Fossilcollector Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Recently I picked up some pieces everyone else overlooked at the estate auction of a Dr. Rankin from North Carolina. First was a batch of "fossil horse bones": As you can probably tell, most are not horse bones, especially the sloth claw (anyone know what the disc thing is from?): The horse jaw part was pretty nice, not sure where in Florida its from but its very well preserved: Then there was another lot which was mostly common fossils except for the Bakersfield meg tooth that most people didn't seem to notice: Appears to be embedded (or maybe placed but there's no obvious glue and nothing under UV) in seal bone, and has very fine serrations, measures 4.75 inches: Anyway, I thought I'd share these estate finds! -YvW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 The Sloth Claw is Superb! Thanks for posting YvW !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossilcollector Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Here are some close ups of the "horse incisors" since I'm not positive they're horse... Suggestions? -YvW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I'm no horse mouth expert, but I'm glad it wasn't a gift, or nobody could look at it. For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 :lol: I'm no horse mouth expert, but I'm glad it wasn't a gift, or nobody could look at it. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 You have a good eye! 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...
Clayton Jones Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Wow, good find. Makes me want to check out the auctions and estate sales around here. Not many people around here would be interested in fossils, at least not enough to buy them lol My attempt at creating a museum and community center to help people find an interest in the world around them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Yeah, the toe bones are all horse but I don't know what the disk is unless it's an epiphysis. That bone at the top-middle looks like an artiodactyl astragulus (camel or bison judging the size). I don't know that bone to the left. If you can provide more angles of both of those, someone here can get you to at least mammal family. That's a great megalodon and it does look like an STH specimen. Finding one from there is a challenge. Finding one that big in that condition is near-miraculous. Is that headed for an auction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossilcollector Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Thanks for the compliments everyone! I'll get some more mammal bone closeups tomorrow. As for the meg, at some point when I'm tired of it or get a better one I'll put it up for auction and let everyone know! -YvW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 About the mouth of the mammal, generally these teeth fall very fast of the jaw, and I have never seen it with the bone, as on your photo. Nevertheless, I think that it can involve horse, because on one of the images, we well distinguish some horizontal streak, and we find these streak on the molars of horse of the Quaternary that I find in the Loire. Here are some links : http://www.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.passionchevaux.com/images/dent%2520examen.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.passionchevaux.com/glossaire.html&h=347&w=443&sz=24&tbnid=sMumjyEw3yzpWM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=127&prev=/search%3Fq%3Ddentition%2Bcheval%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=dentition+cheval&hl=fr&usg=__Bga3DcvekRybCgwJ2JE_XvtXjuY=&sa=X&ei=O1elTZqpAoeo8AON_tC5Dw&ved=0CCMQ9QEwAw http://horse-valley.oldiblog.com/?page=lastarticle&id=1783353 Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleozoicfish Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 About the mouth of the mammal, generally these teeth fall very fast of the jaw, and I have never seen it with the bone, as on your photo. Nevertheless, I think that it can involve horse, because on one of the images, we well distinguish some horizontal streak, and we find these streak on the molars of horse of the Quaternary that I find in the Loire. Here are some links : http://www.google.fr...ved=0CCMQ9QEwAw http://horse-valley....icle&id=1783353 Coco Hmmm Interesting. Nice fossils! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 The Meg is awsome along with the sloth core claw and the horse teeth----NICE--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Very nice! I'm a huge fan of Pleistocene mammal material...that sloth claw and horse jaw bit are very nice! www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead9 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 It was a total sleeper of an auction. I got this neptunus granulatus (had to prep it out of the matrix) for $120, an absolutely flawless 5" Chilean meg for $170, and best of all a VERY large mammoth jaw with complete 14" m5 molar for $4.75 (yep, 4 dollars and seventy five cents!). It was mislabeled as a cast. Good eye on the sloth claw. I looked at all the box lots and missed that one all together. Still Life Fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I'll give you $9.50 for the jaw. That's a good profit www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossilcollector Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 Sweet score on the mammoth jaw "cast"! I was tempted to go for the smilodon skull cast incase it wasn't a cast. I was also doing some bidding on the 6" megs, but couldn't be sure they were actually 6 inchers. -YvW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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