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[DarkwaterDiver]

Thought I would post a few of my favorite fossils
Saber cat incisor with the last couple of inches broken off.

Deformed shark teeth.
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Musk Ox horn This thing had me stumped. I thought Bison, State Arch. corrected me.

Mastodon cap

This is a piece of mastodon cap but deformed. Notice the bumps on the tooth.

Giant land tortolise

Giant Armadillo Scutes

Last is a 27 inch Mastodon tusk found by a friend right by the anchor of my boat.

 

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[Harry Pristis]

Thanks for showing us what you've found, Joe.

You found a section of musk ox horn core in SC!! They must be like hens' teeth. There's no record of Symbos here in Florida.

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What is the grooved thing next to the glyptothere osteoderm in your image. It is not any part of an armadillo that I am familiar with. Can we see the other side?

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[DarkwaterDiver]

Harry: David Bohaska with the Smithsonian said that the Muck OX horn core was the only southern most record from the east coast. This was in 2002. Since then I heard of one around the Beaufort SC area.
The Grooved piece I was told by a Big State Collector that it was part of the Armadillo. I think turtle. I'll try to get some pic's tomorrow. thanks for looking.......Joe
PS: The Smithsonian fellows said that the giant land Tortoise shell was the biggest they had ever seen and estimate that it was about 7 feet or better across.

 

[Goldmanford]

Holy smokes. I love the tusk! When you say boat anchor, you mean in waters off of SC? That is a too cool find!

 

[DarkwaterDiver]

The Mastodon Tusk was found in the Cooper River of SC. This river is famous for the Megalodon shark tooth.

 

[DarkwaterDiver]

Harry here's a few more pic's of the grooved fossil. Not sure of what it is maybe turtle?

 

[Harry Pristis]

Harry here's a few more pic's of the grooved fossil. Not sure of what it is maybe turtle?

Sorry, Joe . . . I don't recognize this strange pattern as part of an armadillo or of a turtle. It appears from the underside to be stone . . . a pseudofossil. Keep asking about it; maybe a better diagnosis will turn up.

 

[DarkwaterDiver]

I've got a friend at the Charleston Museum I'm going to try to catch up with. Thanks for looking Harry.