TheAshBee Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Hey Fossil Forum! I've spent some time in the background IDing some of my own specimens, but now I'm coming out of the woodwork to share some of my own questions. These specimens were collected in SC in a Miocene through Pleistocene deposit. Specimen #1: (Is it an osteoderm? Or just phosphate?) Specimen #2: (THIS one seems to be an osteoderm!) Specimen #3: (Is this just enamel from an Equus sp. incisor, or is it something else?) End views: Specimen #4: (Is this a reptilian tooth? I've never seen anything like it...) Specimen #5: (We were told these things were material from fish of some kind...) I appreciate any assistance you experts can provide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Some of your number 5's look like sea robin skulls to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Any Cretaceous in the mix there? I ask because #4 reminds me of Cylindracanthus. 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAshBee Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Auspex, You may be correct about #4 as Cylindracanthus. Were they only in the Cretaceous? I saw some others that said Eocene... Thanks for the lead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAshBee Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Some of your number 5's look like sea robin skulls to me? Really? We have a whole container of sea robin skulls and these things are definitely distinct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrollings Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I am by no means any kind of expert, so take this with a grain of salt. I agree with Lissa, they may not be sea robin skulls pieces, but they do resemble some type of fish skull parts...just what fish I have no idea. Nice finds, by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Really? We have a whole container of sea robin skulls and these things are definitely distinct. Maybe Tilly bones? 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrollings Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Ahhhh....Tilly bones did not even cross my mind! We might have a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAshBee Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Maybe Tilly bones? Aha! You are correct! Thank you for the ID! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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