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Hi all! Went on another expedition to flag ponds in Calvert MD the other day, had probably one of my best hunts so far in the formation. in total I found 112 teeth, 51 shark, 59 ray, 2 bony fish. I yelled in excitement when I found this one in the shell bed, blending into the grays. There's only two things this tooth could belong to and one of them is a shark I have been hunting for years. I am leaning towards Meg in my ID, as the break line seems to go across the middle where the chevron would be, in addition to the profile of the tooth is girthier than the hastalis I have found. Just to make sure i am not falling for seeing what I want to see. I have shown it here. fragment measures about 1 inch on the diagonal. here is a Burrfish puffer fossil i found in the sifter. for the bones I have a couple more that I am unsure of the ID. this one might be a turtle shell or a reptile bone of some sort? it cant be a cookie I dont think because the ridges are not as pronounced. this bone is odd, because it look slike it has a flat surface on both sides. which makes me wonder what part of the cetacean this migh tbelong to. also, there is a scratch on the sidethat might be a possible predation mark? this one is a carcharhinus tooth I found that seems to have a pathology. the tip is bent outward and up. possibly some other species? this looks to me to be the process of a fish vertebra. I am not sure what this is, but my gut tells me its a fish fossil, these bones both have a similar look/ profile which tells me its a common type of fragment. any ideas? bird bone? it doesnt look to be bog iron, and its shape rules out fish or mammal fish vertebra? anyway, your expertise as always is appreciated! let me know if theres any details about these I missed.

Ok yall I know it's been a bit since i have posted. Today i decided to run to a feeder creek i found close to a boat ramp off the Peace. I've dubbed it snaggle tooth creek. The amount of teeth i found today shocked me. Im pretty sure its well over a 300 count. The creek looks relatively light traveled back where i was. I was getting 15 and 20 a scoop at times. I dug a total of 4 large pits. 4×2' and about 2' deep. The water was ankle deepin the creek i was in, I hiked back about a mile maybe. Found 4 frags, a mammal tooth frontal it appears, and some type of mammal molar. Being its relatively minimal piles on the banks im gonna say its pretty fresh. Also found large pieces of turtle shell, a possible mammoth molar frag, shark teeth in limestone, and another weird whole bone.