Harry Pristis Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 (edited) Here is a group of ungual phalanges (claw cores) from FOUR different species, all Pleistocene. A golden kudo to anyone who can correctly identify all four. ---------------Harry Pristis Edited September 16, 2007 by Anson http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cris Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Yep, these ones are hard... is D some kind of bear? B looks like some kind of bird.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I can't even guess ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 D looks more like a ground sloth claw and thats the only one i know. Can you tell me if that is correct please? From the Fossil Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadikoa Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 For no other reason than I love to eat crab! A - looks like a crab claw to me! Stone crab is my fav! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 A. Gator B. Bird C. Cat D. Canine It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 A. Gator B. Bird C. ? D. ? Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrocklds Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 a Gator b bird c glyptodon? d turtle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 Some shrewd identifications, but no golden kudo yet. Many of you believe phalanx B. to be a bird, and it IS a bird -- an osprey claw core. Way to go! "Fossil" got the one (phalanx D.) that I thought would be most difficult -- a Shasta ground sloth claw core. Nice going, Fossil! So, here's what we have so far: A. ? B. Osprey, Pandion haleaetus C. ? D. Shasta ground sloth, Nothrotheriops texanum (Way to go, "Fossil"!) Some of these ID's, such as "ebrockids," are getting closer. Both groups A. & C. of claw cores are from taxa which are still living today. One (claw core A.) is from a shy critter, rarely seen and probably on the way to extinction. It has limited distribution now in Florida, though it was more widespread in the Pleistocene. The other (claw core B.) is from a much more prominent animal which is ubiquitous in Florida. I've given it away now, I suppose. -------Harry Pristis 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 A. Caracara B. Armadillo It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 Okay, here's the last clue. It is possible for you to have an encounter in the Suwannee--a potentially unhappy encounter--with either of the living animals represented by fossils A. & C. (No, not a leaping sturgeon! ) I, myself, have encountered both of these living animals while scuba-diving in the Suwannee. Memorable encounters each! ----Harry Pristis http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 A. Snapping Turtle !!! ??? It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 C. Gator !!! ??? ??? It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 Okay, Worthy! That's all of 'em. Here are the full identifications. (These alligator snapping turtle claw cores were mis-identified in the first edition of the Kocsis book, VERTEBRATE FOSSILS: A NEOPHYTE'S GUIDE. I don't know if the error was corrected in the second edition.) --------Harry Pristis 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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