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My past two trips to Ramanessin Brook in Holmdel, NJ have been especially productive. Resulting in much larger teeth and much more diverse finds, Ramanessin has proven to be a much better spot than Big Brook for me. Here are the finds from the first trip: Many large anterior goblin shark teeth; a very large crow shark tooth; some very nice mackerel shark teeth; two pycnodont teeth; coral; a large ghost shrimp claw; a large ammonite fragment; a scallop with both shells intact; what I believe to be a fragment of a very large sawfish tooth (though it does seem especially striated for a sawfish) Finds from the second trip: More large goblin shark teeth (one pathological); another large crow; some very curvy mackerel shark teeth; small shark vert and a fragment of another; some sort of bony fish jaw; various sawfish crowns; a beaver tooth (more insight as to its age would be greatly appreciated); two Gastropod molds; ratfish jaw; I believe the two large fossils to the right are a coral imprint and possibly a lobster claw another pic of the beaver tooth; it seems hollow inside chewing surface seems worn; leads me to believe it is a modern adult beaver tooth up close pic of the lobster claw; noticeable “dots”
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I have been fossil hunting in the Monmouth County, NJ area for quite a few trips now, and I have accumulated a good amount of fossils I haven’t been able to ID. Here are some of them: Note: feel free to ask for more angles; I didn’t want to post too many images. 1 inch for scale Found in Ramanessin - no idea what it is Found in both brooks - 5 in middle look to be same species; I believe far-right is pycnodont or hadrodus Left - found in Ramanessin; think its coral Right - found in Big Brook; thought it was coral when I found it but I’m now leaning toward coprolite Both from Ramanessin; Left seems to be an imprint from some sort of spine; My father thinks the one on the right is some sort of crinoid Both found in Big Brook; Possible reptile teeth; maybe mosasaur or croc, though they are very small Found in both brooks; left seems to be a possible Pachyrhizodus; all have distinct carinae Found in Ramanessin - potential hadrosaurus tooth fragment Thanks in advance for your help!
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From the album: Cretaceous of Delaware and New Jersey
Squalicorax Big Brook, New Jersey-
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From the album: Delaware Fossils
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From the album: Delaware Fossils
Belemnitella americana showing internal molds. Upper Cretaceous Mt. Laurel Formation Delaware, USA It's not often one finds an internal mold of the guard where the internal texture is clearly visible. Although internal molds of other animals are common at this locality, any internal molds of belemnites are few and far between. Broken though it is, the lower specimen is one of my favorite belemnites.© c. 2022 Heather JM Siple
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Taking my son for a nature hike yesterday morning, trying to inspire a love for the outdoors onto him. We ID everything we find, but this is our first fossil! Found this deep in the woods in millstone, Monmouth county. Spoke to two paleontologists, one said pycnodonte and the other said Ostrea. Help! I don’t know anything about fossils.
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Hello, below are photos of some verts I found at Big Brook Park in Marlboro NJ. (Late cretaceous, Mount Laurel formation). I thought they were both ray verts, upon taking another look however I noticed there are some slight differences in their build. I wanted to see if anyone had any clarification for me. I've checked the usual sites, njfossils.net and njfossils.com, but I think I don't know how to interpret different features. I took photos of each face (anterior, posterior),and tops and bottoms (dorsal/ventral sides). Both were found, to my knowledge, in the Mount Laurel formation at Big Brook. I also tried to take a close up of what appeared to be spinal process attachment points on the smaller vert. Aside from one vert being more oval than the other, the larger seems to decrease in surface area/diameter from anterior to posterior, while the smaller seems to form a wedge or "v" shape along the dorsal-ventral axis. I tried to capture this in the photos but I'm limited by my equipment. Ultimately, I'd like to confirm if these are both ray verts, or if either come from anything else. Thank you, Pic A (possible process attachment points on small vert): Pic. B Pic. C Pic. D: Pic E
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From the album: Delaware Fossils
Boletechinus sp. Late Cretaceous Mount Laurel Formation C and D Canal, Reedy Point North Delaware City, Delaware, USA-
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From the album: Delaware Fossils
Hemiaster delawarensis Late Cretaceous Mount Laurel Formation C and D Canal, Reedy Point North Delaware City, Delaware, USA -
I just put together a rather shakey video of the C & D Canal in New Castle County, Delaware in preparation for a trip I'm leading this fall. I didn't find anything Earth-shattering that day, but it gives and idea of the locale and the finds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMfXz-_B5fA&t=93s
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This was found in the spoils from dredging the C&D Canal in the 1980s. Recent removal of spoils sand for road construction in the area exposed previously- inaccessible layers of sand. It is currently one of the most common finds at the site.
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This was found in the spoils from dredging the C&D Canal in the 1980s. Recent removal of spoils sand for road construction in the area exposed previously- inaccessible layers of sand. It is currently one of the most common finds at the site.
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This was found in the spoils from dredging the C&D Canal in the 1980s. Recent removal of spoils sand for road construction in the area exposed previously- inaccessible layers of sand. This species is not listed in the Delaware Geological Survey's bulletin about the fossils of the Canal. It is distinguished by its small size and non-plicate (no ridges) central area of the shell.
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Found in the loose sand spoils from the 1980 dredging of the C&D Canal. Flower shape is the attachment point.
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Found in the loose sands of the spoils from the 1980s dredging of the C and D Canal.
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Okay, here's a stumped for the detail-oriented. The first picture is Ostrea falcata, one of the more common finds in the Mount Laurel Formation. It is curved like a hook, with ruffles radiating out from the hinge. The second one is O. panda. (same size, left out the penny.) It's more or less circular, with ruffles only at the edgesThe other two are from the same spot at the same site, on the same day, but are clearly not the same species. The third one is rather fan-shaped. the fourth has a depression dividing the raised center from the the ruffled edge. I can't find them in my DE or NJ field guides. Web search turned up nothing. Anyone recognize them?
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From the album: Delaware Fossils
Bacculites ovatus Cretaceous Reedy Point (North side) Delaware city, Delaware Mount Laurel formation -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Micrabacia hilgardi (side view) Late Cretaceous solitary coral Found 2016 Reedy Point (North Side) Spoils Pile MT Laurel Formation Delaware City, Delaware -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Micrabacia hilgardi (view of attachment point) Late Cretaceous solitary coral Found 2016 Reedy Point (North Side) Spoils Pile MT Laurel Formation Delaware City, Delaware-
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From the album: Delaware Fossils
Terebratulina cooperi Late Cretaceous Oyster found 2016 Reedy Point (North Side) Spoils Pile MT Laurel Formation Delaware City, Delaware -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Terebratulina cooperi Late Cretaceous Oyster found 2016 Reedy Point (North Side) Spoils Pile MT Laurel Formation Delaware City, Delaware -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Late Cretaceous Oyster Found 2016 Reedy Point (North Side) Spoils Pile MT Laurel Formation Delaware City, Delaware Based on "The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey" by Horace G. Richards, et al, 1962. -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Late Cretaceous Oyster Reedy Point (North Side) Spoils Pile MT Laurel Formation Delaware City, Delaware Based on "The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey" by Horace G. Richards, et al, 1962. -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Late Cretaceous Oyster 1" diameter pelecypod Reedy Point (North Side) Spoils Pile MT Laurel Formation Delaware City, Delaware Based on "The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey" by Horace G. Richards, et al, 1962.
