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I finally finished out sorting my GMR matrix and I have a few small shark teeth and the like that I’m interested in! 1) 2) 3) 4) Reptile hopefully? 5) hybodont? 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) I shared this with Dr. Shimada, who thinks its Cantioscyllium or Plicatoscyllium? 12) 13) Ray crusher plate? 14) Catshark? 15) 16) 17) 18) 19) 20)
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Has anyone on this forum recovered examples of hadrosaur (hadrosaurid or hadrosauroid) teeth from Green Mill Run, North Carolina? Would be interested to chat via email if so. Thanks!
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Went to Green Mill Run, NC, over the weekend and found the usual various shark teeth and belemnites, but also found these coin-shaped objects. They all have a round shape on the middle on one side. Several have a small hole by an edge. Any ideas? Thanks for the help!
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This is a small tooth I found in some debris from Green Mill Run, NC. Initially I passed it over as a broken goblin shark tooth, and while that’s probably most likely the case, it seems too flat to be a shark tooth, and something about it seems more actinopterygian or even reptilian in origin. Any thoughts? Locality is Cretaceous and Neogene combo.
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Hi everyone! After more than 7 years of putting it off, I finally returned to Green Mill Run last weekend. There were lots and lots of giant Exogyra in the creek, which was interesting since I’ve never really seen trip reports mention those; not sure if something happened to bring them all there. Especially since I assumed most of the Cretaceous stuff in GMR is washed from upstream, but I can't see so many of those big shells being washed all the way to the same spot. But anyways, here are some fossils I’d like an ID or a clarification on! Ignore the ruler pattern haha Burrow casts? There were a few of these, they looked rock-like but with a unique weight and texture, and they were colored differently from the usual black GMR fossils Hybodont clasper? I know most/all of these are Squalicorax, including this absolute beast here, but any idea on species? C. hastalis? Brachiopod? Some kind of shark teeth but not certain about species Either goblin or sand tiger? Bryozoan? Thanks everyone!
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Hello everyone! Earlier today I was in Green Mill Run in Greenville, North Carolina sifting for fossils (mostly miocene and cretaceous marine) and I came across this fossil. I first picked it up because it looked exactly like some giant ground sloth teeth that I had seen before from the Pleistocene (which I’ve heard you get occasional Pleistocene fossils as well). I would stick with this ID, but the texture seems off, so I wanted to see if I could confirm wether it was a sloth tooth or a convincing bone chunk here. Sorry for unideal scale and photos, not home currently but I can provide any additional photos needed. Thanks!
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Hey all, a couple weeks ago I passed through Green Mill Run while traveling and had some time to go collecting. I've identified most things from the day but some bivalves I'm not sure of. As I understand it, most of these reworked Pliocene fossils come from the Yorktown Formation. Any help is appreciated. @MikeR #1. These bivalves are very common there but I can't seem to find a match in my references. #2. This Astarte? is quite different from the Astarte undulata that I found multiples of. #3. A small Phacoides maybe?? #4. Chesapecten jeffersonius I believe?
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Found these two on a fossil hunting trip to GMR. The tooth is about the size of a quarter. The crushed amalgamation is roughly 2 inches wide. The second fossil has organic impressions on it which make me think it could be a shell. Thank you for any help! Unidentified shark tooth fossil #2
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Hi, all! Found this in Green Mill Run last week. Not sure who used to own this one. Doesn’t look exactly like a croc to me. Root seems weird. Thanks!
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Hey everyone! On my outings, I usually don't pick up the bone fragments, but I have stumbled upon a rather large pocket of good sized bone fragments that I would love some help in identifying. If no dice here, I'll get whatever is left ID'd at a museum this weekend. Fossil #1 - Going to take my best guess and say a rib of some sort? Fossil #2 Fossil #3 Fossil #4 And finally Fossil #5 There is PLENTY more where these came from, I consolidated the other fragments into a small area, so in the off chance anything here is significant, I would be more than happy to retrieve the rest. Thank you for any help you can provide, I know bone fragments are quite common at GMR, but I just found it odd to see so many chunks within close proximity.
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Hey everyone! Figured I would post my findings from GMR over the course of this month. I've found quite a lot, but most I returned to the waters as I did not feel they were display worthy. First up here is my initial collection, featuring various cretaceous sharks teeth, some meg fragments, a cluster of squalicorax teeth (Top Right), a cluster of Extinct White Shark teeth (Bottom Right), A squid shell (Bottom Left), and various other bits such as an unidentified and VERY fragmented reptile tooth, a mouth plate, and a ray denticle. Next some of the larger finds, featuring a fragment of a whale skull (Left) and an ear bone from a whale (Right) This little piece here was ID'd by museum staff at the Aurora Fossil Museum, NC. They believed it to be a partial Mastodon tooth due to the presence of cross hatching on various sides of the fossil, glad I didn't toss it haha! Very cool find! Last, but certainly not least, is this amazing megalodon tooth I found just 30 minutes into an outing, my first one ever! The root was just sticking out of the sand in some shallow water, imagine my shock when I yoinked this 8 1/2 cm monster! This has been a huge learning experience for me, as this is really my first serious delve into amateur paleontology. I've had a lot of fun learning about all of the fossils I've been finding, and I can't wait to keep exploring. Thanks for reading!
