Mammoth Fossils Photos

[IndianRiverSonrise]

I just thought you might like to see this. Last night in Vero experts discussed the fossil bone with carved mammoth on it. Thousands of people attended. Besides the presentation there were collections displayed and Dr. Hulbert from the Florida Natural History Museum examined fossils brought in by attendees and identified items. He identified the carnivore tooth I had in another post as being Dire Wolf.

But here is the photo. I took some videos with my flip cam and the photo came from that.

 

[naturegirl]

So did they say the bone is legit? I overheard at an artifact (arrowhead) show, most of the people were saying bogus, they thought the carving looked like one from europe. So many opinions, hard to tell whose right. What did the experts say in person?

Big congrats on having a Dire tooth! that would make my day.

 

[Harry Pristis]

... Dr. Hulbert from the Florida Natural History Museum examined fossils brought in by attendees and identified items. He identified the carnivore tooth I had in another post as being Dire Wolf. ...

I am guessing that you are referring here to the upper carnassial with the two broken roots.

What did Hulbert say about the tooth that we had trouble with . . . the one I concluded was from a senile horse?

 

[IndianRiverSonrise]

Unfortunately I only took a couple. I thought there would probably be a limit on what you could ask about. I didn't want to hog the whole thing with all my questions. Anyhow, the old horse tooth is not one that I took. I regret not taking an entire box full now since some other people did and it was no problem.

... Dr. Hulbert from the Florida Natural History Museum examined fossils brought in by attendees and identified items. He identified the carnivore tooth I had in another post as being Dire Wolf. ...

I am guessing that you are referring here to the upper carnassial with the two broken roots.

What did Hulbert say about the tooth that we had trouble with . . . the one I concluded was from a senile horse?

 

[IndianRiverSonrise]

Their conclusion is that it is legit. They had a materials sciences guy from the University of Florida that told how they tested it and the tests they used etc. Unfortunately I had to get up way early the next day and didn't get to hear all of his presentation.

So did they say the bone is legit? I overheard at an artifact (arrowhead) show, most of the people were saying bogus, they thought the carving looked like one from europe. So many opinions, hard to tell whose right. What did the experts say in person?

Big congrats on having a Dire tooth! that would make my day.

 

[IndianRiverSonrise]

Just found this link to an article about the carved bone.

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/mar/04/scientists-urge-full-scale-excavation-of-vero/

I just thought you might like to see this. Last night in Vero experts discussed the fossil bone with carved mammoth on it. Thousands of people attended. Besides the presentation there were collections displayed and Dr. Hulbert from the Florida Natural History Museum examined fossils brought in by attendees and identified items. He identified the carnivore tooth I had in another post as being Dire Wolf.

But here is the photo. I took some videos with my flip cam and the photo came from that.

 

[naturegirl]

Thanks for the link, I hope they do get to excavate the site. It sounds very promising.

 

[11KBP]

Very interesting! Thank you for the update.

11KBP