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Hello everyone, I was in Big Brook nj for a little while today and found this interesting bone. I'm not to sure if it's identifiable but it does remind me of a jaw section like a mosasaur or croc. Any help will appreciated, if I missed an angle or need additional pictures do let me know.
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Alright, last one for today! Picked up this concretion-ish piece and noticed the backbone type impression in it. I know its probably nothing, but danged if every time I look at it I see segmented vertebrae from a tail or something. I know this is wishful thinking, but what do you all think?
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The gumline root on this looked unusually thick from what I usually find in the NJ Cretaceous streams. Any chance this may be a Chub? This is a little over half of a tooth as well.
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Found on a gravel bar in NJ Cretaceous stream. Doesn't appear to have a root hole for a tooth. Its tapered like a claw would be, but I don't really have a good picture showing that. Any idea what it could be and from what?
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·Big Brook, NJ, USA ·Panned fr brook bottom w marl+ ·Miocene form. overlaps Late Cretaceous? .Attach: images of 2 fossils .(found pre-2020) I assume these (3+1) fossils may be from the "same" species, two diff. animals? No outstanding horizontal/diagonal "veins" from the prominent central ridges. Rookie request to ID b4 summer trip to c Dr. Parris, NJ St. Museum, Trenton. Thx
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Hello from New Jersey, I live in Haddon Township near the discovery site of the first Hadrosaur but I am more interested in earlier fossils most notably giant arthropods such as pterygotus and arthropleura. I enjoy hunting some of the Carboniferous formations of Pennsylvania and look forward to posting some of my finds once I figure out how to use the members gallery. If you have info about good spots near philly I’d love to hear it. looking forward to meeting everyone, Noel Hecht.
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Belemnite "squid" with interesting bore hole found in NJ creek
CityDweller posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi TFF, I recently was in New Jersey and stopped by a creek where I found this. This is a part of a belemnite, an extinct order of squid-like cephalopods that existed from the Late Triassic to Late Cretaceous (~214-80 mya); these are common to the NJ area and the NE USA (as well as all over the world). The cone (rostrum) you are looking at was inside the animal and served as part of an internal skeleton-like structure; it also served as a counter-weight while moving in the water. On the cross-section (C & D), notice the radial symmetry which sprouts from a central axis outward, these are made of calcite crystals, deposited in concentric layers as the animal grew. The symmetry runs through the entire cylindrical body to the apex. These animals were very abundant in the sea and they had 10 arms that had hooks on them which they used to catch prey (soft body fossils exist). There is extensive literature on them available. Image C is most interesting, because there is a bore hole on it, something quite commonly found on the exterior shells of clams, etc. I found that according to Seilacher (1969), micro barnacles would often bore holes in dead (and possibly live) belemnite rostrums on the horizontal plane just like this. See: Seilacher, A. (1969). Paleoecology of boring barnacles. Am. Zoologist, 9:705-719. Univ. of Tubingen, Germany. Notice the uniform long shape, the sleekness of this evolutionary mini marvel.... as Dawkins has said, "Science is the poetry of life." Hope you find this interesting.
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Looking into going up to the Shawangunk formation near the Delaware River gap, looking for any fossils but would most like to find a eurypterid. My problem is I can’t find exactly where the fossiliferous parts are. I know it’s a long shot but has anyone hunted this formation before.
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Hi, I'm hoping someone might be able to identify this bone found years ago at the New Jersey shore. My dad isn't sure of the exact year, but it was found in Wildwood and has been hanging around the house for as long as I can remember. We have always assumed it was a whale bone, but haven't been able to confirm. It's about 20 centimeters long, and it isn't completely flat but curves up at one end. I included a side view to show how it curves. Any input at all would be great! Thanks! Jenn
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I was just wondering if anyone knew of any exposures for the towaco formation in New Jersey. Any information would be appreciated! Thanks!
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Hi everyone! I recently found this strange curled relief on a rock in Monmouth County NJ, due to the prevalence of burrows at this site, my guess is that this curl could be a worm (unlikely due to the whole soft tissue thing) or a worm burrow, or perhaps one of the tricks bog iron likes to play. Anyone got any ideas?
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A 15 minute stop in New Jersey and found these Cretaceous...
CityDweller posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Couple months ago I stopped by the Big Brook Preserve (BBP), a sort of well-known fossil location in New Jersey, about 90 minutes from New York City. It was very muddy so I didn't look around much, but what is great about this place is that it is a road pull off with parking on a nice county road. It was absolutely silent out that misty morning, with deer running about. I found these shells somewhat exposed in the dirt. These are most likely from the Late Cretaceous period (~105-66 MYA), this area was once a shallow marine environment. Today it is rolling hills, and BBP has a small creek where fossil hunters like to search. The shells display bore holes (from other animals) in them. The State of NJ hosts a very interesting paper on such Cretaceous fossils here: https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin61-I.pdf
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Another find in the Manasquan River. Seems to look like a rib bone of sorts? Any ideas?
