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I have many different types of fossils. I am so new to fossils so I am requesting help identifying a few of these finds. All of these were found in El Paso County, Colorado.
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Restoring Cretaceous Period Cretoxyrhina shark teeth
Rockin' Ric posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
One of my favorite fossilized shark teeth to find is the Cretoxyrhina of the Cretaceous Period. One of the frustrating things about hunting them is finding a huge blade with no root/base... and that happens at least 90% ot the time! Although I have found several whole teeth, it's moreso the blade or the base. Not sure what is going on in the creek system that deteriorates the roots so badly?? Anyhoo, I took two of the blades found without the base and tried to duplicate and restore the teeth with putty, sanding with a Dremel then applying a color match with an art marker to its splendor granted I'm still practicing and learning.
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Howdy y'all, I found this while sifting for shark teeth. Is it a coprolite or Gastropod? Not sure if I posted here. ID is welcomed.
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Hi all! I find a lot of fossilized shark teeth when on creeks with friends. I keep the whole as well as the broken ones. It's disappointing to find a really good looking tooth and something was broken on it. One day, it occurred to me why don't you try to restore those teeth that are almost perfect? Well with some putty and a Dremel here are my first attempt. Still have a lot to learn and experience before I can get good at this, at least it's a start. The Goblin shark had the right root broken. Went to the broken discards to find a root similar and glued it, filled in the gaps with putty and sanded it to a smooth finish. The Cretoxyrhina tooth was missing right root wing, fashioned a wing with putty, let dry and sand. After drying and sanding, took a art marker that I use in my art that happen to be the root color and colored over the putty. I took some micro fossil dust and applied to the marker color, the dust stuck and gives a nice blend! This is pretty exciting and plan on restoring two Cretoxyrhina blades I found without base/roots. The teeth I restore will go into my collection and not be sold.
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Found this last year and thought it was a Gastropod Steinkern of some kind? On second thought, could it be a coprolite... if coprolite, its a perfect symetrical pile of...? Found in Cretaceous material while hunting for shark teeth. Does anyone out there know what this is... its smooth and heavily worn on the bottom side?
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Authenticity of spino tooth?!
Brad Hayward posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi there fossil collectors, this is my very first tooth, could someone please confirm this is an authentic spinosaurus tooth! thanks guys!
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This is a relatively rare specimen，I got it in July this year，and it cost me nearly one month to clean and repair it.All in allot is a wonderful specimen from Liaoning Province, China.There is also a small claw，it is just a ordinary claw from Psittacosaurus. If you have anything you would like to know about fossils from China，you can come and consult me（especially vertebrate and egg） (I feel like I have many grammar mistakes hhh）
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Scouting For Sites, Cretaceous Marine Fossils Found
Rockin' Ric posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Went scouting some time ago for potential hunting sites. After my hunting buddies and I finished we stopped at this well known creek for a looksee. Here are my favorite finds: Gastropods, Echinoids, Ptychodus, Squalicorax and Cretalamna shark teeth, Oyster, fish vertebrae and badly broken/worn arrowhead. The water level was high with swift current and a tad bit chilly, and thank goodness no one was shooting at us!
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Hello all! I found this peculiar object while sorting through Cretaceous Period marine material. Never encountered something like this before. I put it on FB to get an identification, to no avail? It's tiny and not a fossilized "morel mushroom" although it's shaped like one???? I'm guessing the person who said that was trying to be funny? Is it a tooth, something just oddly shaped? Any help would be appreciated.
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Howdy Everyone! It's always a plus finding an arrowhead while sifting for shark teeth in a creek! Here are a few interior Goblin Shark teeth with the jasper point. Cretaceous Period, Eutaw Formation, Southeastern USA.
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Hello all! On most of the creek excursions I make, I try and bring back micro gravel to sort through for tiny fossil treasures. This recent trip was no exception. I brought back 3 gallons of gravel, and it took me two weeks to sort through it. I found those treasured fossils that make a tedious process worthwhile! Featured are several species of shark, fish, mollusks, ray, urchin plate, and sawfish of the Cretaceous Period.
