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Peace River Tributary - September 2nd, 4th, and 5th, 2022
Meganeura posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
So went hunting a few times this weekend - and I found myself a spot! It produced, and produced, and produced some more, and may still have some left to give, though I probably won’t be going back for a couple weeks. Surprisingly, no Megs. Couple tiny frags. Shark teeth in general were relatively scarce here, but that’s okay - I was hunting for mammal stuff anyway. So to start off with my best find - an absolutely stunning, complete, most of the roots still there, Tapir tooth: Following that up with a spectacled bear molar cap: An opossum jaw with 4 teeth: Tapir partial, Tapir canine, and Llama incisor: Muskrat jaw, Camel tooth, and partial horse incisor: 2 Deer teeth, 2 River otter teeth, and 2 Peccary teeth: And to cap off the teeth - Raccoon jaw with tooth and a bunch of other raccoon teeth: For the rest of the finds - a Gator vert: All kinds of armadillo osteoderms including 1 Pachy, and 1 possible Pachy flex osteoderm (second row, last on the right): Big bone chunk I’m still waiting on an ID for, antler pieces, and 5 tortoise spurs: Vertebrae of varying kinds including snake, frog, dolphin, fish, and shark - including the biggest shark vert I’ve found which also happens to be perfect. (Minus the limestone which I’m currently carefully scraping away): Deer phalanx, cetacean ear bones, and claw cores: And finally, thresher shark teeth, a symphyseal lemon tooth, and a whole bunch of gar fish scales: Not included: like 9 gator/Croc teeth, some dermal denticles, lots of tusk and Probiscedean tooth frags, some bones that are neat but I can’t ID, and a decent bit of shark teeth.
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Forgot to ask about this one yesterday! Just a fragment, but hopefully enough for an ID - my initial thought was bison but I’m sure horse is also possible!
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Another find from just now - big chunk of bone - about 3 inches/75mm I think. Got definite Features. @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker Sorry to tag you guys again - you’re great at this though
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Found 2 more claw cores today - no clue what they are - help is appreciated! 1) - 15mm in length 2) 7mm in length:
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Been a while since I’ve posted an ID - definitely taking that as a good thing and a sign of me learning. Today I found what I’m 99% sure is a fish jaw, though getting an id would be awesome, and then what I think is a claw core or distal phalanx of some kind. 1) Fish Jaw - 12.5mm in size 2) Claw core? - 25mm in length: Any help is appreciated as always!
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Here’s another find from today I need an ID on - I’m almost positive it’s an ear bone, and a periotic at that - but I’m not sure if it’s deformed, worn away/broken, or just not cetacean, so once again - any help is appreciated! @Shellseeker @Boesse
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Payne Creek/Peace River IDs needed - armadillo scute, shark tooth, something else
Meganeura posted a topic in Fossil ID
Okay a few IDs are needed today - shark tooth, what I think is an armadillo scute, and something I don’t know. 1) Shark tooth - the massive root is throwing me off. 2) Armadillo scute? 3) Whatever this is. Could be geological - but idk:
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Hey guys! Found this fossilized proximal phalanx (in stunning condition) today - it’s got a length of 1.2”, or 30.5mm. I was thinking white-tailed deer, but wanted to see if it was anything else!
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Hello, Would anyone have any recommendations, tips/tricks for first time visitor heading to the Sarasota and Peace River area? Any fossil guide tour recommended? Thank you.
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Thanks for accepting me into your group. I’m mostly interested in hunting in the Peace River and sure would appreciate any suggestions y’all have. I’ve been wanting to do this for years and never have been able to talk anyone else into taking the plunge. Well, I finally have a couple of friends who said okay let’s do this so I’m going to what I can to learn what where and when until the “season” comes back. Looking forward to one day getting my Meg tooth to brag on.
