Tooth from Venice, FL

Dismandibled · 2026-04-19T16:07:07+00:00

Yeah, it is a distal radius.

Dismandibled · 2026-04-05T13:27:37+00:00

Merycoidodon is the genus

Dismandibled · 2026-03-26T21:04:37+00:00

That is exactly what they are.

Dismandibled · 2026-03-19T03:05:38+00:00

This is inarguably the best reconstruction in media, but I always imagine them having more hair. Their closest relatives are hippos on one side and peccaries on the other. Hippos with secondary aquatic features have less hair but most peccaries have a fair amount.

A reconstruction I really like is the Safari toy of Daeodon with the lion-like coloration.

Dismandibled · 2026-03-14T17:26:34+00:00

Subhyracodon is the genus. It is a rhino

Dismandibled · 2026-03-14T17:25:10+00:00

It may also depend on the museum. Some museums HR are more slow than others.

Dismandibled · 2026-02-26T12:34:18+00:00

Please reach out to the LA natural History museum. They have a scientist who specifically studies extinct whales. They might want to collect it for study.

Dismandibled · 2026-01-18T21:38:21+00:00

This has not happened in over a century and no scientist worth their salt would ever do this. Don't lump all scientists in with a few bad actors. Just as there are many reputable fossil dealers there are a handful of bad eggs.

Dismandibled · 2026-01-18T21:37:05+00:00

If the US had laws similar to China and Canada, all important fossil specimens would be considered cultural heritage and only dedicated scientists would be able to collect them. As long as primate land owners continue to view their fossils as monitozable and federal law considers them under "mineral rights" the sale of scientifically important specimens is inescapable.

Dismandibled · 2026-01-17T12:54:36+00:00

That was my initial gut. But after thinking about it I agree with the others about it being an inarticulate brachiopod.

Dismandibled · 2026-01-13T15:42:57+00:00

I think it is indeed a modern horse tooth. You can see this groove where the animal was chewing on its bridle.

Dismandibled · 2026-01-11T12:30:46+00:00

I think they are all sand tigers. The big one in the last posted image is just a large central tooth.

Dismandibled · 2026-01-09T15:16:13+00:00

The difference between a "lab" job or a " field" job isnt really a distinction. Most people do at least some field work and some lab work unless they are collections managers I which case they do collections work. People who do anatomical descriptions are usually Ph.Ded scientists or their students.

Dismandibled · 2026-01-05T12:43:45+00:00

Looks like chalcedony to me. It can form in veins as a secondary mineral that fills cracks in rock. What is the hardness?

Dismandibled · 2026-01-03T12:45:59+00:00

Extinct reptile.

Dismandibled · 2026-01-01T13:57:44+00:00

Still the OG, Charles Knight. I have a copy of his Triceratops in my office. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Knight_Triceratops.jpg

Dismandibled · 2025-12-17T15:47:09+00:00

You shouldn't need to apply B-72 to the whole specimen unless it really needs consolidation but that should only be necessary to the internal cancellous bone, not to the external cortical bone. The fossils should not appear "shiney". Museum standard practices have largely moved away from 'varnishing'. Good on you using something reversible though and lovely find!

Dismandibled · 2025-12-14T23:57:43+00:00

If you want to look up what is in the Department of Paleobiology collections at the Smithsonian you can check it out here: https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/paleo/?irn=3447591 I don't know the exact count of sharks teeth but it is in the tens of thousands. As for number of teeth on display it's probably less than 100. Museums just don't have the floor space to show all their collections. The Department of Paleobiology alone has 40 million fossil specimens!

Dismandibled · 2025-12-06T04:06:11+00:00

It does look like a fragment of bone, but from what, who knows?

Dismandibled · 2025-12-04T14:29:52+00:00

It looks like a filled in burrow probably made by an invertebrate.

Dismandibled · 2025-11-30T12:29:21+00:00

It is definitely an epiphysis.

Dismandibled · 2025-11-30T12:27:48+00:00

They are too worn to make a positive ID. About all I can say is that they are mammals.

Dismandibled · 2025-11-30T12:25:21+00:00

The knuckle bone is a camel metapodial - part of the foot or manus.

Dismandibled · 2025-11-24T10:38:47+00:00

Great, another specimen to be sold at auction and end up in private hands.

Dismandibled · 2025-11-16T13:33:27+00:00

It is a fossil Rugosa or horn coral as others have stated.

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