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Hey! We are needing some help with identifications. These were all found in Florida along the Peace River. Some of the photos are not the best, sorry in advance.  Any help is greatly appreciated. I'll number them to the pictures. Thanks again.

 

A&J

 

 

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Welcome to the forum! :meg:Looks like a successful hunt! I've never been to the peace river, but have searched through micromatrix. I would wait on more experienced eyes before accepting these IDs.

 

1. This is a vertebral centrum, it's a little hard to tell with the pictures, but it looks like a sawfish since I don't see any foramina on the lateral surface

2. Partial vertebra, mammalian?

3. Almost certainly Carcharocles megalodon

4. Extinct tiger shark tooth, Physogaleus contortus

5. I'm going with mastodon enamel - looks virtually identical to stuff in TX

6. Crocodilian tooth?

7. Interesting... can we see this surface?:

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8. No idea - could just be a phosphatic nodule

9. Mammalian digit, no idea from what

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Wow! Thank you all for the quick responses. Here are a few pics of #7. I also found some more in the bucket and my pockets. The last is the same #8 as the top. Cheers to you all!

 

 

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5. I maintain this is mastodon enamel - it doesn't have any bone texture. cf.:

 

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7. I think this is just an impression, of a shell maybe

8. Not flat enough to be a scale IMO. It does look like there is some enamel on there, so could be a tooth, but I'm not sure what it's from

 

The first new object is a soft-shelled turtle plastral fragment (shell on the belly). Next is another tiger shark (maybe G. cuvier). Next is a Hemipristis sp. symphyseal tooth (from the very middle of the mouth). 

 

 

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Thank you all. We just got back from the Peace again (2 hours). We might have a few more to ID. I will get back to you all soon!

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