Thanks so much @david-hanes! This all looks good to me.

Hi @david-hanes! It seems like there are a number of mFeM numbers associated with this one specimen. I’d like to combine all of the other photos into this one upload (mFeM 78161) since they are all from the same individual and delete the other numbers associated with it. Could you add the other photos to this mFeM number? Thanks!

@david-hanes It depends on the locality, but generally, at least some preparation is necessary. Sometimes its just a light wash and scrub under water and sometimes an air scribe and air abrasive are needed.

Glad I could help @david-hanes!

Thanks @david-hanes! Yeah, I understand completely. It can be so hard to tell sometimes whether a specimen is or is not a fossil (i.e., Pleistocene vs. Holocene/modern) even in areas that have a definitive Pleistocene component to the fauna. Permineralization can occur pretty quickly in modern bone, particularly in creeks, giving the specimens a…[Read more]

Thanks @david-hanes! I think you can probably update the classification to Procyon lotor as well.

Hi @david-hanes, this looks like the left hypoplastron of an emydid turtle. I used Pseudemys as my reference and it looks pretty similar, but I am no expert in turtles and tortoises. I think we can pretty confidently ID it down to the Family Emydidae, though.

Hey @david-hanes, ribs are notoriously difficult to pin to a specific taxon without the context of what is found within a given unit. I fear Mammalia is about as good as we are going to get in this case. As with the other specimens, we need some confirmation that these are definitively Pleistocene and not modern bone.

Hi @david-hanes! I’m pretty sure from the photos this is a raccoon tibia. Take a look at some photos online (or this 3D model https://virtualcurationmuseum.wordpress.com/making-no-bones-about-it-making-no-bones-about-it-why-zoorchaeologists-study-animal-bones-found-at-archaeological-sites/virtualizing-a-raccoon-skeleton/raccoon-tibia/) and compare…[Read more]

Hey @david-hanes, do you have any references for what Pleistocene formation(s) may crop out in this area? I’ve checked a few of my references and I am only seeing Cretaceous along this creek. I’m just trying to confirm that these specimens (including the tibia and rib that you posted) are indeed Pleistocene and not just modern bones that washed…[Read more]

Hi, @David-Hanes! This all looks good to me!

Is the subgenus Strombus and the subspecies brantleyi, @David-Hanes?

Looks good, @David-Hanes!

Hi there @david-hanes cool specimen! The pictures appear blurry, can you update the post with clearer photos? Is this specimen in any other online repositories?

Hi @David-Hanes, do you think this is Nucula percrassa? https://www.cretaceousatlas.org/genera/Nucula/

Looks good, @David-Hanes! Super well preserved.

Looks good, @David-Hanes!

Hi @David-Hanes, I do see that this could be weathering or perhaps an internal mold. Are there records of Discoscaphites in Mississippi?

This is so cool, @David-Hanes. It’s a little loosely coiled for Discoscaphites, but I’m not super well versed in ammonites. @Jbauer, do we know any ammonite people?

@david-hanes Sounds good!