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  1. It’s her biggest one and we always wondered what it is. But now I’m starting to get more into fossils
  2. Kbsib

    Spine

    This was found on south Myrtle Beach a few days ago. It looks like part of a spine to me but I have no idea what species it may be from. Is there enough bone to make an identification?
  3. Michael W

    Identification

    Duval County, Florida, beach find.
  4. Michael W

    Identification

    Duval County, Florida. Beach find.
  5. JonUte

    Odd-Shaped Tooth

    Can anyone help identify this fossilized shark tooth? Found today on Blind Pass Beach in Venice, Florida.
  6. JonUte

    Florida Beach Find

    Hi, ’Found this today. It’s about 3/4 inch square. Wondering if it’s familiar to anyone. Thank you.
  7. jmal89

    Found this today on beach 11-2

    Any clue what and tell how old approximately . It's hard as can be and the stuff won't come off it..
  8. Could someone tell me what this is? I initially thought it was fossilised wood but on closer inspection I'm not so sure.
  9. From the album: My Echinoid Collection

    Hardouinia mortonis Peedee Formation Maastrichtian Age, Late Cretaceous (~70 Ma) Holden Beach, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA Self collected in September, 2023 A bit of an unusual find, this Hardouinia mortonis specimen had a significant amount of crystallization occur within the internal cavity, where the sediment settled and left a pocket. It's not too terribly uncommon to find these specimens with a layer fine crystals in these pockets, and I have found a few broken ones with such layers from the area. However, this one stood out because it was mostly intact, and the crystals began to form in what was likely a small crack, which ended up splitting it open over time as they grew. I have been calling it my "geode" echinoid. I am not sure what kind of crystals they are. They are usually very small and grey, forming a "film" over the walls of their cavity. I think it's either a type of quartz, or a type of calcium carbonate. The entire test of this one seems to have a slight degree of mineral replacement to it, mostly noticeable on the oral surface (there is some dense crystal filling the peristome and the features surrounding it).
  10. Echinoid Express

    Periarchus sp.

    From the album: My Echinoid Collection

    Periarchus sp. Castle Hayne Formation Late Eocene (41-33 Ma) Holden Beach, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA Self collected in September 2023 A highly unexpected but exciting find, I came across this chunk of Castle Hayne material while searching the beach for Cretaceous Hardouinia mortonis specimens. The tide and surf was particularly strong due to an offshore tropical cyclone, which made it difficult to find the Cretaceous echinoids, but was bringing in large stones and other things. As best as I can recall, this is the first Castle Hayne formation material I've seen on Holden Beach. The chunk is fairly hefty, and is at least 30.5 cm (12 inches) long. There are a number of Periarchus fragments in the material, and there is one other visible specimen that is only missing about ten percent of the test. I am unsure of the species due to the periproct being obscured. I have little doubt that there are probably more specimens in the center of the material. The chunk also has numerous bryzoan fossils.
  11. jonoratner

    Tooth fossil? Or tooth shaped stone?

    What about the attached which is about 2.5mm to 3mm from tip to base. Found on a beach in the UK?
  12. Echinoid Express

    Hardouinia mortonis (Weathered)

