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  1. Yesterday was a day to remember! Unfortunately for all the wrong reasons. My youngest Son, once again had a band competition in Tom's River N.J. As it has become sort of a tradition now that whenever he has a competition in N.J., my wife and I drive down early so I can hit up the Cretaceous streams before his school is scheduled to perform. I started watching the forecast last week, and it did not look good, as it called for rain. Being the hard-core fossilhunter that I am, I figured that unless it was hurricane squalls I would be doing some hunting. Well I woke up around 5am, to several inches of snow at my house. That wouldn't have been bad, but the roads hadn't been plowed yet. The first hour and a half were a slippery, slushy mess. Several vehicles were in the ditch along route 81 through the hills and mountains. Eventually the snow turned to rain which was very heavy for the next 3 and a half hour or so. I knew at this point the streams were going to be over flowing. But I also knew that I was stubborn and would still try regardless so for the rest of the ride I tried to come up with a plan. We Eventually got to the stream and my wife dropped me off to do some shopping. Of course she thought I was crazy and asked if I was sure I wanted to do it. I told her yes. As I walked to the stream I was passing by one of the small feeder creeks and I could here the water trickling through. I got close enough to look over the bank and I could see some areas with exogyra oyster fragments and gravel lying in and around the waters edge. I figured if the main stream was to high ( which I knew it was) I would try this creek and make the best of it. I walk to the main stream and sure enough, it was flowing high muddy water. I walked upstream a bit trying to see if the was anywhere that I could possibly dig. I only was wearing rubber boots that didn't even go up to my knees. I knew I would get water in them and I did. I actually found a spot to dig a couple scoops of gravel and got a couple broken Sharkteeth first try. That got my hopes up, but was very short lived. After that I had a tough time trying to get a shovel full of gravel and not mud and debris. Plus the current was so strong it would blow most of the material off the shovel. Atleast I gave it a shot. But I didn't want to waste any more time so I decided to go to the feeder creek. As I got to the top of the bank, I fell on my side and slid down. I didn't get hurt, only muddy. I immediately started looking around and there was alot of the exogyras I spotted earlier as was as belemnite pieces everywhere. I had been told that this is pretty much all one would find in this creek, but I figured it would be better then nothing and who knows, maybe I would get lucky and find a nice surprise. I began surface scanning and found myself picking up every belemnite piece I saw. Then I turned it into a game, let's see how many I can come home with. I actually found a few complete or nearly complete ones with both tip and phragmacone. Surprisingly these were very small ones. I kept my eye out for any worthy Exogyras but unfortunately everything was very worn and broken. Eventually I started sifting and was very surprised to see a very nice sharktooth in my screen first try! This looked very pristine for a stream find. Unfortunately part of the root was broken off. Then in this one area I started finding these small Brachiopods which had both halves. They where pretty neat. Also found was what I believe are some sort of worm tube and some other mystery item that gives me a crab vibe. So I stayed out there a little over 2 hours. My wife picked me up and had stopped at Panera and got me a sandwich. I was completely soaked to the bone. So I changed into dry clothes, ate my sandwich and went to watch my Son perform at the competition. At some point the rain stopped at the sun came out for a bit on the ride home. I know that all of the New Jersey fossilhunters are going to find some good stuff after the waters settles. I wish you all good luck and expect to see some good trip reports! I am tempted to take tomorrow off from work to go back down! Anyways this is what I found......
  2. Hello, I found this during my last trip to a NJ Cretaceous stream. I sometimes find Devonian coral fragments but have never found something like this. I believe the round parts to be remnants of crinoid stems but I’m unsure about the star shapes. Any help is appreciated, thanks!
  3. Hello everyone! I found this recently in the Cretaceous of Monmouth County, New Jersey by splitting open a Wenonah concretion (which usually contain bivalves, gastropods and ammonites from time to time). I came across this in one of them and really have no idea what it is. Does anyone happen to know? -Frank
  4. Swergna

    Cretaceous octopus tentacle?

