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Susan Robertson posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoThank you 😊
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Susan Robertson posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoWestmoreland state park, in Virginia, 8 years ago. It’s about 2 inches width and 1/2 inch height. I was wondering if it could be a picary jaw?
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Susan Robertson posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoSusan Robertson has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Where did you find it? This should help narrow it down. Could potentially be a cetacean mandible but it’s helpful to know where it was found and the size!
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Westmoreland state park, in Virginia, 8 years ago. It’s about 2 inches width and 1/2 inch height. I was wondering if it could be a picary jaw?
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@jeanette-pirlo – you think it could be a peccary jaw? I think much of the deposits at Westmoreland are marine.
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I don’t think it’s peccary, but I’ll double check. Usually, in mammals with heterodont dentition (different tooth types) like a peccary would have different size alveolus (holes where teeth come out of). Since cetaceans like dolphins have homodont dentition (all the teeth are the same shape) the alveoli are pretty equal in shape and size and spaci…[Read more]
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Thank you 😊
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Hi Susan, So we can’t add images to the comments, so i’ve created a set of instructions for you to access the Florida Museum’s Vert Paleo database where you can look up examples of a peccary mandible vs a dolphin mandible and you can compare your specimen. See below:
1. Access the FLMNH Vertebrate Paleontology Database (open source):…[Read more]
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Hi Susan, So we can’t add images to the comments, so i’ve created a set of instructions for you to access the Florida Museum’s Vert Paleo database where you can look up examples of a peccary mandible vs a dolphin mandible and you can compare your specimen. See below:
1. Access the FLMNH Vertebrate Paleontology Database (open source):…[Read more]