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Hello can someone please help me to identify these 2 teeth please.
aussieblacklighters posted a topic in Fossil ID
Attached are a few pictures, can someone help with identification please. Cheers people.
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There several creeks I visit in my area where I find lots of shark teeth! One in particular, the Ptychodus tooth has eluded me when I visit. I got the opportunity to visit a new site and had been told this creek contained lots of Ptychodus. Well they weren't wrong, I found these three in an hour and a micro version later! Pretty cool! Cretaceous Period, Eutaw Formation, Southeastern USA.
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It's a common occurrence when on a creek sifting for fossilized shark teeth, and a welcomed sight. These two were found in the same five foot gravel bar. A Cretolamna Shark Tooth and Milky White Quartz Bird Point probably from the Archaic Woodland Period in my state. Pretty excited bout the finds!
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Please help in possible identification of this piece. It was collected at Big Brook Preserve- Monmouth County, NJ. River bed sifted. Thank you!
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Teeth, steinkerns and denticle that got through the 1/4" mesh sifter. So.many.micro.teeth to choose from that are my favorits! Here are my favorites that represent the Cretaceous Period marine environment in my state. At least 6 species of shark, 5 fish and 2 shelled organisms? These are tiny, but they got bigger too! Cretaceous Period, Southeastern USA.
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Does anyone see anything worth taking more pictures of?
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Found on a regular fossil hunting excursion. Each trip there's always an interesting fossils that turn up from sifting. Any ideas on both objects? The one on the bottom left appears to be coral but not sure how much coral was prevalent during the Cretaceous Period? Been to this site a lot and this is the first find of anything like it. The top right I'm getting comments that it's a partial mouthplate of a fish? Any help with ID is appreciated. Thank y'all!
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Went on a creek excursion to hunt marine fossils several weeks back. I was hesitant about bringing home micro material because last years material from same site didn't produce any stellar finds, so I thought? I brought home a gallon zip lock bag full hoping to try my luck again and glad I did... not bad for a plastic bag of material in a smaller quantity. Brachiopod steinkern, Pseudocorax, Scapanorynchus teeth, Enchodus and Pachyrhizodus fish tooth. Cretaceous Period, Mooreville Chalk, Southeastern USA. Ya gotta love the color of the teeth!
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It had been quite sometime since I got to go do some creek hunting for marine fossils. We get to visit this particular private property site once a year and this year it didn't disappoint. I found my first ever Mosasaur vertebrate! I find its teeth all the time, and my hunting buddies always find the verts... this time it was my day. I found shark and fish teeth, worm burrows and bits of bone. It was a great day and haul of some cool fossils!
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Fossil Hunting On A Creek With Great Hunting Buddies!
Rockin' Ric posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
We've been getting a lot of rain lately and wondered since the beginning of the new year if we'd ever make it to a creek to do some fossil hunting. This particular Saturday called for 90% rain but was fortunate to have the Friday off, so my hunting buddies and I went to the creek! When we got there we anticipated the water levels would be slightly higher considering the year already, and it was siftable. I found me a gravel bar and wasn't disappointed the entire time there! Above you will see the bottom half of an arrowhead made out of yellow jasper. Shark teeth from the Cretalamna, Scapanorynchus, Squalicorax, Pseudocorax, Ptychodus and two other teeth that I know but slips my mind at the moment! There is also a section of an Ammonite/Baculite, Heteromorph, Gastropod and fish verts. It was a great day and found the variety of fossils I had anticipated. With every fossil trip to the creek I had to bring home a bucket up gravel to micro sift and that didn't disappoint either. One of my favorite teeth that show up in my sifter or when I searching for micros is the Hybodont teeth. I got a surprise when someone told me that the object featured at the top is a Hybodont Cheplalic Clasper, a portion of it. Of course there is the collection of Enchodus teeth I always encounter. The first tooth, I was told is a unworn crown of a Hybodont Cephalic Clasper which would be attached to the other half in the above picture. The second tooth is called a Squatina? This one looks like Bart Simpson's head, does anyone out there have an idea? This one was identified as Ptychodus anonymous symphyseal. Another Ptychodus species to add to my collection. I think this is a badly creek tumbled shark coprolite. There are some inclusions on this piece? Pachyrizodus teeth, first ever found on this creek. These teeth slipped past the 1/4" mesh and wound up in my micro material. Another fish species to add to the collection. There are times when I like solo fossil hunts but we all know that this hobby has its dangers. It even more fun when you can sift side by side with your hunting buddies, share in the camaraderie and treaures that you discover... it was an awesome day!