    From the album: My Echinoid Collection

    Hardouinia mortonis Peedee Formation Maastrichtian Age, Late Cretaceous (~70 Ma) Holden Beach, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA Self collected approximately between 2001 and 2005 A forgotten specimen of mine I recently found in a box of old seashells, this is a heavily weathered but mostly complete specimen I found as a young boy. While I've been a fan of fossils for quite some time, I both did not completely know the true nature of these sea urchins around the time, nor did I typically treasure things that had imperfections when I was that young. Now, I can safely say that this is a very special specimen; this may be one of the first fossils, if not the first fossil, I have collected myself. As a sidenote, my younger brother managed to find a nearly perfect specimen sometime between 2007-2010, which was a source of my envy for over a decade until the beach replinishement project!
  13. Hello all! I've been getting ready for the Aurora Fossil Festival (and working on my new display cabinet), and have been going back through my Holden Beach finds. I wanted to share a compilation of my visits to Holden Beach, North Carolina from 2022 to 2023. I have gone 5 times since the replenishment project occurred there: April 2022, twice in October 2022, February 2023, and April 2023. While I was mostly picking up the Hardouinia mortonis echinoids, I found a little bit of everything out there. There was so much that I couldn't include everything, so I stuck with the best of my finds. It's truly amazing what all can be found washing out down there! I am still fairly new to fossils in general, and I'm far from confident in my ability to I.D. a lot of things. That being said, I have tried my best to identify what I could. Any corrections or advice is more than appreciated! I can also take additional pictures if anyone wants a better look at anything here. Here are all my sharks teeth. I am not great with the I.D.s on all of these, but I do know the names to a few varieties. I have tried to group them together by what little I know, and by appearance if I'm unsure. Lots of great white and crow shark teeth were to be found. April 2022, October 2022 and February 2023: This one in particular is my favorite shark find of 2022. It's the largest Great White tooth I've found, and aside from a small chip off of the side and the tip it's in really good shape. It's right at 6 cm (2.36 Inches) long, but I have no doubt it would have been longer with the tip undamaged. (April 2022) April 2023: A modern Sand Tiger tooth snuck in as well. Now for my absolute favorite tooth, my only mostly intact Megalodon tooth that I've found to date. This one is right at 9.52 cm (3.75 Inches) long in it's current condition. (April 2023) On to my Hardouinia mortonis, this is a group photo of my best finds from all trips. The Holden Beach ones get fairly large compared to some of the quarry finds I've seen! I have several well over 5 cm (~2 Inches) in diameter. These are specimens with minor pathologies. The apical disc sometimes is "dented" on these specimens, and I've found a few with "peanut" shaped petals. (Various trips) This is a specimen with a more moderate pathology. the whole shape is unusual, and one petal is turned at about a 20-30 degree angle towards the posterior. (February 2022) These are some of my current "project" echinoids. Due to being found on the beach, they tend to be saturated with salt. while I try to manually remove some matrix periodically I give them a good soak in water for a few days, then leave them out to dry and see if salt crystals are still forming. Sometimes it takes a few tries to completely rid the salt. This batch has some Hardouinia mortonis of some pretty varied shape. (Various trips) These are mostly Mosasaur teeth, though there may be a few crocodilian teeth snuck in there as well. I'm not exactly sure which species of mosasaur these are, there are some distinctly different shapes to some of them. (Various trips) I found plenty of Mosasaur teeth without roots, but only one root without a tooth! The kind folks at Aurora helped me identify this, I wasn't sure what it was. (April 2022) I never got this one identified, but it's definitely a piece of some jaw with a tooth root. Perhaps also Mosasaur, but I'm not sure. (April 2022) Of course there was also plenty of Exogyra to go around, and way too many to photograph! This is a small cluster of them in the matrix, and the largest intact specimen I found, at around 10 cm (~4 Inches) long. (Cluster from April 2022, large one from October 2022) (*EDIT 6-18-23 with proper I.D.) These are Cretaceous Prehepatus harrisi crab claws. All but one came from the April 2022 trip (the darker is from February 2023). These are Pleistocene Equus teeth I found in April 2022. There was a much smaller fourth fragment as well I didn't photograph. This is one of my favorite finds: a Pleistocene Odocoileus antler fragment. It resembles a modern White-Tailed Deer antler fragment! (April 2022) A very large bone fragment from April 2022. Not sure what from, almost looks like a vertebra. Around 9 cm (3.54 Inches) long. A Rhombodus binkhorsti tooth, my only one found. (April 2022) Other Ray teeth and barbs (Various trips) My first and only Pycnodont mouth plate fragment (April 2023). Some sizable shark vertebrae. (Various trips) Some Sawfish rostral teeth and a few select Enchodus fangs / jaw fragments. (Various trips) Some Sea Robin skull plates. (Various trips) Some turtle carapace fragments, and possibly a Crocodilia Dermal Scute (Various trips for the turtle fragments, April 2023 on the scute) This is an interesting bone fragment that, according to the folks at Aurora, might have signs of a shark attack or feeding due to the triangular groove on it. (April 2022) Plenty of steinkerns to pick up! (Various trips) While I found a few isolated casts of ammonite chambers, this is by far the largest and best one. I'm not exactly sure what species, but after reading my NCFC book I'm leaning towards Sphenodiscus lobatus. (October 2022) Unknown vertebra, pretty heavily worn. About 4 cm (1.57 Inches) long. (April 2023) My Sirenia vertebra. (Thank you @Boesse for helping me confirm this!) (April 2023) The folks at Aurora have said this is likely a young Mastodon molar fragment. I've seen even smaller fragments with a similar shine and color that might also be some kind of Proboscidea tooth fragment. (April 2022) A fragment of some unknown echinoid. It doesn't resemble Hardouinia to me, it almost looks more like a fragment from something in the Spatangoida Order. I'm not 100% sure on it though. I wish there was more of it to look at! (April 2023) And last but not least, a couple of Sirenian rib fragments. (April 2022) Bonus pic: These are my favorite Hardouinia mortonis specimens. I had someone at work etch me out the plaque on a laser.
  14. Hello everyone! I've found quite a number of interesting things at Holden Beach, North Carolina since the replenishment project last year. Most of the stuff I've found I was able to identify fairly easily as I started to learn more (A big thanks to a large number of people on this forum, I did a lot of browsing here over the last year), but this vertebra is one thing I haven't pegged down 100% that I've been curious about. I found it back this April one morning, barely exposed in a tide pool. The area currently has things from Cretaceous to Pliocene washing out, but I think it looks fairly young as far as fossils go. The spinous process looks like it was broken off more recently, possibly due to the replenishment project; it wasn't a very gentle procedure for any of the fossils or seashells! I've heard from a couple of individuals that it may be a worn down manatee or dugong vertebra, which I am leaning towards myself, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to get additional opinions on it before the upcoming Aurora Fossil Festival. My phone camera is iffy with focusing, so sorry if the labels look to be somewhat blurry! I've included a couple of bonus pictures from the day I discovered it (I dropped my poor phone in the tide pool while I was snapping shots of it). It looks to be around 11 cm (4.33 Inches) across the transverse process, around 7 cm (2.755 Inches) long overall, and around 7.8 cm (3.07 Inches) wide on the body.
  15. Navychief

