@Fauve-Wilson, can you help with the ID? I think this is a fish otolith.

Hi, @Sam-Safirstein, nice tooth! @vperez, @fauve-wilson, or @bill-heim might be able to help you with ID. A photo with better lighting against a black background would also be useful.

Hi, @Sam-Safirstein, nice tooth! @vperez, @fauve-wilson, or @bill-heim might be able to help you with ID. A photo with better lighting against a light background would also be useful.

Hi, @Sam-Safirstein, nice tooth! @vperez, @fauve-wilson, or @bill-heim might be able to help you with ID. A photo with better lighting against a lighter background would also be useful.

@fauve-wilson, @bill-heim, or @vperez might be able to help you confirm this ID. I think a higher resolution photo with brighter lighting might also help with IDs.

Hi, @charli-higgins, @fauve-wilson or @vperez might be able to help you ID this plate!

Hi, @alejandro-perez – Do you have a better image of this specimen? It is difficult to confirm your identification from this photo. If you can take am image with a scale bar that would also help! I’ll tag in our FL shark expert as well – @fauve-wilson.

Hi, @heath-carroll – I’m not seeing any fossil remains in this rock. @vperez and @fauve-wilson are more familiar with rays than I am so maybe they will see something I don’t.

Hi, @cathy-young – do you have an image of the other side of this specimen? I’ll tag in @bill-heim and @fauve-wilson to see if one of them can confirm your identification.

Hm, I’m not really seeing it but let me tag in some people who know more about rays than I do and maybe they can see something I don’t. @vperez@fauve-wilson

Hi, @kelly-gest – I’m tagging in our local expert to confirm your identification – @fauve-wilson.
If you are interested you can find your locality on this map to better hone in on the geologic context: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=10.6/x=-82.3217/y=29.7107/bedrock/lines/
Do you have another image with a scale?

Cool specimen, @karen-sem – You may be able to figure out the formation using Macrostrat: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=10.6/x=-82.3217/y=29.7107/bedrock/lines/

Maybe @fauve-wilson can confirm your identification?

Hi, @brooke-woods – How were you able to identify this as a pufferfish tooth? Do you have any other images of the specimen?
@vperez@fauve-wilson – any insight on the tooth? I’m getting up to speed on the rays and sharks but this is a new one for me!

Hi, @tyler-busch – Do you remember the locality you were collecting in? You can use Macrostrat to zoom in on your location and get a better idea for the geologic context : https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=10.6/x=-82.3217/y=29.7107/bedrock/lines/

I’ll tag in @fauve-wilson and @vperez our local experts to check on your identification.
Talk to you soon,
Jen

Hi, @nina-corley – you can fill in the higher order classification following the Paleobiology database: https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83182
cc @fauve-wilson & @bill-heim to check on the identificaiton

And fill in the geochronology based off the formation: https://macrostrat.org/sift/#/strat_name_concept/1215
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Hi, @helen-harless – Do you remember where you found this specimen?
If your identificaiton is correct the Order is Carchariniformes > Family Carcharhinidae. I will tag in our shark experts to confirm – @bill-heim@fauve-wilson. It’s often most helpful if you have two views of the specimen – either side as the diagnostic features are variable.…[Read more]

Hi, @lisa-coble – I think you can include Order Carchariniformes > Family Carcharhinidae. I’ll tag in @bill-heim and @fauve-wilson, our resident shark experts. It would be good if you had another image of the fossil from the other side and possibly a higher quality image, this one is difficult to enlarge to confirm your identification.

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Hi, @corinne-daycross – I think we can minimally add in Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Class Chondrichthyes > Order Myliobatiformes but will tag in @vperez and @fauve-wilson as the local experts.

The formation should be Coosawhatchie, group is Hawthorn and the age is Phanerozoic > Cenozoic > Neogene > Miocene [correct me if I’m…[Read more]

Maybe @fauve-wilson can help you out to ID some of these further? Talk to you soon, Jen

Hi, @corinne-daycross – You can update your taxonomy to include Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Class Chondrichthyes > Order Myliobatiformes > Family Myliobatidae. @fauve-wilson, would the genus be Aetobatus?

https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=10.6/x=-82.3217/y=29.7107/bedrock/lines/

Talk to you soon, Jen