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So - I’ve spent the last 3 days hunting in the Peace, to a decent bit of success! But there’s story behind each day. So Friday I go, and maybe an hour before I was planning on leaving, my shovel breaks. Sucked, I left early. Get home, only to realize I left my sifter and probe at the ramp. Get up the next day, head back out, bringing with me my backup PVC sifter… my sifter and probe are gone. Spend the day hunting, come home, build a new sifter, and probe. Wake up today, head out to the river to try out the new sifter. Anyway! Onto the finds! Apologies in advance, there’s a LOT. Starting off, as always, Megs. Did pretty well this time, couple of REALLY small Megs, and one that’s just under 2” that’s really nice. Still nothing over 2”. Next up, a right M1/M2 Equus tooth, this is one of my fav finds from the last 3 days - I’m thinking it’s associated with the left m1/m2 I found a few weeks ago - same spot. Next are fossil deer teeth and one modern one: Then a partial llama molar: Two half tapir teeth, cause I can’t find a full one apparently: Tiny dolphin tooth and a whale tooth tip: Gator and Croc teeth - the bottom left tooth is a HUGE gator tooth, and is pretty much perfect, just a little worn: The nicer shark teeth I found, including 2 C. Hastalis, some huge Hemipristis lowers, a sand tiger with both its cusps, and another sand tiger that’s slightly patho - the blade curves to the left: Fish teeth, gar fish scales, and puffer mouth plates, including one barracuda tooth that’s over an inch: Dolphin jaw bone: Tortoise spur in the top left, antler for the other 3 - bottom right is a piece that would connect to the base of the skull: This gorgeous fossilized snake vert: Ear Bones. I found a LOT: Ray stuff - top row is 2 nearly complete mouth plates - as in, the entire plate, not just a row, followed by a whole BUNCH of denticles, and some barbs: Mammoth tooth frags and one bit of tusk: And finally, Meg frags, and then all the other teeth I found: Can’t wait to do it all again!
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I have tried to have a search on the forum before posting this but there is soooo many posts on rays it is a long job! So... I have received some ray barbs and mouth plates from @Meganeura and I was just wondering if anyone could let me know the age and species of the common fossil find in the Peace river, Florida? I can post a few pictures if you want but they really are just the generic ones readily found! @Shellseekermaybe you can help?
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While I’m taking all the pics needed for my trip report, I figured I’d start by getting IDs for a few things so - one tooth that I’m mostly sure is horse, and then some bone bits! 1) Tooth: 2) Bone #1: 3) Bone #2: 4) Bone #3: Thanks in advance!
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Found this tooth yesterday - was thinking C. hastalis, but really not sure. @Al Dente Can you confirm one way or another?
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In trying to find an ID for an ear bone I found yesterday, I stumbled upon a thread here discussing different sizing of dolphin ear bones in Florida - and wanted to ask if anyone ( @Boesse) might know or be able to ID these! 1) So this first one is my biggest at 44.5mm long: 2) This next one is 32mm long: Comparison of the 2: 3 + 4) Then I’ve got these 2 that are the same size, 25mm: All 4 together: And also I know the bottom of these 2 is whale - but is the top also whale? Thanks in advance!
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So I’ve found some strange bones that I’ve been identifying as Tilly Bones - Hyperostosis fish verts - but I wanted to confirm since I’ve found varying kinds. So these are 2 that don’t have the usual double bump on them: 1) 2)
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Peace River, Florida - July 31st, 2022 - SO MANY COOL THINGS!
Meganeura posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
So today was a day. Came out to the spot from Thursday, using my inflatable kayak, and spent from 8am to 3:30pm digging. And it was a veryyyyy worthwhile hunt. So to start off, Megs. I actually found some! They’re all sub 2”, in fact one of them has a slant height of 0.5”, and it’s NOT a posterior Meg. I didn’t even realize they could be that small. And yes, one of them is completely enamel-worn, which is neat, and the one to the right of that has a pathological root! I also found 65 - yes, 65 - fragolodons, though I’m only including the nicer pieces here: Next up are 2 separate Tapir partials. One is most of an upper molar, the other is half a normal tooth (I thought these things were supposed to be rare?): Next up, Earbones! 1 whale, 2 Dolphin Periotic. The Periotics look like they have faces on em. Found a nice inch-long piece of tusk: This sizeable mammoth tooth fragment, alongside a whole bunch of other pieces, not pictured: A tortoise spur ( @Brandy Cole it actually looks like one this time!) Dolphin jaw bone pieces: First 3 from what I assume to be the smaller dolphin who’s name scapes me, and the last one from what I assume to be from the Long-Beaked dolphin due to the size: This I believe is a broken juvenile whale vert: This I believe to be a very small whale tooth: @Shellseeker Any idea what species? Then (Had to go inside cause it was WAY too hot to continue) we have 3 different Tilly bones: 3 gator teeth: An astragalus from… I’m not sure. Small deer? And finally, with the exception of the sting Ray barbs, barracuda teeth, sawfish rostrum, turtle shell, and the usual shark teeth, here’s a gar scale and 3 ray dermal denticles: I will ABSOLUTELY be coming back here - and if the weather plays nice, it'll be later this week!
