Animal Fossils

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Alligator & Crocodile

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Armadillo & Glyptodont

Bison (Bison antiquus) cubonavicular (wrist bone), Pleistocene Epoch, Peace River, Hardee County, Fla.

Bison

Bird limb bones<br />
Pleistocene epoch<br />
Indian River County, Fla.

Bird

Capybara upper jaw (maxilla) section w/zygomatic arch, 5 inches, Pleistocene Epoch, Arcadia, Fla.

Beaver & Capybara

Llama leg bone (cannon or metatarsal), Pleistocene epoch, Indian River County, Fla.

Camel and Llama

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Jaguar (Panthera onca) right-side lower jaw, approx 4", showing P3 and M1 teeth. (P4 missing), Pleistocene epoch, DeSoto county. Found by Chuck S.

Carnivores

Deer antler base, Pleistocene epoch, Peace River, DeSoto County, Fla.

Deer

Dolphin vertebra, Miocene epoch, Polk County, Fla. Fossils aren't always dark!

Dolphin and Whale

Barracuda teeth, 1/2 to 3/4 inches, Miocene epoch, Peace River, DeSoto County, Fla.

Fish

Horse cannon (lower leg) bone, 9-1/2", Pleistocene Epoch, DeSoto County, Peace River, Fla.

Horse

Sand Dollar (Abertella dengleri) in limestone matrix. Miocene epoch, Hardee County, Fl.

Invertebrate

Mammoth tooth fragment showing alternating plates of enamel and cementum. Pleistocene epoch, Indian River County, Fla.

Mammoth & Mastodon

Dugong Tooth, 1-1/2", Miocene Epoch, Peace River, Arcadia, Fl.

Manatee & Dugong

Peccary canine and molar teeth, Pleistocene epoch, Indian River County, Fla.

Peccary

Rhinoceras (Teleoceras sp.) lower premolar tooth chewing surface.<br />
1-3/4″ wide<br />
Miocene or Pliocene epoch Sarasota County, Fla.

Rhinoceras

Megalodon shark teeth, Miocene epoch, phosphate mine, Bowling Green, Fl. Largest tooth 2-1/2"

Shark

Ground Sloth (Glossotherium) caniniform tooth, Pleistocene epoch, Indian River County, Fla.

Sloth

Various snake vertebrae<br />
Pleistocene epoch<br />
Indian River County, Fla.<br />
1/2 to 1 in.

Snake

Stingray and skate back and tail spines, Miocene Epoch, Peace River, Hardee and DeSoto counties. 1/2" to 2-1/2"

Stingray & Skate

Tapir ankle bone (astragalus), 2-1/2", Pleistocene epoch, Peace River, Hardee county, Fla.

Tapir

Giant tortoise (Hesperotestudo) shell section, Pleistocene epoch, Indian River County, Fla.

Turtle-Tortoise

Seal phalange (finger bone), 2-1/2", Sarasota County, Fl. , probably from extinct Caribbean Monk Seal, Pleistocene epoch.

Seal