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So I have decided to do some exploration digs in my area (Salem County) just because there isn’t much mentioned for spots and it’s not more than 1 hour in any direction for me to search. Found an area with a little help from some other individuals and the ROCKD app that put me on the Vincentown formation and had a slight success. Mostly found coral but did come up with this. Possible spike or claw? It is roughly 1 and 1/2” long. Just trying to see what it could be as not much is found in my area as of late.
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Hello all! I was looking through my bone fragments from the Cretaceous of Monmouth County NJ and came across two that I figured deserved one more shot on identification.. By any chance, does anyone know of what these may have belonged to?
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Squatina sp. Shark Cartilage Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Ramanessin Brook Holmdel, N.J.-
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Hey found these all on separate trips.
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New Jersey Amber (Raritan Fm., Potomac Group, 93.9-89.8 Ma)
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From the album: Fossil Amber and Copal: Worldwide Localities
A small 2.5g representation of a 41.1g lot of amber from the old Crossman Clay Pit locality. This amber is mostly unsearched, and a few specimens I have inspected contain some inclusions; preparation will be needed to identify these inclusions, however. Spectroscopic and chemical analyses indicate this amber was produced by distinct, related species within the Cupressaceae family. The material from this lot was collected in the early 1990's by the late Kevin Kropiki; he collected at this locality in association with representatives from the American Museum of Natural History: his significant contributions aided and furthered the study of this amazing material and its inclusions.© Kaegen Lau
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Found my first two shark teeth. The first one was sticking right out of the clay, staring right at me. The other I found raking through some gravel. Both are goblin sharks, I think.
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Hello, and thank you for your help and interest. I have collected from Big Brook in the past, but this time I was finding items of similar composition in the same general area of the stream bed. There had been recent heavy rainfall and the stream bed seemed layered differently. I have been tricked before, and could be getting tricked again, because after a while I trick myself into thinking everything is a fossil. After reading "When Dinosaurs Roamed New Jersey," I went back to Monmouth County with a renewed excitement. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated if any of these specimens could be fossils. I placed the numbers under the specimens, and a standard ruler at the bottom, hoping that could assist. I changed the angles of the specimens. Thank you for your time and have a nice day! Bill
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Extremely stoked to have found this (extinct White?) shark tooth beachcombing NJ. Assume it either spilled out of Shark River Inlet or Raritan Bay area, or was pumped back inshore during beach replenishment from offshore sand lumps about 5 miles off. Any idea what species of shark?
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Hello everyone! In the last month, I found two interesting Mosasaur teeth in two very different locations so I figured I'd share! For the first, I was digging in the basal Navasink in Southern New Jersey (primarily an invertebrate location). In the matrix, I happened to see a tiny bit of this tooth sticking out. As this is my only Mosasaur tooth in matrix, I prepped it so you can see the tooth better but left it in. The second is from my usual location - Big Brook. Nothing unusual there however; it does happen to be both my longest and widest Mosasaur tooth! Its under two inches but has some serious weight! The last picture is of my Mosasaur collection with my new editions in it
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Hi all... I was sorting my finds from Big Brook, NJ, over the years and had a few whatzits. I'd much appreciate any insights you might be able to provide. The one in the middle looks similar (to me at least) to a hadrosaur tooth, but I don't like jumping to conclusions. The others... I couldn't even guess! Thanks for the look. (Scale in centimeters)
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Found this little clam type full mold in NJ Cretaceous stream (not Big Brook). First time I've found a shell mold like this there. Reminds me of the Coquina clams in the undertow along the Jersey beaches in the summer. Any info on what it's nomenclature may be? Fun highlight of the day outside of the common shark teeth.
