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Found this little guy out in Big Brook NJ. Appears to have enamel and the weathered remnants of a bit of serration, but I could be wrong. My guess is it’s a fish tooth due to the size but not sure if it’s the right size/shape to be something like Pachyrhizodus. NJ fossil ID pages didn’t help to conclusively ID the tooth. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks all, Try
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I wasn’t expecting much from this weekend adventure, been having a dry spell with the last few hunts and a lot of misses. Gave it the good OL’College try again and oh did it pay off big time with finding not one but 2 teeth in extraordinary condition on back to back days and 2 different epochs vastly separated from each other geographically which is really cool. Time traveling but without the DeLorean! (Front and back photos of the larger tooth) 2 & 5/8 inches from tooth tip to the larger side of the root; which would be about 66 mm.
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I found another mystery tooth lurking in my collection that I can't seem to pin down an ID on. This was found in the cratecous streams of monmouth county NJ. I can't seem to pin down an ID given the odd taper of the tooth itself and relatively small root. I don't believe any of the original root is broken/missing given there are no signs of breakage. Stumped on this one!
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Wanted to showcase a small collection amassed over the past 3 years travelling around the eastern US Pictured: Carboniferous & Devonian from PA, Cretaceous from NJ/DE, Miocene from MD/FL, Triassic from AZ & Pleistocene from NJ/MD/FL Some of my favorite pieces 1 - Trigonocarpus sp seed from St. Clair, PA. Excellent preservation in 3 dimensions 2 - Muskrat skull from Calvert County, MD 3 - Lobster (Hoploparia sp) from Ramanessin Brook, NJ. Poorly preserved but rare to find intact 4 - Pleisosaur tooth from Ramanessin Brook, NJ
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Hi TFF, As the warm weather collecting season winds down, I found some time recently to snap some photos of finds from Ramanessin brook over the past few years that still give me pause, would appreciate help nailing down some IDs! Photos below, most edited to be brighter and higher contrast I believe this is a shark coprolite based on the "acorn" shape I've debated on this being plesiosaur or crocodile for a while but do believe it being plesiosaur given pronounced striations, lack of cutting edge and the conical U shaped root present in the second photo In contrast, I believe this to be crocodile This tooth in particular has stumped me for a while now, I have not found another like it but believe it to be a sand tiger shark (Carcharias holmdelensis) This I believe to be pathological of some sort These two, I'm thinking Enchodus Finally, the mysteries - I have no clue what these could be! Mystery 1 Mystery 2 Thanks!
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Hi, Just sharing. I found this small piece of iron concretion in a Monmouth county brook. The inside seems to have an impression of a bivalve shell. I'm always amazed at the different shapes and sizes of concretions in the area.
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Found in a creek in Holmdel, NJ. Four rooted molar. It was embedded in a small piece of fossilized bone that fell off when it dried. Any thoughts?
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Folks from New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Did You Have Any Good Fossil Hunting Trips This Past Summer?
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Hey everyone, I live in Southern New Jersey and while I usually spend several days fossil hunting, I unfortunately, did not make it out (yet!). I usually go to Big Brook, and hopefully I will make it there in September. In the meantime, how was everyone else's summer in regards to fossil hunting? Any interesting trips or finds? Hopefully your experiences can encourage me to get out there quicker! :-) -
Hi, I found this interesting piece in my landscaping rocks. Am I looking at just a broken up rock or could these be possible impressions? First photo is one side and the others photos are the flip side Thanks in advance for any opinions
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For the first time in a while we were able to visit Big Brook for some hunting. To start with it appears that Big Brook is now one of the Top 5 weekend destinations in NJ so we had to wait 30 minutes for a parking space to open up. But we headed up stream where most newcomers don’t venture to. Good day but nothing out of the ordinary. Decent teeth, some nice bivalve impression fossils, fish verts and the common belemnites. what’s the rectangular item with the “X” across it that’s seen in the last image?
