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Found at the Jersey Shore... Please tell me it's not a human hand
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This was found on the Jersey Shore - a beach on the western Atlantic. I unfortunately don't have a scale, but it measures 3 inches x 4 inches (7.6 cm x 10.2 cm). Any idea what it is?
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Partial Inner Whorl from Juvenile Turrilite Ammonite
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Didymoceras binodosum Partial Inner Whorl from Juvenile Turrilite Ammonite Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Big Brook Marlboro, N.J.- 1 comment
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Turritella trilira Gastropod Shell Imprint Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Big Brook Marlboro, N.J.-
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Ethmocardium welleri Bivalve Shell Imprints Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Big Brook Marlboro, N.J.- 1 comment
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Eriphyla parilis Bivalve Upper Cretaceous Wenonah or Navesink Formation Matawan or Monmouth Group Big Brook Marlboro, N.J.- 2 comments
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Hoploparia gabbi Partial Lobster Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Ramanessin Brook Holmdel, N.J. A generous gift from Ralph Johnson- 2 comments
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Gastropod Internal Cast from Ramanessin Brook
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Euspira sp. Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Ramanessin Brook Holmdel, N.J. A generous gift from Ralph Johnson-
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Fish Vertebrae Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Big Brook Marlboro, N.J.-
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Juvenile Mosasaur Tooth from Ramanessin Brook
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Juvenile Mosasaur Tooth Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Ramanessin Brook Holmdel, N.J.- 1 comment
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Ischyrhiza mira Sawfish Rostral Spine Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Ramanessin Brook Holmdel, N.J.- 2 comments
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Big Bivalve from the Merchantville Formation, New Jersey
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Panope decisa Partial Bivalve Upper Cretaceous Merchantville Formation Matawan Group Weller's Ravine Matawan, New Jersey-
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Echinoid from the Merchantville Formation, New Jersey
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Cardiaster marylandicus Echinoid Upper Cretaceous Merchantville Formation Matawan Group Weller's Ravine Matawan, New Jersey- 1 comment
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Hello! I just wanted to check on these two pieces before they go into the black hole known as my 'unidentifiable bone' bin. Both are from Monmouth County New Jersey (Cretaceous). I found fossil number 1 two days ago and unfortunately, it didn't make the trip back home in one piece. When I looked at it though, the broken sections looked more like my broken Mosasaur and Enchodus teeth than bone (scan below), and it also reminded me of a fossil my brother found years ago that we weren't able to identify. I looked online and the texture of the recent 'thing' looked similar to some dinosaur teeth (Titanosaur and sauropod especially) so I just wanted to see what everyone thought. Thanks again! -Frank
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College donors who have already given $25M, shell out another $655K to expand N.J. prehistoric fossil park. By Bill Duhart, NJ.com, May 8, 2019 https://www.nj.com/education/2019/05/college-donors-who-have-already-given-25m-shell-out-another-655k-to-expand-nj-prehistoric-fossil-park.html Journalists need to undertsand the difference between archaeology and paleontology. About the Fossil Park https://sites.rowan.edu/edelman-gift/fossil.html Yours, Paul H.
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I found this vertebra last week in a Cretaceous deposit in Monmouth County New Jersey. It measures a shade under an inch and is a lot bigger than the normal fish vert I usually find here so I wanted to ask - is there a way to tell the difference between Enchodus and Xiphactiuns vetus? My initial thought was Enchodus but I didn't see any examples online that looked like this one. Also, any recommendation on how I should prep this? I only showed one side because the rest of this is embedded in the matrix. I currently use really old dental tools. Thanks! -Frank
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Hello TFF, I got a couple items from the Late Cretaceous of NJ that seem to be pathological. The first one, an Anomoeodus phaseolus tooth, seems to be very wrinkly and so I deemed it a patho. That is more of a verification as I haven’t seen a pathological one before. The second is an Ischyrhiza mira rostral blade that has a third carina on one of its faces and a slight flattening (flattening better seen in person). This is also a verification as I just didn’t expect to see a patho rostral. The third one is a bit strange. It is definitely a fish tooth. There are prominent growth cracks on the surface & no striations, which supports Xiphactinus. However, the base doesn’t look exactly elliptical (Xiphactinus) or bulging like in Enchodus. But it does look more like X-fish than Enchodus; it just seems as if one side of the base got flattened out, leading me to think that it could be a pathological Xiphactinus. The base also seems to be somewhat hollow (other than the matrix infill). @non-remanié Thanks guys! Anomoeodus phaseolus:
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Hi everyone, I got this interesting peripheral turtle shell from the Late Campanian Wenonah formation of NJ. It is not reworked and seems to be IDable. It also has some interesting shark predation marks on the top of the first pic. It is about 2.75” X 2.25” @non-remanié Thanks for any help!
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Hello! I have two fossils I found in Monmouth County, NJ, I would like to get some opinions on. The first one looks a lot like my other Mosasaur Verts (concave on one side, convex on the other, size and shape look right) however, it has that divot on one side so I was wondering if that could throw croc into play. The second one, which I believe to be reptile bone, has those four equally spaced lines on it so I want to know if we think they are predatory/scavenge marks. I know that's usually tough to tell but that spacing between them looked pretty good to me. As always, all help is greatly appreciated! -Frank H
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I want to suggest something to watch on TV because I think it is rare to come across a comedy show that puts any measure of focus on paleontology. It is episode one, season three of the show "Drunk History" that airs on Comedy Central. The episode is about a famous rivalry between paleontologists Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh called the "Bone Wars." The show is basically a host going around the country getting comedians drunk and having said comedians narrate stories about something historical. The show then has people act out what is being narrated and sometimes they get some famous actors and actresses for those parts. I enjoy it because I get to laugh and learn at the same time. It can get pretty weird sometimes and the language gets colorful (they do bleep things out) but that is what you get when you pay a comedian to drink and be funny at the same time. The story about their rivalry is pretty interesting and definitely worth learning about even if the above does not sound appealing. It is available on Hulu and there is a way to watch it on Comedy Central's website. Three segments make up an episode, the second segment is about the Bone Wars.
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Hi All, I have just joined the forum. My kids and I have been fossil hunting for years, and have had some luck in various places. Most of the fossils we find are teeth, but there are some that are not easily identifiable by my uneducated eye! Some LOOK like fossils, but likely aren't. Some are definitely fossils, but I have no idea what they are!! I'm hoping to share some of our finds and also maybe get some insight on some of the items that we are curious about. Cheers!
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Found this tooth in April 2018 in Monmouth County, NJ. I've seen people post pictures of the teeth of Protosphyraena on the forum from this area before and wondered if the tooth I found was also one. The shape of the tooth is what led me to the idea. It's around a centimeter long.
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A paper from the Mosasaur journal described three bones from the foot of a large Tyranosauroid Dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Maastrichtian deposits of the Navesink Formation of Big Brook New Jersey, on the East Coast of North America. News report http://sciencythoughts.blogspot.com/2019/04/evidence-of-large-tyranosauroid.html Paper from the Mosasaur a journal of the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society 0_Tyrannosaurids.pdf
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Got some small but very cool looking stuff from my last trip. Small stuff with small finds. I have an idea of some stuff but I'm not 100%. Thoughts? Front/back in photos.
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Any ideas if these are artifacts or just rocks?
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