Pool Man Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Hello all. This jaw half is not fossilized ,but since I found it while digging in a creek, I just had to find out what it was . Thanks for looking! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Show a picture from the top please. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Location and age of the area.. I can do some research and try to find a match. Interesting and cool find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Man Posted November 2, 2008 Author Share Posted November 2, 2008 Found in a Sarasota Creek.Age is recent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Hello all. This jaw half is not fossilized ,but since I found it while digging in a creek, I just had to find out what it was .Thanks for looking! Dan Auriculatus has done the best thing -- ask you for an image showing the alveoli, the tooth sockets. I am going out on a limb to guess that this is Procyon lotor, a raccoon jaw. The other likely candidate is Didelphis, an opossum. The two (raccoon and opossum) have quite different teeth, thus making the alveoli useful for an identification. The third critter that might fit is a river otter. Otters, too, have a distinctive tooth arrangement making the alveoli useful. After all that, I've compared your jaw to those in my drawer and feel pretty comfortable out on this limb. 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 I agree with Harry Pristis...likely Procyon lotor...the raccoon. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Yep. Definitely raccoon. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Man Posted November 2, 2008 Author Share Posted November 2, 2008 Thanks everyone!. My daughter was with me when we found this, so its now her favorite bone, she says. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 My grand kids don't care if they are fossilized or not, all bones come home with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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