    Beach Finds ID

    My wife found these today on our beach stroll. I assumed the wide flat one was turtle, but when I turned it over it looked like it was hollow. So that eliminated turtle shell for me. The other reminded me of gator on top. All comments appreciated.
  16. I found this on the inlet beach on Jekyll Island. Any ID ideas?
  17. old bones

    possible white tail deer tooth

    This is a recent beach find from an offshore Pleistocene formation. After researching, it appears to be a white tail deer premolar. It looks like the p3 in @Harry Pristis photo. It seems large for a whitetail, and it looks worn down as in the reference photo. The scale is centimeters. What do you all think? @Shellseeker, @Meganeura.
  18. I am learning the differences between rocks, phosphate and fossils. All are abundant on the beach here. This piece has thrown me. There are areas that look bone like. Other areas not so much. The two holes and sheen on parts of the item made me not automatically dismiss it. However it is very worn. Any special ways you use to distinguish between rocks and fossils in a situation like this. I’m learning and both success and mistakes teach me something. Thanks!
  19. Found these three things on the beach over the past couple of days From what I’ve read, the larger tooth looks like a bison tooth. Were they in this area? The shark’s tooth has a grey silver coloration. It looks like there were serrations but they are worn down. The third item may be a rock. I am curious because of the black inclusions. I would love any feedback about these items as I am fairly new at this and I always learn from this site.
  20. HMBfossils

    Whale bone? Fresh or fossil?

    Hi all: I found this yesterday at high tide and am not sure if it is a fossil or fresh bone? I found a larger one a few years ago that weighed less. Thoughts? Thanks! Oh, and I can flake off the white parts. The black is more like rock. Thanks again!IMG_0358.HEIC IMG_0358.HEIC IMG_0355.HEIC IMG_0354.HEIC IMG_0356.HEIC
  21. Kbsib

    Tooth?

    This was found on a South Carolina beach. The structure looked similar to horse teeth found in the area. However it is larger than what is usually found and very worn. Could be a rock?
  22. jlcorbett

    Is this amber?

    Not sire if this is amber, waxy texture, golden edges glisten in the light found on the beach 20230210_201726.mp4
  23. Navychief

    what is it

    not sure if it is a tooth or not, any help would be appreciated. Looks like enamel on outside
  24. I found this yesterday beachcombing At Otter crest, just after high tide " King Tides" This Beach is between depoe Bay and Newport Oregon.. I also found 8 agatised gastropods and 2 agatised mollusk's.. but my question is what this belonged to?.. I'm sorry I only had a centimeter or inch to measure with... So I chose the centimeter.. the closest thing I can find online seems to be a Vertebra.. it is completely mineralized and in the light glitters like Crystal. I rock hound quite a bit, but this is out of my privy... Lol can anybody give me more information?
  25. Mommypryce2

    Unknown Bone found on Holden Beach

    I could use some help in identifying this bone found in Holden Beach,NC. It's extremely brittle and light weight. I appreciate your help.
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