PrehistoricFlorida Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Here's a couple finds from this week... First is a Gomphotherium tusk tip from the Late Pliocene (Blancan). It measures 5 3/4" long. The stripe of enamel is a tell-tale sign of this being from a Gomph rather than from a mastodon or mammoth. Second is an associated sloth digit from the Late Pliocene (Blancan). These were dug out of very dense clay and were closely associated (<1'). They all belonged to the same animal. The claw measures 3 3/8". www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Nice finds and thanks for info. about the stripping of the tusk, informative.--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 COOL! i covet practically everything you find, i think. oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Nate, you make vertebrate mega-fauna finds look easy...but I know they're not. Thanks for letting us see them. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiljunkie Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 nice finds. either one of those is a beautiful find in itself..thanks for sharing with us. Today's the day! Mel Fisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Geesh, I'm dying of jealousy over here! Fantastic finds as usual :bow:. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 Nate, you make vertebrate mega-fauna finds look easy...but I know they're not. Thanks for letting us see them. Mega-fauna is easy to find, it's really hard to miss. It's the little stuff like birds and rodents that is hard to find!! www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Real nice finds.How do you tell the id. by the stripe?Please give more info.I'm stuck using the cross hatching method and have came across a couple too close to call. Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 Only Gomphs have a band of enamel running the length of the tusk. Hopefully this drawing will help show what I'm referring to. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 ...It's the little stuff like birds and rodents that is hard to find!! You are The Man at that "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coral daddy Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 we will start calling him the bird man......very nice finds Nate. faith is a journey not a destination www.rockhobbies.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordovician_Odyssey Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 we will start calling him the bird man......very nice finds Nate. wow those find are very nice, nothing like id ever find around here,lol -Shamus The Ordovician enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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