jwcunninghamjr Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Found this fossil on the alifia river, fl. not sure as to what it could be but looks like a front horse tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Your images are really out of focus, too much for a definitive ID. Sometimes moving your camera further away and then cropping the image can help if the camera lens is incapable of focusing at such close distances. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Looks like a fish tooth to me. ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcunninghamjr Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 here are some better ones. thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j03l Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Im fairly inexperienced when it comes to identification but whatever it is it looks pretty cool! I seriously can't stand it when a sentence doesn't end the way you think it octopus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcunninghamjr Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 thanks i am fairly good at iding some of my sons finds but thus one just had me stumped never seen one like this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) Can you tell if it's fossilized? Obviously it's black, but might be a discolored modern specimen. Edited June 19, 2016 by CraigHyatt Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcunninghamjr Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 yes it is found at a site that was once mined here in central florida, in some limestone rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) My wife's a dentist. She says it's not from a human. :-) How about tapir? http://www.fossil-treasures-of-florida.com Edited June 19, 2016 by CraigHyatt Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcunninghamjr Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 hahah i hope not! although this area did have indians along the alifia river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcunninghamjr Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 could it possibly be an indian tooth though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) could it possibly be an indian tooth though?She's pretty sure it's not from a human. I showed it to her again. She said it's *possible* it's a human lower anterior, but she thinks the incisor edge is a bit too wide for a human, unless it's distortion from the camera angle. She said everything else about it looks reasonable for a human. She thinks the split down the middle could be from trauma. But bear in mind, she's not a paleontologist.Could a human tooth be fossilized? I guess humans have been in NA for at least 10,000 years, so I suppose it could. But I think reports I've read of remains that recent are usually not fossilized. Things like human remains in caves, mammoth bones, etc. I think you are right that it's some sort of mammal incisor. I am looking through a list of prehistoric mammals from Florida. http://www.fossil-treasures-of-florida.com/prehistoric-mammals.html Edited June 19, 2016 by CraigHyatt Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacha Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I think you're right about it being a very worn horse incisor. The orientation of the photos confuses the assessment, but I have several that are so worn, they are very short (as yours is). Where are you putting in the Alafia? Isn't it kind of deep and fast flowing right now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 I agree it could be a very worn horse incisor. 1 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcunninghamjr Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 I think you're right about it being a very worn horse incisor. The orientation of the photos confuses the assessment, but I have several that are so worn, they are very short (as yours is). Where are you putting in the Alafia? Isn't it kind of deep and fast flowing right now? Sacha, yes it is pretty deep and flowing relativly quick too we put in at brandon, fl at the public boat ramp and kayak south my son acutally found this on the bank at one of the spots we stopped at that had a small limestone rock mound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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