jcbshark Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Chris (Search4) and I went out today to a small creek in Arcadia to do a little hunting. It was only our second time in this creek and we didn't have to trek in very far and the water was warm and clear. I don't think it gets very much hunting pressure which is always nice. There's a good bit of gravel in it and I'm sure once we get to do some serious exploring there I think our finds will get better but I was happy with my haul today. There aren't a lot of shark teeth but the terrestrial finds make up for it. I found a couple unknowns that I'm going to post in the ID section but if you happen to know what they are please let me know. Thanks for looking:) some regular shark teetha nice Gator osteoderm and a couple teeth a handful of Holmesina osteodermssome turtle dermal denticlesa whale tooth and disc that goes between vertstigers, hemis and a nice little lower Mako2 monster horse teeth and 1 smaller onean unknown hoof maybe peccary or horse side hoof?not even sure what this is but it is somethingsame unknownand here's another unknown tooth, I'm hoping sloth Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!
enoscrawler Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 A nice haul indeed wish I can help with your unknown love those little shark teeth
jcbshark Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 A nice haul indeed wish I can help with your unknown love those little shark teeth Thank you Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!
Plantguy Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Hey Jeff, nice stuff! As usual I cant help at all with the unknown ID's...LOL! Looking forward to learning something from the others input. Regards, Chris
jcbshark Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Hey Jeff, nice stuff! As usual I cant help at all with the unknown ID's...LOL! Looking forward to learning something from the others input. Regards, Chris Thanks Chris, you need to make it out there with us! Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!
sharko69 Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Very nice finds. I am always envious of your finds.
jcbshark Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Nice haul. We had snow today instead Thank you, I certainly can't complain about Florida winters! Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!
jcbshark Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Very nice finds. I am always envious of your finds. Thank you, TBH I've had a few lack luster trips here lately. It was nice to have all the digging I did today prove fruitful! Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!
MarcoSr Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Jeff Real nice variety of specimens. Looks like a very productive day. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection
squali Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 It is pretty cool finding terrestrial and marine fossils together. UNK2.jpg looks similar to a sea robin skull plate. thanks for posting It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators.
jcbshark Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Jeff Real nice variety of specimens. Looks like a very productive day. Marco Sr. It is pretty cool finding terrestrial and marine fossils together. UNK2.jpg looks similar to a sea robin skull plate. thanks for posting Nice load of stuff, Jeff! Thanks Guys! Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!
digit Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Looks like you had fun Jeff. Wish I had time to have gone with you. I'd love to get into more terrestrial material to broaden my little collection. I think the plate that tends to pop off vertebrae is called an epiphysis. Being thin they probably get beat up and broken so congrats on finding one in good shape in the creek. That find alone would have made my day. I've seen tiny hoof cores from the little 3-toed horse, Parahippus leonensis, while doing the volunteer dig at the Thomas Farm site but I've never found one myself. I'm sure one of the vertebrate experts will soon weigh in here and come up with a plausible ID for your find. That too would have been an even better 'trip-maker' for me. Your coolest find (IMHO) is your final pictured tooth. I think your hopes have come true because this looks a lot like the one and only sloth tooth that I've pulled from the Peace River. Identifiable sloth bits don't seem to be that common at all so that would have been a whoopin' and hollerin' moment for me (it was when I found mine). Likely a few of the bigger unidentifiable broken bits of bone we tend to find could be of sloth origin but teeth are more easily diagnostic and much much cooler. Congrats on a great diversity (and some top shelf items). Looking forward to getting back together with the Florida TFF members after I get back from a little coral reef research in Palau (I know, it's rough--but someone's gotta do it). Really sweet finds! -Ken P.S.: Here's my sloth from up north of Gardner on the Peace River 2013-12-30 (little over a year ago).
jcbshark Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Thanks Ken, a sloth tooth would be great. As for what I think may be a claw Harry said it looks like a turtle denticle but I've never seen one so big Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!
digit Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 The dermal scutes from the legs of the giant tortoise that once roamed our areas do seem to come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes (assuming different locations on the legs). One of the shared features that many of mine seem to share is a constricted ring around the base of the 'spur' where it would have attached to the leg. Your item does seem to show this so Harry is likely onto something there. I haven't seen enough hoof cores to have a good search image for them yet. Still, some cool items came out of that creek. -Ken
Sacha Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Jeff, post a couple more shots of your hoof core. It looks a little shorter than my tortoise hoof cores but very similar profile from the one angle you picture. There should also be those holes that nerves run through visible on the top surface near the root.
jcbshark Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Jeff, post a couple more shots of your hoof core. It looks a little shorter than my tortoise hoof cores but very similar profile from the one angle you picture. There should also be those holes that nerves run through visible on the top surface near the root. I put a couple better shots in the ID section, thanks John Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!
beachbum Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 Nice finds Jeff. It looks like you guys have another good spot.
megaholic Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 Jeff your hoof core is hesperotestudo. Giant land tortoise, lived into Pleistocene. Fairly common, I have several from that region. "A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life".
jcbshark Posted January 9, 2015 Author Posted January 9, 2015 Nice finds Jeff. It looks like you guys have another good spot.Thanks Jim! : ) Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!
jcbshark Posted January 9, 2015 Author Posted January 9, 2015 Jeff your hoof core is hesperotestudo. Giant land tortoise, lived into Pleistocene. Fairly common, I have several from that region. thanks for the conformation Chuck! Once turtle hoof core was suggested I looked at some on sale and it matched. I was really hoping for something a little more exotic but facts are facts! : ) Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!
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