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Hello everyone! I found this conical tooth last weekend in the Big Brook area of Monmouth County, NJ; it is a shade under 1 inch long. My best guess on it is Plesiosaur but I wanted to see what everyone had to say on it before I labeled it as such. As always, all help is greatly appreciated. Happy collecting! -Frank
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Hello! I recently found this TINY (the entire rock is about the size of a U.S. half dollar) shark tooth in matrix. It is from the Monmouth County Cretaceous. It has two cusps on either side, they are partially covered in the matrix but I'm having difficulty removing it so I am not planning any further prep. Anyone know what type of shark this is?
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Another Partial Baculite from the Pinna Layer
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Eubaculites (partial baculite shell) Paleocene Hornerstown Formation Pinna Layer Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey Collected and prepared by Ralph Johnson. Donated to this writer.-
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Partial Baculites from the Pinna Layer with Suture Pattern
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From the album: Just Above the Iridium Layer
Eubaculites sp. (partial baculite shell) Paleocene Hornerstown Formation Pinna Layer Manasquan River Basin Freehold, NJ. Collected and prepped by Ralph Johnson. Donated to this writer.- 1 comment
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Discoscaphites iris (partial ammonite- includes the living chamber) Paleocene Pinna Layer Hornerstown Formation Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey prepared by Ralph Johnson -
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Branchiocarcinus flectus (crab pincer) Paleocene Hornerstown Formation Pinna Layer Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey prepared by Ralph Johnson -
After hearing much excitement about Rowan University's Fossil Park in New Jersey, I finally managed to procure tickets to their once-a-year community-access dig. The park is from the bottom of the Cretaceous sea and is suspected to contain evidence of the big meteor event. They've found whole croc skeletons, beautiful full sea turtle shells, petrified wood and other beauties in this 8-acre pit. Shark teeth, shell steinkerns, and vivianite crystals are common finds. There were 1,500 tickets available for today. They sold out in 30 minutes a month ago. Wow! I have been eagerly awaiting my time in the pit ever since! We made sure to get tickets for the earliest of three sessions so we got the first crack at whatever was to be found. No lazy morning for us! We got on the shuttle bus and the volunteer asked if we were all ready for the "trip of a lifetime." Everyone cheered. She said that "almost everyone" will find something if they look hard. Hmmm. The tickets are timed. You can pay $7 per person for a 2-hour time slot or $140 per family for the whole day. We chose the 2-hour slot because two hours seemed like plenty of time. Well, it definitely wasn't. The session was from 8:30 to 10:30, but that included travel on the shuttle bus to the site, 20 minutes to get off the bus, look at the display tent and a couple vendors, and line up with 500 other people so everyone could walk in at once. We listened to a talk about the pit as a 500-person group, and finally got to dig at 9:30. We dug for 45 minutes, then spent the last 15 minutes shuffling most of those 500 people back out of the pit. I mentioned that the pit itself was 8 acres of amazing. The visitors today only had access to maybe an acre. 500 people + 1 acre of ground= stepping on each other. Not good. We also were not allowed to dig on the floor of the pit within our fenced area because it might contain something they want to dig out professionally. Fair enough, but 500 people on 3 small spoils piles and a big puddle? Hey, I spent that 45 minutes digging with my plastic toy shovel (no metal tools allowed) in one tiny spot with no reason to move anyway, at least until I hit an ant colony. My teenage daughter dug a foot away and we chatted with a guy next to us from Boston who had come down for the day. See that little black area on the right, surrounded by orange fence? That's where 500 people dug in each of three sessions. What did we find? Not much. Generally on our digs, my daughter finds teeth and I find shells or bones. Doesn't matter what we are looking for, that's what we find. Today was no different. I found one 1/2" partial brachiopod of a genus with which I am unfamilar and a couple of small vivianite crystals. My daughter found a 1/4" partial tooth from what was probably a fish. The volunteers weren't great at IDs beyond the common stuff and the three PhDs onsite were a bit busy for those 45 minutes, so we may never know. As we got back on the bus, a volunteer cheerfully complimented us on how dirty we were. *sigh*
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From the album: Just Above the Iridium Layer
Cucullaea vulgaris (bivalve shell- internal mold) Paleocene Pinna Layer Hornerstown Formation Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey -
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Pseudomaxilis sp. (possible gastropod or worm) Paleocene Pinna Layer Hornerstown Formation Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey -
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Deussenia sp. (partial gastropod) Paleocene Pinna Layer Hornerstown Formation Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey -
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Pecten argillensis (bivalve shell) Paleocene Pinna Layer Hornerstown Formation Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey -
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Crassatella sp. (bivalve) Paleocene Pinna Layer Hornerstown Formation Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey a gift from Ralph Johnson -
I'm sure these are just rocks but looking for people to educate me as to why they look the way they do. If they appear to be anything else let me know.. these are #1 , #2 #3 #4 and #5 (two pics of each) #6 and #7 Lastly, a modern bone..probably a bird?
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Found at Big Brook this summer. Can anyone tell me what these fossils are?
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From the album: Just Above the Iridium Layer
Eubaculites sp. (straight shelled ammonite (baculite) pieces) Paleocene Pinna Layer Hornerstown Formation Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey -
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Eubaculites sp. (partial straight shelled ammonite (baculite)) Paleocene Pinna Layer Hornerstown Formation Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey -
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From the album: Just Above the Iridium Layer
Discoscaphites iris (ammonite pieces) Paleocene Pinna Layer Hornerstown Formation Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey- 2 comments
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Discoscaphites iris (partial ammonite) Paleocene Pinna Layer Hornerstown Formation Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey -
I found this piece a long time ago in a cretaceous site in New Jersey and haven't really been able to figure out what this is since. I'm not sure if its fish, marine reptile, dinosaur, or etc. Just noticed it browsing through my collection and figured this would be the best place to get help, any help appreciated to get a label on this, thank you.
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Hoploparia gabbi (lobster claw parts) Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Big Brook Colts Neck, NJ. Prepared by Ptychodus04- 1 comment
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Hello everyone! I found this in the Monmouth County NJ brooks. Was wondering if anyone knows what it is; any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -Frank
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Coelacanth from the Old Granton Site, North Bergen, N.J.
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Diplurus newarki (coelacanth missing some fins) Upper Triassic Lockatong Formation Newark Supergroup Granton site North Bergen, N.J. Prepared with great effort and skill by Kris (Psychodus04) Than you. -
Hello, I found this shark tooth on the beach while on vacation in Sea Isle City, New jersey. It appears to be very old and light in weight. Can anyone identify? Thank you!
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Gastropod Internal Mold from the Merchantville Formation, New Jersey
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Gastropod internal mold (partial turritella?} Upper Cretaceous Merchantville Formation Matawan Group Matawan, New Jersey-
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Internal mold of bivalve from the Merchantville Formation, New Jersey
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Glycymeris mortoni (internal mold of bivalve shell "bittersweet clam") Upper Cretaceous Merchantville Formation Matawan Group Mattawan, New Jersey-
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