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I have been collecting the Aquia formation in several different locations over the course of a few months or so. I haven’t been able to post the finds yet, so I decided that after all this time, I would just group them all into one rather than do a bunch of different posts. The locations I got these from were pg county, and Douglas point. I found a lot of really good stuff, it’s been very productive lately and I’m especially loving the new site in pg county. A lot of good fossils have been coming out of there recently. I am really excited for some of the future trips coming up, but until then, I will show y’all the finds from these locations. PG county (1st location): This little creek has produced a lot of really good finds. Every time I go here however, I always end up finding a broken Otodus. I have never pulled a complete Otodus out of here in all the time I’ve been visiting. Someday it will appear. Here are the photos of all the finds: All the finds grouped together: Two incomplete Otodus, a couple sand tigers/goblin sharks teeth, and some stingray plates are all that was found at this location. A cucullaea gigantea (giant false ark shell) found at this location. Some of the shell was intact as well. Close ups of the bigger sharks teeth: The two Otodus teeth are both broken, with one being heavily worn, and the other having a sheared blade and cusplet. Why I cannot find a complete one here I don’t not know. There are also some sand tiger teeth pictured here that I found as well. Flipped: The broken Otodus to the right is so pretty. Too bad it’s not complete. Smaller sharks / fossil fish teeth: In this photo, there are small sand tiger teeth, a hound shark tooth, and some other smaller species as well. There’s some fish teeth pictured here as well. Smaller fish / shark teeth flipped: I really love the deep black on some of these teeth. I hope to find a bigger one in this color. pg county (second location): Now this place is one of my favorite to go to. It’s got a lot of ground to search, and the fossils that come out of here are in stellar condition. the invertebrate fossils that come out of here preserve extremely well, and the vertebrate material from here is quite abundant as well. Every trip there never leaves me empty handed. In the past I have pulled out multiple Gastropods, a complete Otodus, 3 complete crocodile teeth, large sand tiger teeth, and a whole lot more. I now have some of my best Aquia formation fossils from both of these groups thanks to my recent trips here. The finds are as followed: Vertebrate remains: I have found quite a bit here. These are some of my best vertebrate remains I have ever found from this particular formation. The finds pictured here include a monster of a crocodile jaw, that is one of my favorite finds pictured here. That crocodile would have been massive in size. I measured my largest tooth against its sockets, and it didn’t even compare. The teeth coming out of this croc would probably be 2 inches in length. It’s a really big jaw! I also found a really nicely colored greenish orange sharks tooth from a goblin shark. It’s pretty big as well. The smaller sharks teeth are nice as well. I love the color of some of them. Vertebrate remains close up: The croc jaw is truly the star of the show, but I love all the fossils that come from this place. I will be returning here soon and look forward to collecting here once again. Flipped: The edge of the bone is extremely detailed, and it came right out of the clay as well. It’s like the bone just fell off the crocodile. The teeth that come out of here always have a lot of colors, and can be orange, greenish tint, or white colored. I I’m normally used to blue teeth from the Aquia so it’s cool to get some unique colors out of here. The bone itself also can have purplish tones to it making it stand out, and I have some pictures of the bone color uo close. The preservation from this layer is outstanding and I hope to keep pulling good fossils out of here. Close up of croc jaw: I don’t know if it’s obvious but whenever you look at this bone closely the color is almost a light purple of lavender. It’s a really beautiful color and makes the fossil all the more interesting. Invertebrates (some shark teeth in rocks, and potential Native American activity?): I found some oyster shells, a really nicely detailed small Gastropod. A really large (5 inches length) gastropod, a couple shark teeth, and some rock that looked worked. I’ve been looking for Native American stuff and believe to have found some pottery from here and some large rocks with chucks broken out of them, almost looks intentional to me and not done by the earth. Anyways I’m always keeping my eye out for that kind of stuff. Fossils close up: The two gastropods are my favorite finds from this location. I love how hefty the first one is, and the second one is beautiful. It’s hard to extract fossils from this stone complete as the shells are extremely soft and the matrix is hard to break open with a hammer and chisel. Douglas point: I have found a lot here. I took two trips here, which have been both separated. The first trip gave me a nice fish jaw, an Otodus in superb condition, and a lot more. I found a lot that day. The second trip was a whole lot less finds but found a small croc tooth and a really cool looking paraorthacodus clarkii. Here’s all the finds from this location: First trip: I found a lot this day. A piece of pottery from the old plantation, a huge fish jaw, some nice sand tigers, and a bunch of Otodus including a beautiful sharp 1 1/4 inch Otodus. Closeup: Some of the better stuff found that day. Close up of Otodus: What a stunning tooth! It’s absolutely perfect with very minor blade nicks from feeding. It actually makes this tooth a little cooler that it had been used to eat something. Fish maybe? Crocodile? Turtle? Another shark? Who knows. Otodus flipped: I am in love with this tooth. This is one of my prettier Otodus teeth. Last trip: I didn’t find a bunch this trip. There was absolutely no wave action, the water was still, and there had been no storms. It was way too calm to produce any good finds. I still managed to scrape up a small crocodile tooth, and a paraorthacodus clarkii with broken off cusplets. Some nice sand tigers as well. Here’s all the finds: Not much found that day. here’s a picture of the orthacodus: Broken off cusplets but it’s one of the biggest and most peculiar looking orthacodus I have in my collection. Thank you all for reading! This was a really fun compilation to put together and I cannot wait to get back out there and find more fossils. I’ve done a lot of research and am very excited with what locations I have next in store to visit.

