Hi, @samantha-gray – This looks like a tooth to me, it is very long. What were you thinking it is? @jeanette-pirlo can you take a look?

@jeanette-pirlo do you have an estimate of how old the tooth could be? Why are there horse teeth fossils often found on Jax beach were their wild horses at one point? Thanks for all this info on my finds!

Horses originated in the ‘Americas’ and spread from there a long time ago. Those which evolved here eventually died out. Contemporary horses were reintroduced when these continents were colonized by Europeans.

Also, it is REALLY helpful if you can place a small measuring device or coin next to fossils so viewers can have a better idea of its size. My initial guess on this was that is was part of a tail from a ray. But I happily defer to the professional opinion.

I have no idea what this is. My dad found it on on the beach the other day (Ponte Vedra FL). Need help identifying please

This looks like a modern bone. How heavy is it? Does it feel very dense?

I agree with @jeanette-pirlo – it looks like a clean modern bone rather than fossil.

I think it is a modern sea turtle coracoid bone.

Feel free to comment! I’m not a fossil expert, but do like to collect specimens

Hi @samantha-gray you wrote that you think it is a sloth tooth? I’m not a Florida or vertebrate expert but I can certainly tag in some folks that may be able to help you. And to confirm it was found at Jacksonville Beach? cc @jeanette-pirlo @smoran

looks like horse tooth with broken tip

If you google images of ground sloth tooth fossils it definitely looks more like that. A horse molar has more pronounced separated roots

Hi, @samantha-gray –
So, we can update your classification some! Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia > Order Pilosa

You can use Macrostrat to try to narrow in on the geologic context some: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=13.1/x=-81.4151/y=30.2800/bedrock/lines/