Peace River 4/19/2024

[Shellseeker]

Son Jack in for the last week , hunting the Peace every other day,  I am going to need a break SOON.

Yesterday the fossil gods smiled.  Here are some of the finds.

An Equus tooth with transverse HSBs and a little silicification . 

 

A Sea Urchin spine.  Can these be IDed to a species ?  I am always amazed at the few who survive myas to fall into my sieve almost perfect,

 

A Bear lower canine..  It has been 4-5 years since finding my previous Bear canine, Arctodus pristinus.  I am not yet sure on the Genus/species for this one.

 

A whale tooth.  Although never identified as a Florida fossil fauna,  this one bears a striking resemblance to Aulophyster morricci, 

 

Here is the one I would like an Identification, Clearly a Vertebra.,  and almost as clearly a marine mammal because of the air pockets in the bone.  

Possibly an Atlas or an Axis, but I have not seen the like this size..  Unlikely whale.  So possibly Dolphin.  

Inputs and suggested candidates greatly appreciated. 

 

It it a Vert?  Which Vert ?  What are the fauna candidates?   Thanks for any and all assistance.

 

 

[debivort]

congrats on that bear tooth!

[Sacha]

@Shellseeker, Jack the spine is from the urchin Prionocidaris cookei. The only regular echinoid in the Peace River formation. I found and donated an essentially complete one to UF a couple years ago. Spines are regularly found, but tests are rare.

[Shellseeker]

14 hours ago, Sacha said:

@Shellseeker, Jack the spine is from the urchin Prionocidaris cookei. The only regular echinoid in the Peace River formation. I found and donated an essentially complete one to UF a couple years ago. Spines are regularly found, but tests are rare.

Thank you, John I had seen this spine 4-5 times before but never was able to Identify it.  I guess this is pretty definitive,  even Identifing where I found it..