    I was fossil hunting for belemnites at Big Brook, NJ and found what looks like the very fine end of an octopus (??) tentacle based on tapering shape and the suckers (?). Seemed cool since soft parts are hard to find but I can’t find anything about octopi in these deposits. What else might it be?
  5. Life Finds A Way

    Big Brook jaw piece and bones

    Hey all, can you help me ID some finds? Recently pulled some interesting bones from Big Brook. Pickings were a bit slim this round with typical wear of the location. See below. Jaw of some kind. Probably a fish like pachyrhizodus, but could it be a small mosasaur fragment? Next is a random chunk of bone. Thinking cretaceous as well, maybe reptile. This last one was a real headscratcher. Initially leaned toward pleistocene but now thinking cretaceous. Could it be a croc bone? Also bonus including the most majestic/biggest coprolite I ever found, and wow what a great specimen lemme tell you folks. Just my luck 🤣🤣🤣
  6. Hello! I have been getting a lot more into rockhounding and looking for fossils recently. I've been able to identify a bit on my own, but I have some from last year that I'm really not sure about. This is part of what I've found, I tried to sort them by similarities. The only spots I go to are im central jersey - watchung, big brook, and sea girt but I believe these are all from the brook. Thanks for any assistance! Also, I just learned about rock decay as I was putting this together and that might be 4 and 5, and the last two have been identified (Fossil #16 is a Pycnodont pharyngeal tooth and Fossil #17 is part of a crab claw?)
  7. This was my first winter fossil hunting in NJ (or anywhere, as a matter of fact). Definitely a different experience from summer and fall. Less people, and much better fossils! Although the people I have run into were pretty devoted, which I can appreciate. Thought I would document my 4 hunts between December and this past weekend. First up, 12/16. On of my favorite Cretaceous brooks. Found an awesome variety of fossils, one of which turned out to be a Theropod tooth! Group Shot Devonian glacier erratic with Crinoids, Bryozoan and Brachiopod or Bivalve impressions. Gastropod Steinkern Ammonite Steinkern Crustacean claw piece A. phasolus Crusher Tooth Enchodus sp. Tooth w/Jaw fragment Squalicorax sp. (Crow Shark) A. kopingensis (Mackerel Shark) Theropod Tooth
  8. Hi all, I recently came across the enigmatic taxon from South Carolina (and apparently New Jersey) - Conosaurus Bowmani. It was named in 1851 from the teeth depicted here, found in the Oligocene either Ashley or Chandler Bridge formations It was misidentified first as a mosasaur (hence saurus suffix) and had been suggested to be renamed conosaurops, but that doesn’t seem to have caught on. Only a few specimens have ever been found that I am aware of, primarily teeth and a couple jaw segments. Two of which were in a previous post by ClemsonSkulls which I was reading this morning, which likely came out of the eocene in a SC limestone quarry. I also see mentions of it from the Cretaceous of NJ. I am curious if anyone has specimens of or knows anything more about this taxon. I have located 4 references for it, including some great descriptions of its tooth shape, but as far as I can tell there have been no elements past the jaw that have ever been ascribed to this ferocious predator, and there is no clue what it is or looked like. Hoping someone knows something more! Thanks all!
  9. Isotelus2883

    A Fish Scale From Granton Quarry

    I found this fish scale in the lighter grey layers of Granton Quarry. It is about 1 cm in length, and seems to be rather characteristic, so I am hopeful of a ID. Lockatong Fm Granton Quarry, North Bergen, New Jersey Upper Triassic Thanks.
  10. Hi all, I just got back from my first Big Brook journey and found many amazing things. I've figured out the majority of my finds but i am left with a few below that i could use some help on. I've attached pictures with measurements. Please let me know your thoughts! Once I've IDd these, i will make a post of my findings in the sites forum. If some of these chunks are too small to identify, i completely understand. Location: Big Brook Preserve, New Jersey. Found in creek from various methods of sifting and surface scanning. Period: Cretaceous, 70-72 million years old 1. I believe this is my first shark vert but would like confirmation. 2. These types of rocks were plaguing my new paleontologist brain all day. Can someone confirm what type of rock this is? This is NOT a fossil correct? My gut and from what I've seen is telling me ironstone concretions (The bane of New Jersey)? Two examples here: 3. Absolutely no clue, don't believe it is a rock though. 4. Bone? Is this enough to ID? 4. I thought these were plastic chunks at first. The brown one is definitely not though. The black cone has two perfectly symmetrical lines going up either side, seems odd. Doesn't sound like plastic when tapped though. Thank you in advance and please forgive my ignorance, very much a rookie at identifying anything other then teeth!
  11. ieatplants

