Pool Man Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Hello all, Here's a first for me. A nice talon, I think. This was found in the upper shell layer I usually dig in. I believe this upper layer is a more estuary deposit, due to large amounts of chewed up fossil turtle shell.I think that this is early Pliestocene. Looking for a more specific ID. Thanks for looking! Measures 1 5/16" at its longest. To bad about the tip, Oh well. Still thanking the fossil gods for this one. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Hello all, Here's a first for me. A nice talon, I think. This was found in the upper shell layer I usually dig in. I believe this upper layer is a more estuary deposit, due to large amounts of chewed up fossil turtle shell.I think that this is early Pliestocene. Looking for a more specific ID. Thanks for looking! Measures 1 5/16" at its longest. To bad about the tip, Oh well. Still thanking the fossil gods for this one. Dan Likely bald eagle. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 WOW, nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I like that one... neat find! Keep looking for more. Find enough to be able to trade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 That's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I like that one... neat find! Keep looking for more. Find enough to be able to trade I have plenty of these if you want some... but I only trade for cash. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaitlinAnn Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Thats pretty neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Hey where is Auspex? I can't believe he hasn't posted on this thread. I hope he is allright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaitlinAnn Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Hey where is Auspex? I can't believe he hasn't posted on this thread. I hope he is allright! Not a clue. I'll ask Nick maybe he'll know? *starts texting away* Regardless, I'm sure he's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaitlinAnn Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Nick says he's on vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 wow awsome find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 as for asupex he is on vacation for a week he posted it and everything (= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I have plenty of these if you want some... but I only trade for cash. Quality and price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Man Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 Thanks eyeryone! My goal is to someday have enough of a collection to begin trading /selling. If chewed up fossil turtle shell chunks were cash,i'd be set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Thanks eyeryone! My goal is to someday have enough of a collection to begin trading /selling. If chewed up fossil turtle shell chunks were cash,i'd be set Are you saving the complete nuchal bones from the turtle shells? These are diagnostic to species and are a cool litttle fossil to keep. 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...
Pool Man Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 Hi Harry! I sure am saving those, my largest one is about 9" across from a giant tortoise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Man Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 Bumping this since Auspex is back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Hey where is Auspex? I can't believe he hasn't posted on this thread. I hope he is allright! I just got back from a week of raptor banding in Cape May, NJ, and have been slogging through the 1000+ posts that accumulated in my absence (despite my clear orders that noone post while I was away ). Anyhow, that is certainly an Haliaeetus sp. eagle claw core (probably from digit 2 or 4). Nice one! 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...
Pool Man Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Update!! I recently found a small "toe" looking bone and was taking pictures of it when I noticed that it fit perfectly with this Bald Eagle claw. After doing a little google research I think I also have part of the femur. So what do you think? The Femur is hollow. Thanks for looking Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 <booming voice over the public address system> Auspex, you're needed at the front. Auspex, you're needed at the front. Customer with bird legs waiting... so anyway, that's cool stuff. you're a man of many talons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Coooooooooool! That does look like an avian toe bone (pedal phalanx), but not the one that would connect to the claw core; I think it is a first phalanx (counted out from the tarsometatarsus), probably from digit 3 (the forward-facing toe). Can you take pics from more angles of the business end of the "femur"? 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...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Update!! I recently found a small "toe" looking bone and was taking pictures of it when I noticed that it fit perfectly with this Bald Eagle claw. After doing a little google research I think I also have part of the femur. So what do you think? The Femur is hollow. Thanks for looking Dan That's a humerus and it's too small for Bald Eagle. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Man Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Here's a few more pics of the humerus.Thanks for the help guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Here's a few more pics of the humerus.Thanks for the help guys. It looks like it' from a duck, probably the genus Anas (Mallard, Black Duck, etc...) "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...
Pool Man Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Thanks Auspex and Auriculatus. Looks like I'm gonna have to re-sift my already sifted pile and look for more toe bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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