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Found three teeth that I’m not sure of on the ID, I think the curved one is a dolphin tooth, but that is my best bet
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Hopefully these photos are clear enough. If it can’t be identified further than “scute” thats fine, but I’m curious.
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Found in Green Mill Run, Greenville NC. Partial tooth of some sort?
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Found this while sifting through gravel in Green Mill Run a while back, genuinely throwing me for a loop. I thought eroded horn coral at first, but the hollow portion at the bottom makes me think its a tooth of some sort. Mosasaur, crocodilian? I really have no idea. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Found in Green Mill Run in Greenville, NC. Anyone have any ideas?
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I feel like the larger is a cetacean, turtle, or *possibly* mosasaur? The little one I really have no clue.
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When I picked this up I assumed it was an oddly weathered pebble, but upon closer inspection its very symmetrical, which makes me think its likely a fossil. Of what I can’t tell. Any help is greatly appreciated! I included a few different angles so that the contrast would be evident, I apologize for the iffy lighting.
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Found in Greenville, NC. Extremely worn shark tooth or something else?
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Found this while sifting in the Green Mill Run the other day and believed it to be a worn shark tooth, however looking at it now, it seems a bit too round to be a shark tooth. Any thoughts? (Sorry about the fingers in the pic, I couldn’t prop it up any other way unfortunately.)
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We recently found this fragment at GMR. At first, we thought it was a part of a jaw bone with two teeth. But, the two conical protrusions don't appear to be teeth in their sockets. Any idea what this might be?
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Hi! I'm looking for some help IDing these fossils from Green Mill Run (Greenville, NC). The two fossils were found on different trips, but seem to have similar structures. I have only found these two across many trips so they don't seem to be common. Someone mentioned that they could be lobster/crab claws so if anyone has anymore information on that, or alternate IDs, I would really appreciate the help! Thanks!
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Beautiful weather forecast and Green Mill Run is low enough to hunt. Even knowing I rarely find much worth displaying, sometimes you just need a day in the field so I coerce cajole one of my housemates to take the morning and have a little adventure. Even with every intention to only use the screen with the larger size mesh, nevertheless within the first dozen shovels we are using the smaller mesh. I suppose if we are ever really serious about leaving behind the little fossils, we will have to leave behind the small mesh screen! But that is hard to do when we find such little gems as shown in the photos. 1) Lovely little ray scute – first find of the day. Overjoyed! 2) Sturgeon scute – not something we’ve found here before 3) Great white teeth – it is just so great to find one, let alone 2 (the root on the smaller one would have been rather robust) 4) Coprolite – we always enjoy finding these and presume they are largely from the cretaceous Peedee 5) Squalicorax … a kaupi, a bassani and an unidentified one with damage removing diagnostic feature 6) Galeocerdo cuvier, so we know we have some pliocene Yorktown 7) WHAT? See closer photos. They are both regularly serrated though worn. One has a nutrient groove so thinking carcharhinus. The other ... if it was big, it would be a meg (still learning how to get decent photos of small fossils!) 8) Belemnitella Americana 9) This is either a fish tooth or a phosphate pebble that has chipped in a perfectly round circle to resemble a root 10 Rhombodus sp (too worn to speciate) 11) Tiny little shark vert! 12) Turtle shell, various species And now, I can go place a bid for Sacha’s agatized corals!
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Hi all, it's been a long time since I posted here. I'm thinking about going to Greens Mill Run (Greenville, NC) next weekend. Would the water levels be about right or might it not be a good idea?
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Hi again. I have another one for you. I think I could tell if it wasn't broken! Found in green mill run. It is 1.5 inches or 3.8 cm. There is a definite ridge on one side. I tried to get a good picture of its location, the cavity seems slightly oval. Thank you again! I really appreciate you all teaching and helping me!
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Hi all. I have 2 things to ask about. The longer one was found in a creek in summerville SC it is just under 1.5 inches or 3.81cm. It is smooth all around, no ridges the center hole is definitely circular. The second one was found at Green Mill Run in Greenville NC it is .75 inches or 1.9 cm. I thought is was different the way he tip is a different color then the rest. Also there is a ridge running around the tip that I can feel even where the enamel (?) Is not chipped off. Thank you so much!! I am happy to answer questions
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Found several Great White shark teeth in the creek last weekend along with a few makos. . My best find was this Great White (2-1/2") below. It has all serrations and a complete root. Also, found one partial whale inner ear bone (periotic) and one small croc tooth. The creek was really running high and fast the day before. due to rain on Friday.
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Hi. Found this digging in Green Mill Run, nc. I am sure it is bone, but it might not be a vertebrae. (Husband really wants to find a whale vert, so maybe this is a partial?) Also it has definitely turned into a rock, it is no longer light and airy like a more modern bone thanks so much!!