    Monmouth County NJ newbie finds

    Hello! I took one of our kids to check out the Cretaceous Monmouth County NJ scene! It was very cold last weekend so it was a quick visit with nothing that appears too unique but hoping we can get some ID help and be better prepared for next time as we get make learn more about exploring and documenting. Thank you!
  12. Was looking for Indian artifacts in a small native undisturbed rural stream and picked up something that appears to me as a fossil. I have no experience with that kind of stuff so any help would greatly be appreciated! Thanks
  13. SharkySarah

    Clam molds

    From the album: Big Brook fossil preserve, Monmouth co. New Jersey

    Unidentified due to molds
  14. SharkySarah

    Belemnitella americana

    From the album: Big Brook fossil preserve, Monmouth co. New Jersey

    Inner cones of cephalopods
  15. SharkySarah

    Belemnites - Belemnitella americana

    From the album: Big Brook fossil preserve, Monmouth co. New Jersey

    The inner cone of a cephalopod
  16. SharkySarah

    Bivalve - Exogyra costata

    From the album: Big Brook fossil preserve, Monmouth co. New Jersey

    Top half’s of the bivalve
  17. SharkySarah

    Bivalve - Pycnodonte convexa

    From the album: Big Brook fossil preserve, Monmouth co. New Jersey

    Bottom half of the bivalves
  18. From the album: Cretaceous

    Scapanorhynchus texanus Goblin Shark Lower Lateral Tooth 1/2 inch across Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Mattawan Group Ramanessin Brook Holmdel, N.J.
  19. From the album: Cretaceous

    Protocallianassa morton Ghost Shrimp Claw 1/2 inch long Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Mattawan Group Ramanessin Brook Holmdel, N.J.
  20. Isotelus2883

    A Visit to Granton Quarry

    While on a trip in NYC, I thought it would be fun to visit Old Granton Quarry as it was close to where I was staying. In the first day, I found some nice material so I returned for another ~2 hrs on the last day of the trip. Day one was in the afternoon, cloudy but without rain. Nice conditions, and I stayed exactly 2 hours. I was fortunate to visit near Christmas, and there was little vegetation to cover the cliff-face and obscure it from view. Also there was, thankfully, no poison ivy growing. On day two, I started out early, before dawn at ~06:45. It rained slightly, and throughout the dig the cliff reminded me it was there by little bits of rock falling past my head. I found a cute little Plethodon cinereus in the cliff, before dawn, that was a bit shy. Here are the finds! Dorsal fin and some scales Partial Diplurus newarki body - caudal and anal fins - and a few ribs. Skull, and dorsal fin imprint of Diplurus newarki. Concretion/nodule - possibly coprolitic in nature Diplurus newarki - disarticulated ribs, caudal, and possible skull. Diplurus fins and scales Diplurus caudal fin imprints. Disarticulated bones/fins/scales. Diplurus caudal fin Estheria ovata Diplurus ribs Estheria ovata imprints and disarticulated bones/scales. Partial skull and ribs of Diplurus. (Possible ray finned fish scales.) Diplurus 1st dorsal fin Possible skull, or coprolitic material. Concretion nodule imprint: Probably coprolite/concretion/nodule. Could be some bone in there, as well. Diplurus caudals, scales. Possible Diplurus scales Possible Diplurus skull, and scales/disarticulated bones.
  21. Thomas1982

    Exogyra

    From the album: Cretaceous of Delaware and New Jersey

    Exogyra Big Brook, New Jersey
  22. Jeffrey P

    Scapanorhynchis texanus?

    Hi everyone. I found this Upper Cretaceous shark tooth in Ramanessin Brook near Holmdel, New Jersey on Sunday. It is a little over half an inch wide. It appears different than any of my other Cretaceous teeth from New Jersey. My best guess- the common goblin shark: Scapanorhynchis texanus lower lateral. Most of my other goblin shark teeth (and there's many of them) are anterior and upper laterals. I do have some other lower laterals, but the blades are less slanted and taller. Still, they are the closest in resemblance. Or could it be a different species altogether? Any insight would be helpful. Thanks, and Happy Holidays! Sorry about the poor photo quality.
  23. Otodus auriculatus Eocene Monmouth county, New Jersey In over 40 years of collecting and researching fossil, this is my finest find from NJ. Personally collected on Jan. 7, 2023.
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