Here are a few photos of my entire collection spread out in my living room between 3 seperate tables and separated by groups; Table #1 Crocodilians, Theropod Dinosaurs, Marine Mammals and Marine Reptiles. Table #2 77 Different Shark Teeth Species. Table #3 Amphibians and Reptiles, Miscellaneous Fossils and Fish.

Been at it for about a year now and I try to hit the creeks at least twice/month if I can help it. The "loose" pics are either newer finds that haven't made their way into the display yet, or finds that have their own display. Most of these were rescued from the Gainesville area. Some are from the Peace River & Joshua Creek, as well as Manasota, Caspersen, Venice & Fort Clinch beaches. I was also lucky enough to discover a previously unknown spot VERY close to home, while scouting one day! Dr. Hulbert (w/ UF) confirmed it is a new spot, but was reluctant to check it out as none of my initial finds were extinct species... I have since found horse teeth at that location and can't wait for water levels to go back down!!! Hoping to add a few new species to my collection on my upcoming trip to GMR & one of the Summerville creeks (not sure which one yet but would love to find my first Angi & GW)... the GW in my pics was actually found by my Grandfather in Panama in the 70s! Thanks for looking : )

Here’s a chunk of crocogator I found on the Brazos River in SE Texas. It doesn’t look like the typical osteoderms that are found . I’m not sure if there’s enough here to identify a specific bone…

Here I have a prett rare a nicely preserved Deinosuchus Riograndensis tooth from the Bufftown Formation, Alabama. Looking for great quality theropod teeth from the KemKem region, preferably Carcharodontosaurus. Open for other dinosaur teeth as well. Just hit me up!

Both of the teeth came from the White Limestone, Traditional Layer, Great Oolite Series, Bathonian of Oxfordshire, UK. Any thoughts on the identity of these teeth? Are they crocodile teeth or plesiosaur/pliosaur teeth?

First of all - sorry for bad and rude language)) So, I need some help with identification of this teeth. All was found in Russia, Trans-Urals region, in a few different rivers: Belyakova, Sugatka and Derney. There must be Eocene period, probably lutet or barton layer, but I can't be sure, because there is no bedrock, only fossils that river stream brings. Sometimes me and other people found there more old fossils, back to cretaceous even. I showed this photo to few reptile specialists from Saint Petersburg, but they sure that is no crocodile teeth, and insist that is a fish teeth. But i have fish teeth from this region, and they looks different. There we can found Palaeocybium, Scomberomorus, Eutrichiurides and even Sphyraenodus species teeth, and all they looks like different to this teeth. So, what is it? Some new fish species, crocodile of some another reptile?

