Hi @gwen-kilian, do you know anything else about the locality this came from? It seems likely the specimen was collected from the Bermont Fm if it is indeed Eremotherium and not another ground sloth. Also, can you add Order Pilosa to the classification? Thanks!

UF has lots of information about this site, but I’m a generation removed since this came from my Aunt’s collection. More likely, I’m wrong on the Genus.

You’re right about the Bermont Fm and I don’t see Eremotherium on the mammal list. Suggestion of genus? https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/sites/leisey-shell-pit-1a/

Sorry this took me so long to reply to @gwen-kilian! I guess it got lost in the shuffle with all the specimens uploaded. If you tag us @username, it makes it easier for us to find these comments. It’s hard to say for sure if it’s Nothrotheriops or Paramylodon since it’s a vertebra, which can be notoriously difficult to distinguish taxonomically…[Read more]

Thanks, @smoran.

horse tooth…

of course, of course

Hi @gwen-kilian, is there any chance there might be Pleistocene in the area? It’s not impossible this Equus tooth came from the Yorktown but it would certainly make more sense if it was Pleistocene.

I definitely think it’s a valid question, but I can only give you a speculative answer.

The Neuse River is considerable in strata and further up-river, you can find the Castle Hayne and Trent Formations.

They have been documented with Pleistocene marls and extensive shells, bivalves, etc. but I haven’t been able to locate much research on mammals in the area. Personally, I have quite a collection of Proboscidea fragments, horse, beaver, tapir, deer, and peccary from the same location as this horse.

The location in question is between two dredged creeks and these clays are well documented as YT and PgR. This documentation doesn’t account for movement and Lawd only knows what has flowed down the river from wherever. (I’ve found lots of interesting things on its shore.)

Same with this one @gwen-kilian! Missed these comments. I think the safest thing we can do here is put a ? after Yorktown and in the notes indicate it’s possible it had originated from an unnamed Pleistocene unit. Thanks!

Thank you, @smoran. Changes made.

Hey @gwen-kilian could you add Class Actinopterygii to this specimen?

@smoran Yes, thank you.

Thanks!

Is that a baby meg?

Looks like you got a nice juvenile meg tooth!

@jack-Parker-tyreman because of the cusplets, Chubutensis is basically indistinguishable from juvenile Megalodon, but the area experts view this as a Chubs.