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Forgot to post this yesterday to ask about it - but I’m pretty sure this is a fish vert of some kind and just wanted confirmation/an ID!
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I found this in the Peace River in early June, I’ve tried researching it but honestly have no clue where to start. I’m giving it away to a family tomorrow here in Orlando and I’d love to at least tell them a direction to look for identification. The family are two twin girls 5, and boy who is 7, and the parents are 2 of Orlando’s finest. They made me a drawing which says misD ric after giving them a few fossils this summer. @Shellseeker @hemipristis Any help would be appreciated Rick
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So finally getting around to doing this trip report now that I’ve got some ID’s in. Combining yesterday as well, since yesterday was kinda-sorta a dud, but not wholly. Went out to one of Peace River’s tributaries not expecting much beyond some orange teeth, and walked away with a ridiculous amount of cool finds. So to start off! My first ever River Meg! I say first ever as it’s my first that’s more than 75% complete - enough to be considered a tooth over a fragment. It’s most likely a posterior tooth, given the cusp and size! Next up is my first ever Tapir tooth - I believe it’s half the crown. Then my first and second ever Rhino teeth: Followed by what I believe is a fossilized bobcat premolar: Then my first and second ever thresher shark teeth: Then a symphyseal (Or pathological?) Lemon Shark tooth: And a symphyseal Hemipristis Serra: A partial horse tooth I’m pretty sure I broke into 3: A shark vert: A cetacean vert (Just the centrum): And this large burrfish/parrot fish mouth plate: Plus a whole bunch of other teeth I found. I will leave you all with this beautiful picture of the creek I took!
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Home and settled, have 3 more teeth I’d like ID’s on before I do a trip report. 1) Very obviously a herbivore tooth - half of one anyway. 2) Tooth of some kind with enamel with vertical Hunter-Schreger bands 3) Looks like a Dugong tooth fragment kinda, but could also be a rock 1) Herbivore tooth: 2) Enamel banded tooth: Top: Root: View of enamel: 3) Dugong?
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So I went hunting in Bone Valley yesterday, the same paid dig site I had originally gone to and met @Nimravis at, and came away with some gorgeous finds! To start off with my favorite find - a part of a Gomphothere tooth and a few other fragments: Then of course, as always, some Megs - found 3 complete ones with a bunch of frags, the complete ones are all small, 2”, 1.5”, and 1.2” in slant height: I also found a very complete Three-Toed Horse tooth: I found a whole bunch of sand tiger shark teeth, including, finally, one with a cusp: A bunch of snaggletooth shark teeth, including one that was presumably digested as most of the enamel is gone: A lone C. Hastalis tooth: A (fish?) vertebrae, barracuda tooth, and sting Ray barb pieces: And finally, what I’ve been told is a Crocodilian Gastrolith, though I’m unsure of it myself and will be posting it in the ID page: Overall an awesome trip and I will definitely be going back again!
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I have been chatting back and forth with @Meganeuraabout how he works Peace River in Florida and I quite like the idea of taking my kayak and having a day or two sifting etc. So I was wondering if anyone knows of a similar area in the UK? I have had a google(or actually an ecosia!) about it and only came up with sites on the coast that are all cliff erosion sites and a few disused quarries. Fingers crossed
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Made a quick trip to a new spot today with my wife and some friends to test out my sifter and to try this new spot. Only spent ~2 hours there, so didn’t find anything too amazing, but my god, the colors! Picture doesn’t do em justice but they’re orange and absolutely gorgeous. Also found a part of a whale ear bone: And picked up this shell in the parking lot: Definitely planning on going back next weekend for longer, and with a probe! @digit
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Found a couple of interesting things that I would like to see what others think of. Have 2 what I believe are whale teeth but are very different so would like to know if others have any insight on their previous owners and a mammal tooth that the closest thing I can come up with is a bison premolar ? The whale teeth are 8.5 and 6cm in length respectively. The smaller curved one has an open root and the larger one does not or it has been fractured off.All were found in the Peace River. Thanks!