Found this in the hills near coastal Southern California. From what I can tell, it’s another a croc egg or simply a concretion of some sort. I would appreciate any thoughts on this. Thank you in advance for your help!

Hello, I've been sorting out my fossils and was wondering if this tooth is real? The label says it is a Sarcosuchus tooth from just south of Taouz, Morocco. If it is real, would it perhaps be better labelled as a crocodile tooth rather than Sarcosuchus? Thank you

Hello , I found these two teeth in Calvert cliffs , MD . I just wanted to know if they are crocodile teeth , porpoise teeth , or if they even are teeth ? . I would appreciate any input thank you .

here are some stuff that I found in the aquia formation over the weekend. this button is weird to me, my gut tells me it might be a vert, but it could also be a fish tooth perhaps? this is a weird one, it looks like a Galeocerdo tiger shark, but i havent read anything of these existing at the Aquia formation, much less finding them at purse. bone fragments? would it be possible to tell if its reptile bone? this bone is interesting because it has some underside of its surface still intact. it almost reminds me of a skull fragment maybe? lastly, a nice lady gave me this piece, whats funny is that she found it two minutes after I told her I was looking for crocodile teeth.

I have bought this crocodile vert on a fossil show a few months back and i was wondering if someone could identify what species it came from? I'm not even sure if it is a crocodile vert but it looks like one but since the person who i bought it from didn't know much about crocodile bones it could be something else too. it measures 71.6mm long and 52.0mm wide. for Americans its 2.80" long and 2.04" wide. it was apparently found in Morocco in a Paleocene formation but i have no name of the formation and neither of the exact place where it was found ( i know this is probably gonna be impossible to ID thanks to the lack of location data) Thank you for any help!

I purchased this rib from Kemkem beds,but I'm not sure if it belongs to a dinosaur or a crocodile, does anyone have an idea? Thank you

Hi, Just found this tooth in the Cape Fear River of Wilmingnton, NC. I think it’s either a prehistoric alligator or crocodile. Trying to identify its species, help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hello! I bought this tooth from a gift shop. It was labeled a spinosaurus tooth. I’m just wondering if it most likely is a spinosaurus tooth, or a crocodile or something else? Thank you!

Possible large Croc coprolite found at Calvert Cliffs https://www.wusa9.com/article/tech/science/holey-snarge-paleontologist-discover-an-extremely-rare-fossil-on-the-calvert-cliffs-poop-feces/65-c4045b64-5f63-4574-bf11-c1780585abcb

I've been trying to do some research about actual gator scutes not ostoderms that we call scutes. I know that Dino skin can be found so can croc also? Would love to hear about this subject and see some great photos if possible too please!

I recently acquired a bunch of matrix from the Cloverly Formation of Carbon County, Montana. And came across a few scutes. I’m not fully sure if they are turtle, crocodile, or maybe both, which is why I thought I’d share them here.

At what size, do you consider fossil Crocodile teeth to be Large? I do recognize that the answer will be dependent upon the particular species, but in general; what is a Large Croc tooth?

Hi, I recently bought these vertebrae, found in Niger. What could they be? Crodilian? Dinosaur? ...

Found on Holden Beach, North Carolina. If you need certain measurements let me know, thank you.

Found on the shores of Holden Beach, North Carolina. If you need measurements of anything let me know, thanks.

Help! Can anyone tell me whether this is a croc or mosasaur?

I found this fossil in a pallet of rocks I got for landscaping. The rock came out of the Arkansas river. When you stick your tongue to it, it sticks as a bone would. I think it looks like reptilian skin. Could anybody help me out?

The museum gift shop I work in has this labeled as "Crocodile Jaw Fossil". Is it? It's from the previous manager who was notorious for mislabeled fossils. Appears to be remounted on Moroccan material. Please help!