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White River Formation small incisors - Rodent? Lagomorph?
Opabinia Blues posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello! This is a small fossil from the White River Formation of Weld County, Colorado. To me it appears to be a set of front incisors rooted to a small piece of the maxilla or mandible. There are no teeth or tooth sockets next to the two that are there, and so this makes them look like the two incisors characteristic of rodents and lagomorphs. Interested if anyone can tell me anything else about them. Two photos are through a stereo dissecting microscope at 20X magnification, the other two, though blurry, should give a sense of scale. The entire fossil is about 9 mm tall, with the tooth crowns themselves being about 4 mm tall. Thanks!
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I found this chunky fossil this morning at Myrtle Beach. I would love to think its mammal associated, but I'm not sure it's not just a mollusk fossil. I may learn more by cleaning the crusty ocean stuff off.. I don't think it's a cast based on the grain in the broken cross section. Any help would be appreciated.
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Not a lot of information here. The area we are hunting generally has small shark teeth, Megalodons, a very few Great Whites, plus marine mammal teeth, verts, etc. There is an occasional land mammal identification, such as Gomphothere. I generally think middle to late Miocene. This is not my find. I am trying to Identify for a friend. My immediate reaction was not whale because I can not detect any horizontal banding and I should see it... Also I have not seen enamel caps on whale like this. I thought Dolphin, but even now, I do not find that convincing. All comments appreciated.
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I think this is a premolar. I’m thinking camel, but maybe bison?
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Here is a small tooth found on a beach near Jensen Florida. The crown length is about 7/16 inch or 1.2 cm. It is an isolated beach find. Thanks for your help.
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This teeth was found on Azov See shore, Russia. Taxonomic identification and geological time of this find doesn't know. Age of rocks from the late Miocene to the late Pleistocene.
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Another mysterious bone found near bison bones.
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Questions about the eocene primate Adapis & the Ludian stage
ziggycardon posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Hi everyone. I just ordered a cast of a Adapis parisiensis to add to my Eocene display. But after searching for some info on Adapis I have learned that they are apparently extensively studied, but hardly any of the information is available on the internet. So I was wondering if anyone here could help me narrow down some of the very sparse information that is available. I have learned that they are found in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation and in the Paris Basin. But especially on the case of the Paris Basin I really can't find anything on the exact locations where fossils of these early primates were found. Regarding the age of these fossils, I have found that they are from the Ludian stage, which is a European stage that falls in the Priabonian. I know the Priabonian lasted from 37,8 mya to 33,9 mya, but I can't seem to narrow down the exact age of the Ludian. I hope some of you might be able to help me out with some of these questions. Thank you in advance! -
Hey guys! This hunt was on more than a month ago, on the 18th of July, but I haven't had time to make a trip report till today. Better late than never! In late June I invited my good friend Tijn ( @Hunter0811) to come hunt with me at the Zandmotor, and then come to my place to see my whole collection, and we had a great time talking about all things fossil-related. That evening he told me about a new location he had discovered near his house in the east of the Netherlands which also had Ice Age mammal bones, and so we made plans to meet up again soon, but this time over there, so that we could check this new place out together. He picked me up at the train station and we biked to the place. The weather was nice, although maybe just a bit too warm, but sunny and good for fossil hunting. We had to cross a small field with cows to get to the place after parking our bikes, and they were curious to see what we were doing so they approached us to say hi. The site is near a village called Lathum. It's quite literally a big pile of rocks: gravel with lots of erratic stones, all dredged from the bottom of a nearby pond. The hunting there consists of just looking in between the stones.
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Found in south central South Dakota. Miocene. Assuming this is from some kind of small mammal but not sure. Thanks @Harry Pristis
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Recovered a reddish brown, dense, solid fossil yesterday. Flat spot 40mm x 40mm. Widest part is 75mm x 45mm, x 55mm high. Found in Pleistocene material. I'm guessing it is part of a vertebrae/spinal column. Looked for comparative pics in galleries... was unsuccessful. Thank you in advance for ID assistance. Regards, Michael 40mm x 40mm squared area
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Hi everyone, I am a very inexperienced fossil collector. I found this claw in my driveway among the gravel. I live near Austin, TX but I’m unsure where the gravel originated. Any ideas?
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Hi, not too long ago I went to East Runton and Happisburgh in the hopes of finding some fossils, whilst the best time to go is winter, I was happy going in Summer. Apparently, fragmentary Mammoth molars are found commonly at Happisburgh during winter months. I found possibly two bits of mammal bones, possible fossils shells (one was in the clay cliff) and an orange belemnite. Is it possible to identify the bits of bone, or are they too small? Possible fossil shells Possible bits of bone. The top bit split when I picked it up, unfortunately the split bit then split, so that's just drying now after being glued. Orange belemnite
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Some of my collection...
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These we found in the same section of a river, but I don’t know what types of animal or animals they belong to. The center and right vertebrae seem as if they fit together, the left one resembles a large fish possibly. I Appreciate any and all help with identification. Thanks!
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I need some help with some I.D.'s. These were both found in some matrix I collected recently in Craven County N.C. The exposure is Eocene Castle Hayne Formation, ?Comfort member. The site produces a few shark and fish teeth, crab claws, echinoids and starfish ossicles. It is a limestone / bryozoan hash. It is possible of course that this stuff is recent or even possibly Pleistocene as I have found pieces of mastodon teeth very close by. First is a small mammal tooth, 4mm long by 2.2 mm wide. Next is a small jaw piece with teeth. I first thought fish, then was thinking lizard. But I really have no idea. The entire section is 10.6 mm long. the teeth are very very small.
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To me this skull looks canine, but not quite sure. Please have a look and let me know what you think?
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This is one I’m not really sure about this vertebra, or this leg bone?... both are very heavy for their size!
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I found the tooth below on a beach along the Calvert Cliffs (Miocene exposure) in Maryland this morning. Any idea what it came from? It looks like some kind of mammal tooth to me though it's missing the root. I'm not sure whether it's a fossil or modern. Thanks!
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I thought the one on the right looked like some Merychippus I saw but have no idea on the other one. Nebraska Miocene.
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This tooth looks a little different than the rest of my cow/bison teeth. I can’t seem to find anything with that slight fan shape and double stylid.
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Long time since I have been here. Glad to be back and hunting again. I am stumped on a recent find and would be grateful for assistance. I believe it is a sacrum but cannot ID the animal. It’s size is is much larger than bovine. It is structurally developed for a larger animal. I was considering early horse but the number of fused vertebrae is off. Was found south of Houston on the Brazos River.
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This fossil was found in Florida on private property and I am unable to get a good ID on the specimen due to the bone not having the ends still in tact. All i know is that it’s Pleistocene in age and is from Florida
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Found in north central Nebraska. Miocene @jpc @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker
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