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From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
This rostral tooth measures 1.7" long. I found it in the Donoho Creek Formation. -
From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
This Enchodus tooth measures 2.1" long. I found it in the PeeDee formation.-
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From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
I found this Jaw Segment in the PeeDee formation. I believe it to be Enchodus petrosus due to the nature of the tooth included. -
From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
This vertebra is almost 4" in diameter. I found it in the Donoho Creek Formation. According to my references this is a massive plesiosaur vertebra. I have had some discussion around it, but have not had any evidence pointing to another culprit. -
From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
Found in the Chandler Bridge formation in a retention pond. -
From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
Found in the Chandler Bridge formation in a retention pond.-
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From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
This is my largest Megalodon to date. It measures almost exactly 5.5" and was found in a lag deposit in the Summerville area. -
From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
Found this Croc tooth out of the Chandler Bridge formation in a retention pond. It's the only Croc tooth I've found somewhere and it's one of my favorite finds for sure. -
From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
This mouth plate was found out of a rich phosphate lag deposit in the Donoho Creek Formation. Very rare and was a welcome addition to my collection!-
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- anomoeodus phaseolus
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I have been collecting a locality in SC that is Eocene (Priabonian) in age. I have found a squalid tooth (I personally find it most favorable to Squalus weltoni) and 3 squalid-like teeth, however I have no idea what these could be. Unfortunately, the deposit is not kind to the fossils contained therein so they are quite beat up and missing the enamel. The definite squaloid tooth is the bottom one on the graphic, and the other 3 (top and middle in the graphic and the standalone) remind me of a squaloid at first glance, however don't appear to be. There is only one paper on the selachian fauna of this deposit, and there are no teeth comparable to these in said publication. The age is Eocene, Priabonian and locality is in Aiken, SC. The standalone is the same size as the top one in the graphic (~5mm). Any potential leads welcome!
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Quick recount of my best hunt to date in the Summerville area. There is a pond that has produced some of the best fossils in my collection originating from, likely, the Chandler Bridge Formation, but it is an abnormal lense for sure. The pond banks were re-graded in this past October, so I had a hunch the first big rain would cause a lot of new erosion and expose some really good stuff. Boy was I right! In the first washout I checked (my personal favorite one) I found a nice vert, a stunning atlas (my first) and a gorgeous croc tooth (also my first). With these in tow I walked back to my truck to drop them off for safe keeping. After safely getting them to the truck, I went back and hopped in another washout, immediately coming across an intact ray plate. At this point I couldn't believe my luck! I decided to quickly run this back to the truck as well. As I was on my way to the truck I passed another collector headed towards the pond. After dropping the plate off at the truck, I quickly got back to the pond. The other collector was in the washout I had just grabbed the plate out of not even 2 minutes earlier. I then jumped into the next washout down and just had to laugh when I saw ANOTHER ray plate staring back at me. \ I took it back to the truck too and left for the day. I was in shock. My friends always tell me I'm lucky and hunts like this certainly don't hurt their case. Hopefully someday I'll have an even better hunt, but I certainly can't complain about this one! Hope ya'll enjoyed the quick story and the awesome fossils!
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This specimen was collected from a locality in Aiken, SC that I discovered in mid-2023. This locality adds to the very limited known exposures of fossiliferous Dry Branch strata in the Aiken region. Squatina are an uncommon find in these exposures, and finding one of such quality even more so. It can be seen how the glossy enamel has been leeched away leaving the dentine core, something discussed in Cicimurri and Knight's (2019) publication. In the aforementioned publication the authors tentatively assign the species to Squatina prima "...specific identification is tentative because of the small and imperfectly preserved sample". Because their identification was tentative I will refrain from making a specific identification. References: Cicimurri, D. J, & Knight, J. L. (2019). Late Eocene (Priabonian) elasmobranchs from the Dry Branch Formation (Barnwell Group) of Aiken County, South Carolina, USA. PaleoBios, 36.
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Anomoeodus is well known from SC cretaceous deposits, typically found as isolated "boat" teeth. Anomoeodus specimens from these deposits have been assigned to Anomoeodus phaseolus, however there has been discussion around this topic and some people are unconvinced by this classification. However, using Cicimurri (2007) as a reference, I will tentatively assign it to A. phaseolus. Articulated plates of Anomoeodus are rare anywhere including SC and, to my knowledge, unknown in the Donoho Creek formation making this a noteworthy specimen. References: Cicimurri D. J. (2007) A late Campanian (Cretaceous) selachian assemblage from a classic locality in Florence County, South Carolina, Southeastern Geology 45 2, 59-72
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Cow sharks are quite uncommon in this deposit, and even moreso it is exceedingly difficult to find one of good condition due to the nature of fossilization. The only species known from this deposit is likened to Notorynchus kempi by Cicimurri & Knight (2019), however they refrained from making a definitive classification due to lack of specimens and poor preservational quality. References: Cicimurri, D. J, & Knight, J. L. (2019). Late Eocene (Priabonian) elasmobranchs from the Dry Branch Formation (Barnwell Group) of Aiken County, South Carolina, USA. PaleoBios, 36.
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I have a slightly different hunting trip breakdown today. @Fin Lover alerted me around Christmas to some bits of turtle shell that were exposed in a creek near Charleston, SC. My excitement was killing me as I was out of town for the week, and everything was closed for the holidays so I couldn't start to search for landowner permission to explore a potential excavation if enough of the specimen was there. Thankfully once things reopened I managed to get in touch with the land owners and get approval the night before I returned to Charleston. I went out on the 30th and found there was shell spread over an area about 4'x4'. That day began the tedious and arduous process of removing it. This was my first large scale excavation, and I definitely underestimated just how much work it would involve! It was a total of about 25 hours of hard work for me over a week and help from multiple friends. It arrived safely at the Charleston Museum and I am now working on prepping it during my volunteer time and I/Fin will keep the forum updated as progress continues! Until then, enjoy some pictures of the excavation and of the current preparation progress, including the discovery of part of the skull. December 30th - First day of excavation, the sandbag wall and preliminary trench is done January 4th - 4th day of excavation, the trench is complete January 5th - 5th day of excavation. Undercutting was done, from here it was wrapped and taken out of the creek and gotten into my truck. January 8th - Arrival at the Charleston Museum You can see all the shell that was just sitting on top of the jacket, with tons more just under the surface. I also found the skull, which Fin posted previously.
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
Prep on turtle is currently underway at the Charleston Museum...will update once prep is finished. A big thank you to @sonickmonx for doing all the hard work... obtaining permission, excavating, taking it to the museum, doing all the donation paperwork, and doing the prep! -
Hello, I'm looking for ID help on this tooth found in the Stono River in Charleston, SC.
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New to the Forum and was wanting to id and get an approximate age.
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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- angustidens
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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I found this in Summerville, South Carolina on Friday, I'm fairly confident that its fish, but im not sure if it's possible to get a positive id on species.
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Went out on a short weekend trip a few days ago, here's the finds!
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It feels very light. I haven't had the chance to weigh it yet. I have also not tested yet if it has any magnetic properties.
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My husband found this nearly perfect spherical fossil on a beach in South Carolina. We think it looks like an acorn, but perhaps it is some sea creature. Any ideas? Thanks for your help
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