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I've got great hunting buddies! I had to work the day they went to a creek in South Alabama to hunt for fossils. Not being able to go to the creek, they brought the creek to me in a bucket! Nothing like sitting on your balcony sifting for shark teeth! I found several nice sized shark teeth, that got caught in the 1/4" mesh consisting of Scapanorynchus (goblin shark), Squalicorax, (crow shark), fish teeth, Enchodus and Pycnodont. Mid-size teeth that didn't get through my colander such as Scapanorynchus (goblin shark), Squalicorax, (crow shark), two tiny Ptychodus teeth, two Hybodont teeth, and Paranmotodon. Ptychotrygon (sawfish and tiny rostral teeth), two conical fish teeth, or Mosasaur? Myledaphus pustulosus (ray teeth), Pseudocorax, fish vert, gastropod steinkern, fish teeth, Enchodus, Hadrodus priscus, and Pycnodont teeth. Did another sift of what got through the colander, this time through a window screen mesh and got these tiny teeth. Size comparison to a sewing needle. Scapanorynchus, Enchodus, Hadrodus priscus, Ptychotrygon and tiny fish vert? Cretaceous Period, Mooreville Chalk, South Alabama USA.
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Howdy Y'all! Micro fossilizing is addictive and got bit by the bug sometime last year. I often wondered what actually got through my 1/4" mesh sifter while sifting for marine fossils and shark teeth! Well, wonder no more. After piling the gravel that went through the sifter I would place the gravel in a 2 gallon bucket to take home and inspect later. Now every trip to a creek I do it religiously because of the addiction! Some creeks are really productive and other creeks not so much but what drives me is the thrill of what I'm going to find in the next pour of the red solo cup into the white paper plate. Even when it's time to tend to my responsibilities I tell myself, just one more... I know that type of thing happens to you guys. It's time consuming but it's so worth it! I went on an excursion two weeks ago and brought back a bucket of gravel. Here are my finds for that particular day. I have found more Enchodus teeth on this site than ever! Pictured is a variety of Enchodus front teeth and interior teeth, Enchodus palatine jaw piece with teeth, Pseudocorax, Pyncnodont tooth, dermal plate, tiny Mosasaur tooth, shark Coprolite, and another Enchodus palatine jaw piece. Look forward to visiting this creek when it warms up and game hunting season is over! Happy Hunting Everyone!
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Hello all! I have been hunting shark teeth for about 8 months now thanks to a hunting buddy who has access to private property with a creek running through it that contains Cretaceous marine fossils. While sifting on the creek one day I wondered what got through my 1/4" mesh so I bucketed up the gravel and took home. Once the gravel dried I placed a lil' bit at a time in a white paper plate do see what was going back into the creek after sifting. I was astonished at what I was finding! Perfectly preserved tiny teeth from sharks, rays and other fossil organisms! After two buckets I was hooked on the hunt for micro fossils! Not only do I look forward to going to the creek, I now look forward bringing buckets home to go through as well. Meristodonoides Hadrodus prices Urchin Spines Tiny shark teeth found so far...at least 4 pieces? Enchodus teeth. Myledaphus (ray teeth) maybe some other teeth mixed in? Pycnodont teeth (drum fish teeth) Not quite microscopic but pin sized teeth.
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Hello All! I've been fortunate to have a hunting buddy who has access to private property where the Cretaceous material is dense. One of my favorite fossils to hunt are the Shark Coprolites. Although the teeth and bone are the greater draw it doesn't disappoint when a Coprolite is found. Looking forward to finding more of these on future trips.
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