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Tried the Manasquan River today and came up with this shark tooth which seems a little different than the makos, mackerel and goblin sharks I usually stumble upon. Any idea what species it may be?
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Hello all! Just looking to get some opinions on what I have found. This piece was found in southern New Jersey, almost as far south as you can go, in the Cape May County Area. It was uncovered in some dirt after digging for a new septic system. It’s about an inch and half long and very thin. Any chance that what I found could be a fossil of some sort?
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Gastropod Internal Mold from the Merchantville Formation
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Gyrodes sp. Gastropod Internal Mold Upper Cretaceous Merchantville Formation Matawan Group Weller's Ravine Matawan, N.J.-
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While on my way fishing today, I stumbled upon a creek that looked shelly, pulled over and lo and behold found these two little sweet treats! They are fully intact with both sides connected. I believe they are Choristothyris plicata @The Jersey Devil
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A few months back I was exploring a new stream in New Jersey and stumbled upon some matrix where I found this Ammonite. I am not too familiar with NJ Ammonites. Can anyone help identify this particular species? I thought it was pretty cool.
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Can anyone help i.d. this shark tooth? I found it, along with 5 others in the Shark River of new Jersey 20 years ago. The other 5 were lost over time, so this is the only one I have left. Hope to make a trip again their someday.... Thanks all! Bone
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I’ve got a few pieces I found in Big Brook that I was hoping to see if I can get a solid Id on. Thanks guys! first two pictures I was wondering if it’s an internal mould of something! second two picture I was thinking crab claw in matrix?
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I know its a long shot, but any chance this is a croc scute or is it most likely a concretion?
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When I first picked this up I thought it was a piece of shell.. cleaning it and examining it under magnification however has made me question what it is. Let’s play What The Heck!
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The old Granton Quarry site, located in North Bergen, New Jersey was a working quarry that has produced fauna from the Upper Triassic Lockatong Formation part of the Newark Super Group. Underneath a basalt cap, in beds that are tilted, are shales and sandstones deposited in an ancient tropical lake bed. Biodiversity is far from rich. The most common vertebrate fossil found is Diplurus newarki, a small coelacanth, usually 2-4 inches in length. Other fossils include Estheria ovate, a clam-shaped shrimp-like crustacean. Rare remains of reptiles have also been found at the site. Development has claimed most of the quarry site, but an outcrop remains in an area that is unfortunately a repository for trash and graffiti and infested with poison ivy. Because of the poison ivy winter is the only time the site can be visited. I've been visiting the old Granton Quarry site once or twice a year since 2013. I've brought a number of TFF members to Granton, but Tim (fossildude19) has a been my companion for almost all of those trips since the first one. Last Sunday, the weather was mild and Tim and I accompanied by TFF members Dave (Shamalama) and Paul1719 visited once again. The site, always a difficult one to work, is becoming more challenging. The cliff is, I estimate 40-50 feet tall, but it is a less than one inch wide bed of black shale (called G-7) that is very fossiliferous. That bed is generally flush with or indented into the wall. All of the easily accessible G-7 has been already dug out. Where it is exposed and weathered it tends to splinter into fine shards obliterating any fossils that might have been present. Deeper in the wall it incredibly hard. Pulling out a decent size chunk to split is difficult to say the least. Finding a few already started cracks I was able penetrate deeper using my sledge and long chisel. Then I used my crowbar to wedge them out. In a full day of digging I was able to wedge out two chunks of G-7 , each several inches across. From these I got the majority of specimens I found. One piece appears to have two complete or nearly complete Diplurus which I sent to Ptychodus 04 in Texas to prep. In addition to fossils, Tim found a live red-backed salamander, our first amphibian siting of the spring. Here's Tim:
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So, as per my post in the Trips forum, i had a great time getting filthy in new jersey. These are the specimens i just dont know. Concretions? Bone frags? Teeth of something (salmon?) (one photo includes bivalves etc and i know those at least, its the other ? bits.. wild and crazy concretions at this site, good lord) Nothing easily identifiable to me, and i have a degree in this! Any thoughts appreciated
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Found this oddly marked piece in Big Brook sticking out of the marl. The striations and pockmarks on it had me intrigued. Looks like maybe a tree or piece of wood or something. It broke and inside it has a striated texture as well as kind of marly. Anyone think it could be something fossilized?
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