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Fossil museum construction started at New Jersey's Edelman Fossil Park
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‘South Jersey will be transformed’: Fossil museum coming to Gloucester County in 2023 Rowan University's Jean & Ric Edelman museum will feature interactive exhibits, local bones and more. by Allison Steele, The Philadephis Inquirer, October 9, 2021 $73M dinosaur fossil park and museum coming to N.J. NJCom, October 2021 Edelman Fossil Park, New Jersey Yours, Paul H. -
I haven’t posted in a while so I figured I should get involved again! We took a trip to New Jersey recently to see what we could find. Luck was on our side this time. It was the first time my son has gone hunting with me, it was incredibly special and memorable. Here’s our finds from our time, nothing crazy but a few nice finds!
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Hello everyone! A few weeks ago, my friend Ralph (curator of the MAPS Museum) took me to an old fossil spot for really the sole purpose of showing me the stratigraphy of the area. I returned to the stream a few times and realized there was a lot of 'hard-pan' in the stream that contained fossils. After alerting Ralph, we returned back to the the stream and found something COMPLETELY unexpected..a small, workable area of Merchantville formation. Ecstatic with my luck, we hit the area with all the free time I had. All the best specimens were donated to the MAPS Museum (more to come on that), but here are the ones that went into my collection. The most common ammonite there is Menabites walnutensis, but I also found some nice Scaphites hippocrepis (one in particular is really nice), Glyptoxoceras, and Baculites vaalsensis. The large bivalve is Pholadomya occidentalis, and the more common one is Neithea. If you have any questions or corrections let me know! Frank H.
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Found in NJ Cretaceous stream. Thick Enchodus jaw or ??? Thanks.
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Found this while sifting a Cretaceous marine sight in upper New Jersey. Resembles a partial hadrosaur tooth but I'm not 100% on that ID and curious if it's actually something more common that I'm not aware of. It's approx. 1.9 cm (3/4") in length.
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Hey everyone. I found this bone at a creek in New Jersey known for its Cretaceous fossils. It's very dense and heavy. I am having trouble finding an exact match to this bone and would love to hear your opinions on it. Thanks for your help!
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Not sure this is even bone, but found in NJ Cretaceous stream, I wet it down to show what even looks like little toothmark scrapes on it that are similar in angle and size in different sections, like something moving around taking bites. Any ideas if its bone? Mosasaur roots found in this area too, never found one but maybe this could be?
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Hello and thank you for letting me join your forum. My name is Lindsey and today my family went to Big Brook in NJ for the first time, looking for some shark teeth. We found some interesting things and we've got no idea where to even start with identifying the things we bought home. Can you please point me in the right direction? Thank you in advance for your help and I hope you're all having a great week. Lindsey.
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Found this odd looking bone in Big Brook today. Any ideas? I did a burn test and it will not burn and doesn’t stick to my tongue size is 1.5” x 1.25” thanks.
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Found these teeth in Big Brook,NJ today. First one I’m sure is a mosasaur but I’ve no idea on the second one. Thanks.
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Hello everyone! I went to my favorite stream the other day in Monmouth County and had a really good dig so I wanted to show my finds! I found a really pathological shark tooth and a Mosasaur tooth on what was going to be my last sift, but my best find of the day was my artifact - a 3,000 - 8,000 year old serrated spear head! As you would think, after finding it, I contacted every artifact expert I knew for an opinion. The most common consensus is that it's a Meadowood (roughly 3,000 years old) but there are other opinions that it could be Archaic, so that's why that age range is so big. Either way, something like this is extremely rare in New Jersey, and really made my summer!
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Can anyone help identify this black rock. Originally thought it was coal but it’s very shiny. Found in Monmouth county, NJ. Size is 2 1/2” x 1 1/2” x 1” Thanks
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Bryozoan Parts in Matrix from the Vincentown Formation
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From the album: Tertiary
Bryozoan Parts Paleocene Vincentown Formation Rancocas Creek Vincentown, N.J.-
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Bivalve Internal Molds from the Vincentown Formation
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Bivalve Internal Molds (One on the left appears to be Cucullaea) Largest just over 1 inch Paleocene Vincentown Formation Rancocas Creek Vincentown, N.J.-
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