Heatheratl11 Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Any ideas?? It's about an inch in length.. I found it on the beach in Amelia Island. There were so many fossils!! I found this and a fossilized baby alligator head (among many types of bone). A lady had just found two megalodon teeth just feet away as well. Very cool spot to pick up some cool stuff! Thanks in advance for any help. Edited January 5, 2015 by Heatheratl11
Heatheratl11 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 I found this one on Saturday at Fort Clinch State Park, Amelia Island. It's about an inch in length.
izak_ Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 well, i'm stoked. I agree, not sea robin or gar fish… ????
Heatheratl11 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) I don't think it's sea robin or gar. So no one knows what this might be? Interesting!! Edited January 5, 2015 by Heatheratl11
Heatheratl11 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Still looks like an alligator to me! Lol you can see where a line of teeth went on the underside of the one I found Saturday. Of course, I think I'm wrong! Lol I have no clue what it might be! Edited January 5, 2015 by Heatheratl11
Fossildude19 Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Sea Robin skull on the baby alligator head. The other piece may be a well worn Sea Robin skull as well. Regards, Edited January 5, 2015 by Fossildude19 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me
jpc Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Not baby alligator head. They certainly look like they could be, but there is no part of the alligator head that looks like that beyond the shape. Edited January 5, 2015 by jpc
Al Dente Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Your first fossil is part of a fish skull. I agree with sea robin for the second.
Heatheratl11 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Posted January 5, 2015 I've looked at a ton of sea robin skulls.. The alligator like head is not the same. The vertebrae type thing is way too thick. It's a half of an inch thick. It definitely looks like a vertebrae?
RichW9090 Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 It is a sea robin skull. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence".
squali Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Robin of the sea It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators.
Troodon Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Here are some examples of sea robin skull plates http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?app=forums&module=forums§ion=attach&tid=24603
John Hamilton Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Could number 1 be a worn Bonita nose bone?
Al Dente Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Could number 1 be a worn Bonita nose bone? If you have Paleontology of Lee Creek volume 3 there is a similar bone they identify as a frontal bone from Pagrus (Porgy's and snappers). 1
Carl Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 A strong vote here for sea robin skull on the "baby alligator head."
Harry Pristis Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 (edited) If you have Paleontology of Lee Creek volume 3 there is a similar bone they identify as a frontal bone from Pagrus (Porgy's and snappers). I wish I had seen this thread sooner, but I have the answer I sought in the thread I started. Thank you Al Dente. Edit: frontal bones ('noses') of porgies or seabream. Order PERCIFORMES Family SPARIDAE Rafinesque 1810 Hulbert report four or five different genera of Sparidae from the Plio-Pleistocene of Florida. Edited January 6, 2015 by Harry Pristis 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest
squali Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Ok so would the consensus on the original post be sea robin or porgy? And why? It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators.
Harry Pristis Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Ok so would the consensus on the original post be sea robin or porgy? And why? It's both, isn't it? The first fossil is a pair of fused Sparidae frontals. The second is a sea robin cranium. If that's not correct, I'm really confused. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest
squali Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Thanks Harry for the clarity It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators.
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