Bones and Teeth ID help from Fernandina Beach, Florida

[Mmann57]

Hey all! This is my first time posting here, and my first time being completely stumped by a find. I recently went to Fernandina Beach, Florida for vacation and picked up a bunch of shark teeth but also found a couple things I've never seen before. I was hoping someone could help!

 

The first one is what I'm completely clueless about. It clearly looks like a tooth, but I have not idea what it could be from. The second appears to be a rib bone to me, but again, I don't know what it could be from. I'm not convinced the third one is a tooth because of the lack of pores and just the overall nature of it, but it has the shape of a tooth, and I just wanted to check and see if it maybe was.

 

Thanks for any help you can offer, and if you need better pictures or different angles, let me know!

 

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[patelinho7]

Hi, we can’t see the images, unfortunately. HEIC files are not supported here, try running it through a file converter. Also, for future reference, iPhones always default to formatting image files as HEIC. There should be a setting somewhere to toggle that to PNG or JPEG. Dunno why this is the default, almost no service uses HEIC.

[Darktooth]

Please post pics directly to the forum. Yours are not showing.

[Darktooth]

14 minutes ago, patelinho7 said:

Hi, we can’t see the images, unfortunately. HEIC files are not supported here, try running it through a file converter. Also, for future reference, iPhones always default to formatting image files as HEIC. There should be a setting somewhere to toggle that to PNG or JPEG. Dunno why this is the default, almost no service uses HEIC.

Beat me to the punch!

[Mmann57]

Hey all! My pictures weren't formatted properly in the first post so I'm trying this again. I recently went to Fernandina Beach, Florida for vacation and picked up a bunch of shark teeth but also found a couple things I've never seen before. I was hoping someone could help.

 

This first one is what I'm completely clueless about. It clearly looks like a tooth, but I have not idea what it could be from.

 

 

This one appears to be a rib bone to me, but again, I don't know what it could be from.

 

I'm not convinced this one is a tooth because of the lack of pores and just the overall nature of it, but it has the shape of a tooth, and I just wanted to check and see if it maybe was.

 

Thanks for any help you can offer, and if you need better pictures or different angles, let me know!

[Mmann57]

31 minutes ago, patelinho7 said:

Hi, we can’t see the images, unfortunately. HEIC files are not supported here, try running it through a file converter. Also, for future reference, iPhones always default to formatting image files as HEIC. There should be a setting somewhere to toggle that to PNG or JPEG. Dunno why this is the default, almost no service uses HEIC.

Thanks for letting me know! I reposted them a few minutes ago, and I think you should be able to view now.

[Fossildude19]

TOPICS MERGED. 

[Harry Pristis]

I think you have a severely beach-worn catfish pectoral spine.

 

Here are some suggestions for producing good close-up images which will increase the probability of an identification:

GROUP IMAGES of more than a few fossils are not effective. The more individual fossils in an image, the greater the amount of table-top is in the image. Viewers cannot see the details of a fossil that might take up less than five percent of the total image. Photograph a single fossil (or two or three, if they're tiny), and post that image.
 

DON'T OBSCURE details of the fossil by pinching it between your fingers. If you want to use fingers to provide scale, support the fossil from below ... that is, on top of your fingers. To improve the focus, rest your hand with the fossil on a stable surface like a table or desk.

 

SCALE is important.  Provide measurements of your fossil in millimeters and inches for the widest audience.  Don't use a coin for scale; there are many foreign subscribers who don't know your coin's size.

 

LIGHT IT UP. Use as much ambient light as possible to reduce shadows...two light sources are a minimum. Eliminate yellowed images caused by tungsten filament bulbs by switching to the new compact fluorescent bulbs. CFLs come in a "daylight" (6500K) version that you can use in any (non-dimming) fixture and produce very little heat. Some LEDs produce a near-daylight effect.

 

ELIMINATE SHADOWS by elevating the fossil on a glass or colorless plastic stage a couple of inches above the background. Illuminate the fossil AND THE BACKGROUND in this configuration. There are numerous things around the house to use for this purpose, from scrap window-glass to disposable plastic food/drink containers.

BRIGHTEN AND CONTRAST. BRIGHTEN the image until the fossil appears slightly washed, then adjust the CONTRAST until the fossil is bright and sharp and is a good color-match. Practice this until you get a feel for it.

CROP, CROP, CROP. Again, use the image-editing software to crop the image to only what is pertinent. Leave only a narrow margin around the fossil. The more of your kitchen counter-top in the image, the smaller the fossil image will be.

REDUCE THE FILE SIZE. The images directly from a camera may be too large for posting directly to a forum, or you may be limited in the number of images you can post. You can constrain the proportions of your image to produce exactly the size that works best (I routinely use 700 Kb - 1.0 Mb for my images now). I save in JPEG format.

[Brandy Cole]

Your second piece appeared to me to be a small rib fragment.  But better quality pictures with clear focus would help a lot.