Peace River 4/24/2024 (lots of 4s)

[Shellseeker]

My friend Dave is a snowbird == returns to a northern State 1st week of May. He is anxious for a few last hunting days until November.

We were out today to a spot that has numerous small shark teeth and occasional interesting finds.

I forgot to bring a sieve... 

 

For the 1st 3 hours, doing 10 sieves an hour.  I pretty much was getting skunked.  Relatively few shark teeth and 1 occasional. 

 

 

 

I do like little dolphin teeth.  I think I'll be able to ID this one...

Then things picked up.... Twice as many small shark teeth,  and more than a few occasional. 

 

 

That's an Equus Earbone middle right.

 

 

and about 1/2 of a sloth carpal upper left...

 

 

But there is one find on this layout that I am REALLY pleased to have if it turns out to be what I think it is... I even like it if it does not turn out to be a Peccary premolar.

 

APL 23 x W 17 x CH 32 mm

This one made my trip.  Enjoy

[Tidgy's Dad]

Nice finds.

That peccary premolar, if that is what it is, is super.

[Darktooth]

Great finds Jack! The tooth is pretty nice!

[MuckyBottles]

Great finds! Ill be out today..

[Shellseeker]

1 hour ago, MuckyBottles said:

Great finds! Ill be out today..

Good Luck... Neat fossils are out there,  just not as plentiful as years ago.  Every sieve is like playing a Slot machine...

[Balance]

I’ll say it so it’s out of the way.  I don’t honestly know but might as well eliminate hogs. 
 

Sus Scufa m2? 
 

 

Now, why does your tooth have that cool ridge around the base? I don’t see that on hogs teeth. 
 

 

Jp

[Shellseeker]

30 minutes ago, Balance said:

Now, why does your tooth have that cool ridge around the base? I don’t see that on hogs teeth. 

Thanks Jp,  Exactly !!! In January 2018, I found the ONLY fossil I ever found of Platygonus bicalcaratus in a feeder creek to the Peace River.. Absolutely great to have a comparison tooth.

Now, after 6 years I hope for a 2nd one..

Take a look at the "left" m3..  I think mine is the right side m3. I was incorrect on the tooth position.  A premolar is just too small for my 23 mm tooth. I looked at a couple of nice peccary premolars that @PrehistoricFlorida had on his website.. 

 

I have sent an email to Richard Hulbert. 

 

[Shellseeker]

UPDATE:  A response from Richard Hulbert.  As a side,  Richard has written multiple research papers on the fossil Peccaries of Florida.

Quote

The strong cingulum is a bit unusual, but otherwise it looks like a Platygonus lower third molar.

Richard

 A cingulum is a convexity mesiodistally resembling a girdle, encircling the lingual surface at the cervical third, found on the lingual surface of anterior teeth. It is frequently identifiable as an inverted V-shaped ridge, and its appearance is comparable to a girdle.

 

Richard was careful not to name a species.  I called this Platygonus bicalcaratus (A Blancan fauna in Florida),  that designation has been replaced with Platygonus compressus.

 

I am really very happy.  This is only my 2nd Platygonus tooth in 15 years,

 

[Balance]

Good eye!! Great update. Saving pics to the teeth library. 
 

Jp

[Shellseeker]

I spend time searching the internet for a fossil,  in this case what is possibly a process from a dolphin Vertebra found on May 1st....

and just sometimes I stumble over a photo of a fossil that is highly similar to another fossil that I could not identify on a previous hunt.. What is the likelihood my find is from an Atlas vert of a dolphin.. I guess it could be some other land mammal or even a Dugong...  Always learning...