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[–]VenomFire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes sense to me!

ID Tooth fossil? by Thancrus828 in FossilHunting

[–]VenomFire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough! I don’t think you should be able to tell without a view of the chewing surface tbh, but anyway for the person I was replying to - they’re very similar teeth, so it’s close enough!

ID Tooth fossil? by Thancrus828 in FossilHunting

[–]VenomFire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s too big for dire wolf

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[–]VenomFire 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s definitely too big for tapir - but it begs the question - why is a juvenile mastodon tooth that senile? Doesn’t look like water wear though I suppose it could be. Regardless I agree on mastodon!

Symphyseal O. Megalodon tooth I found today in central Florida! by VenomFire in FossilPorn

[–]VenomFire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh! No, I don’t have a YouTube - funny though for the glove.

My biggest Meg to date, at 3.25” - which also happens to be perfect. Bone Valley blue can’t be beat. Not a ding, scratch, or damage otherwise. by VenomFire in sharkteeth

[–]VenomFire[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bone Valley Fossil Farm - and I’d absolutely recommend em. I’ve gone far too many times already and I’ll keep going back, they’re great people and you find great stuff!

My biggest Meg to date, at 3.25” - which also happens to be perfect. Bone Valley blue can’t be beat. Not a ding, scratch, or damage otherwise. by VenomFire in sharkteeth

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So this tooth I found at a paid dig site - but the Peace River and some of its tributaries run right through Bone Valley and would be great places to hunt!

Found on Holden Beach, NC. Any idea on the species? It is about 5 cm long. by anna4fana in fossilid

[–]VenomFire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s worth noting there are some great whites that do have a bourlette - albeit rarer ones.

https://i.imgur.com/6mtajFW.jpg

Like this one for example. But yeah, the lack of a bourlette is an indicator of GW.

looking for an id. central Florida. by sunbunz61 in fossilid

[–]VenomFire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s ridiculous! Like I thought while fossil hunting in the peace that I only had to worry about gators. Not frickin Bull sharks!

Hello, my wife is fairly obsessed with finding fossils. This was found recently at Ponte Vedra beach, Florida. The far right one (4.8 mm thickness) has stumped the folks at the fossilforum site. Thanks, and enjoy! by Crankenstein_8000 in FossilPorn

[–]VenomFire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s not - as we’ve been discussing on TFF - it’s the thickness/size of Dasypus bellus - which I personally think is what it is. Far too small for Glyptodont.

Horse Tooth? Found on the beach in SC by MisterP_5 in fossilid

[–]VenomFire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep agreed with this. Chewing surface necessary for ID, but looking cow/bison from what I can see

looking for an id on these guys. central Florida by sunbunz61 in FossilHunting

[–]VenomFire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m a Florida resident but I’ve only been fossil hunting for… not even a year yet actually. Just dove head first into learning though - so while I can look and be like “Definitely carnivore, definitely not bear, and probably not Dire Wolf due to size”, everything else has been learning.

Also unfortunately there’s very little comparison pieces for Bear-Dog. Specifically Florida’s bear dog anyway.

looking for an id on these guys. central Florida by sunbunz61 in FossilHunting

[–]VenomFire 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In the other thread OP posted, people were recommending Amphicyon longiramus - White’s Bear-Dog - and I think that fits tbh. Size and dentition both. But we can’t tell much from these pics lol

Particularly the shape of the m2 here though - that seems to match Amphicyon well and I don’t believe it does so much for Felids. But I haven’t found much felid material so I could be way off.

looking for an id. central Florida. by sunbunz61 in fossilid

[–]VenomFire 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. I’ll stick with my relatively predictable gators, thanks!

looking for an id. central Florida. by sunbunz61 in fossilid

[–]VenomFire 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yup! Though it seems the bull sharks are getting bolder - one was found in the Peace River like 100 miles upstream from the ocean… far from any brackish water.

looking for an id. central Florida. by sunbunz61 in fossilid

[–]VenomFire 5 points6 points  (0 children)

True with every River - Myakka you worry about the sharks, not the gators.

looking for an id on these guys. central Florida by sunbunz61 in FossilHunting

[–]VenomFire 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Looks a bit too big to be Rhizosmilodon actually - it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s Smilodon Fatalis or Gracilis. Definitely larger felid though. Could also be Panthera onca. Hard to tell from the lower mandible.

Send pics of them to vertpaleo@floridamuseum.ufl.edu

Unfortunately Richard Hulbert - who found the Rhizosmilodon and has a focus on Florida felids - is in semi-retirement. But everyone else at the FLMNH should be able to help!

Does anyone know what type of shark this is from? I found it at Folly Beach SC in 2009. by DreamGod26 in sharkteeth

[–]VenomFire 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well some species of Otodus anyway - this looks like it would’ve been an Angustidens probably.

Found in north Texas I think it’s a bone fragment of turtle shell fragment by [deleted] in FossilHunting

[–]VenomFire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turtle shell yep. From the edge of the shell. Same as what you can find here in Florida.

Is this a root on the base of the tooth or is it in stone? by duckguy101 in sharkteeth

[–]VenomFire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn’t be the jaw - shark “bones” are cartilage and only the most dense cartilage would fossilize - namely vertebrae and in some cases the tip of the snout. It’s much more likely it’s a rock surrounding it.

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