to be a little upstream. There is quite a bit of gravel from old discard piles.. and a pretty deep hole. I like digging in deep holes because I favor deep water. So I stuck my shovel in the bottom of the hole and the tip hit gravel below sand and leaves. Not too much in that 1st sieve, except a couple of small rostral teeth from the knife toothed sawfish and I have hunted here quite a bit previously. This is likely from a mid_miocene Tridactyl horse named Nannippus aztecus. and that find just made my day. I was no longer thinking about what laid downstream. In subsequent sieves, we broke thru the gravel into clay... This was the only Meg I found and that was enough. I like Miocene horses a lot better than Megs . This is a pretty good Meg .. root, serrations, color, a little tip damage. My friend found 3 Megs , none quite as good as this one. We stayed the rest of the day.. Another nicer horse tooth. Multiple teeth from the same animal always get the juices flowing but this one is right lower rather than left. Too quickly the fossils in the sieves got fewer and fewer... We ran out of the pocket. The other thing that ran out was time. There are other pockets, but those will have to wait for another day.
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From the album: Florida Invertebrates
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Peace River - Wauchula, FL (Misc. + bonus tiny Jacksonville Beach, FL shark teeth)
Hurricanerin posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi friends! I recently took a trek to the Peace River and went in in Wauchla, FL. I would love some help identifying what I found. I still need to photograph all of the shark teeth I found in the Peace River, but there is a pic of a few teeny tiny teeth I found in Jacksonville Beach, FL. I numbered things since there are so many. Thank you so much for your help! .
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Ok, I'm finally got the chance to post these finds from about 3 weeks ago. So, three weeks ago we took a dive trip down in Venice, left Saturday, and came back after the dive Sunday, anyway it took a over a week to get everything cleaned off. Here's the finds. and as I was going through my Camara roll I realized that I forgot to take a picture of the clean finds before I put them away. My brains been scrambled up. Thanks for reading anyway, hope you enjoyed.
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Hi friends, I would love some help identifying these itty bitty teeth from Jacksonville Beach, FL. If there's anything I can do to take better pictures, suggestions are more than welcome.
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Howdy all, I've seen a lot of fossils from Alligator americanus, but none from Crocodylus americanus, yet both are present in the modern day. Did C. americanus emerge later than A. americanus or are fossils of C. americanus being labeled as A. americanus for convenience?
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Hey, wondering if anyone could ID this… tooth I think? Found it in a creek near the peace river my guess is that its some type of mammoth tooth but im not entirely sure. Last photo is the best results of the trip’s finds from the creek.
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Howdy all, I read somewhere that Thecachampsa americana is a synonym for Crocodylus americanus, at least in reguard to thecachampsa fossils found in pleistocene deposits in Florida. Is this true?
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Hello all, These are some fossils I have found during my previous expeditions to the Peace River. I have provided details on what I think two of them could be. Confirmation or correction of the IDs would be appreciated! Fossil #1: I believe this fossil to be a portion of a scapula. I have included the image on the left of a partial woolly rhino scapula (https://www.online fossil retailer.com/fossils/woolly-rhinoceros-scapula-bone-partial-late-pleistocene) as a visual comparison for the fossil on the right. Again, just a visual reference. I am not sure about the species. Are there any diagnostic features that could indicate what it could be? I have also annotated the images with the blue arrow pointing to the glenoid cavity and the red circle indicating the location of the supraglenoid tubercle (which I believe is missing from my specimen). Again, this is assuming that it is a partial scapula, which it may not be. Fossil #2: I believe this one could be a partial pelvic bone (specifically a portion of the acetabulum). Are there any features that could help identify the species? Fossil #3: I am not sure what this one is, so any identification assistance would be appreciated. Back View Front View Bottom View Top View Right View Left View ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Any assistance is appreciated. Also, I would like to apologize in advance if I have incorrectly used any of the anatomical terms. I'm still trying to learn some of the vocabulary. Thanks again and Happy Fossiling
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Hi Everyone! My wife asked me if her finds look like anything. Being ignorant, I told her I’d post them and see what the Experts say. Here’s #1: Here’s #2:
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I was hunting yesterday and post a trip report: https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/138017-peace-river-hunt/ I did not think I had anything that I either needed or could ask for an ID, but then this bone "talked" to me. It seems that it is not a long bone, but mostly complete (96%) and about a size to be interesting.. That means there is a reasonable chance some TFF member will recognize. It could be a toe bone like a metapodial, tarsal, carpal, of a pretty large animal like Sloth or Rhino. At 1st I thought it might be a Calcaneum but a Jaguar Calcaneum which I found is much larger. I have also seen similarities to Sea Turtle or Dolphin humerus... So it could be a lot of things. I'll have a long time tracking each possibility down. It is from an mammal or reptile that lived and died near the Peace River. I hope some members can eliminate some of the possibilities. Top: Bottom (opposite to top) Left side Right side Left end Right end Help greatly appreciated. As the topic implies... a curious short bone
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Found in Florida on Little Gasparilla Island
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Hello TFF, This is an older peace river find of mine that still stumps me, the closest guess of mine is some kind of claw based on the articulating surface and potentially a sloth “thumb” bone or something similar. I appreciate any advice or leads. Thank you!
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Just got back from Venice (I'll post that report in the next few days, really good trip) and got this nice bone. I'm confident that it's a phalanx, and from Google I believe it belongs to a llama, due to the length compared to other animals like horses or tortoise. Any thoughts?
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We found this shark tooth fossil and wondered what type of shark and how old it could be. This was found on Casey Key beach FLA.
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I got this online and all I know is that it was found in Florida. Any help is appreciated. (Ruler is in inches)
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Hi Everyone; Attached is an odd little number I keep coming across that I can’t identify for the life of me. It’s about 3cm long and 1.5 cm thick. Thanks.
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Trying to get out hunting more often just for the exercise and good feeling of being on the river in the sunshine. If you are not familiar with the Peace River, there are many/most locations shallow enough to hunt. I went out Tuesday to a number of locations that had proved productive in the past. This was a location that would have been over my head a month ago. We hope to find that heavy rains and currents have moved the gravel and sand around opening new opportunities. Today was mostly small shark teeth and unidentifiable bones.. I did not keep the bones. Note the colors of the shark teeth on the left. Darker colors typical of the Peace River with tannic acid. We hunted at this location for a couple of hours. It had a number of artifact "flakes" and I kept one. The rest of the lighter finds came from a 2nd location, mostly marine based... This Dolphin jaw segment is less worn and longer than the vast majority of similar jaw segments I have found in the Peace River.. Here is a sponge, once again higher quality , less worn and more complete than most others that I (very) occasionally find. These last two fossils do not show typical wear from water erosion. I will likely return to see if I can find more similar fossils.
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Hi Folks! Been meaning to post some new finds and questions and finally settled down enough to start. Item #1: top side is boring and round and appears to be a rock. But then you flip it over and go Hmmmmm!
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Gobsmacked, actually.
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Normally I’m just out grabbing shark teeth on Amelia. I’m getting decent at identifying the main common finds, but struggling with some of these odd shapes I see on and off. Hoping for some help learning about and identifying fossils. I’m a fossilnovice, so I apologize if this is just a collection of rocks lol.