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I found these while hunting at a land site in Monmouth county. I usually search on the high regions of the banks of a man made lake, and have found Cretaceous fossils like oyster fragments, Belemnite, brachiopods, and even 1 shark tooth. But today I came across a few of these shells that were only present in this one area. I walked along the entire lake and found nothing else like these. The lake itself does not seem like a suitable habitat capable of supporting snails of this magnitude. This site is also not near the ocean. If anyone has any info or guesses as to if these are fossils or modern, or how they might have gotten here, please let me know. Thanks! FullSizeRender.mov
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This is my first post here, so please bear with me while I figure out proper forum etiquette. Any comments, suggestions, or species identifications are very much welcome! These are my finds from the past 2 trips to Big Brook in July 2023. Check my other post for finds at Ramanessin Brook. I usually come armed with a small children's fishing net and a mini garden trowel. I'm currently looking into getting a real sifter and shovel, but it's tough to do on a PhD student budget. **** I apologize for the poor photo quality. I'll try to find my light box next time for some better macro shots. Without further ado, Big Brook: Belemnites of various sizes Shells, coral, other small items I cannot identify Close ups of shells Something that vaguely resembles a tooth? Unknowns
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Hi, Fossil Folks! I’m a long-time dinosaur enthusiast (I even wrote a book for kids about ‘em!) but I’m TOTALLY new to fossils and a first-time poster—apologies if I make errors with this. ️I would LOVE ID help on this item I found last week on a beach in Monmouth County, NJ. What do you think it might be? (it’s flat, not round, I don’t see serrations but it’s obviously pretty worn, and I’m including photos of both sides and “top.”) All opinions welcome and appreciated! THANKS for looking/commenting!
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Found this specimen along with 2 small pieces of coral while swimming in a lake in Southern NJ. (Also found another piece that I'm trying to have identified here.) 1cm in both directions and about half a cm thick. Appreciate any insight!
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Found this interesting specimen by accident when going for a swim in a lake in Southern NJ. Was found with 2 other similarly sized pieces of coral (one honeycomb). 2cm long, 1.25cm wide, 1cm deep Not sure what I'm looking at here
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On our recent trip to Cape May Nj we stayed bay side in Villas and I found some pretty cool finds! The first photos I’m pretty sure are coral fossils (based on browsing this site) but the last few photos I am stumped. Any help would be great! My problem may be I have to great an imagination when it comes to rocks!
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Hey everyone. I found this mammal tooth while fossil collecting in New Jersey and was curious about the ID. I'm assuming it is modern though Pleistocene is another possibility. Thank you in advance for your help.
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All I know of it is after I left it out to dry in a safe location to determine that it is a fossil that I found in a creek cutting through the wennonah formation of Monmouth county New Jersey. I reached out to a friend and as far as he got was that it is a phalanx of some sort like finger/toe bone? From what I recall until I can arrange an in person inspection of it. Any and all help in this mystery specimen is appreciated. The background size reference is in inches”
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Found this strange fragment of cretaceous cephalopod- i found many others today, and in the past as well. However this one had a strange fragment that has been fossilized within. I cannot identify it, nor figure out why it is inside this small bit of cephalopod cast. It is rock hard, and i cannot break or bend the bits off that are sticking out.
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help identify some pieces we found today at Big Brook in Monmouth county. We found much of the typical sharks and belemnites (pictured), but I can't pinpoint these. Thanks in advance for any help. Also found, what I believe, is an old snail pictured also. Thank you in advance!
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Hi everyone, This is the first fossil plant I’ve ever found at big brook in NJ. I found an orange colored rock in the stream bed and saw some odd patterns hidden within. Later when I got home, I tried to take off a layer of rock, and to my suprise, there was a leaf impression. There were other plant impressions within other parts of the rock. I would love to know how old it might be, or if it is more recent and not a fossil at all. Thanks! FullSizeRender.mov
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone can assist in helping to ID some of my recent finds located in Monmouth county. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Found this today in a brook in Monmouth county. I'm stumped as to what it could be, I was thinking crab but I couldn't find anything to support that.
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Hey there, so I went to Ramanessin Brook a few days ago and found this. It has a reciprocating ridge pattern, so I was wondering if that is an ammonite. Can someone help me id it? Thanks
