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Hi everyone! This is another first for me. We had a high tide like no other last night because of storm and full moon. I find this on the beach. Really don’t know what it is. I think it is an enchroid. Most likely I’m wrong because I am no knowledgeable with this kind of stuff. It’s rough like sandpaper and about 1.5 inch in diameter. I don’t think my pictures are great but any opinions are much appreciated!
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Hey all, Feeling a little like the boy who cried Mosasaur. I am fairly confident what I have here is a Mosasaur but wanted to get another opinion. The species I believe to be Proghathodon rapax (Hay).
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Hey all, Made two trips to Ramanessin Brook that I have yet to share. The first trip provided much of the same stuff I had already had but did yield me an amazing sawfish rostral tooth. The most recent trip (8/17/21) is where the majority of what I wanted to share was found. Sawfish rostral tooth Pycnodont Fish Angel Shark Hybodus Shark Bone Material Goblin Shark Mosasaur? Mosasaur
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Hi Everyone, Found this horse tooth today in a NJ stream. Can anyone tell if this is a modern day horse or an older species? I have another horse canine from this same stream that was identified as a 3 toed horse. I’ll throw a pic of that in here as well. Thanks, John
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Hi. I am over the moon with this find. I usually find only find 10-20 teeth on the beach each summer. I have only found 3 teeth all summer on the beach. Mainly because I am spending more time with the kids than searching. But tonight was low tide…. Three steps into looking….. so excited it’s 1 inch and perfect!!!!!
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Big brook, NJ bone fragment find. Anyone have any ideas what part it is? Process is very porous and brittle. Light weight low density. There are 2 foramens and possibly a partial of a 3rd along the same ridge line the others follow. I tried comparing it to mammal vertebrae and skull bones. I thought the foramens would provide enough anatomy to pin point an ID but not successful. Attached are images. Please excuse the remaining purplish clay I used trying to reconstruct.
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Been to BBP a few times but other than teeth never took the time to find out what the other fossils we dug up were. Looking forward to see everyone's finds, especially from NJ and surrounding areas.
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Hi folks, Had this come up in my sifter at Ramanessin brook, i'm thinking to ID it as a Plesiosaur tooth due to the curvature of the tooth and the oval indent in the root, would love some thoughts from experts
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Hi. I found this tooth today and it looks like it has worn down serrations. I was wondering anyone can help with the ID on this. @The Jersey Devil
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I just took my friends out for a fossil trip their first time yesterday; where we could all get together and do something cool and introduce them to the fun pastime and interesting research I dabble in for my birthday. I should’ve known he’d have beginners luck but I was not expecting this find when he plucked it out from the water. They all had a blast and it was a beautiful day. Any and all input into trying to discern what creature it could’ve came from? The more the merrier! A couple other angles
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Hey so a few days ago I went to Big Brook and found a few dozen teeth along with some ray teeth, gastropods, and fish teeth, and these are my questionable specimens. IDs would be helpful! I'm thinking 1st is enchodus jaw, 3rd is some fish crusher tooth, 6th might be a fish jaw or bone material, 7th is possibly an enchodus jaw, 9th could be a scute or bone material, 11th looks like half a ray tooth. But I would like other people's opinions too on my finds. Thank you! Also I am pretty confident on this being a reptile bone but also want an opinion on it
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This past weekend I had the chance to collect at an exposure of the Paleocene Vincentown Formation in New Jersey. The trip was a lot of fun and a number of really cool fossils were found. I have been able to identify most of my finds except for these two mystery fossils. I recognize the shark tooth as a sand tiger but I was hoping someone might know which sand tiger it is. I saw online that someone listed Carcharias samhammeri in the Vincentown but I am not an expert on shark teeth so I am not sure if that is what this tooth is. Any help is greatly appreciated! #1- bryozoan? #2- Carcharias samhammeri?
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Hello once again! Here’s a find I’m particularly excited about, a new tooth! I found it while perusing gravel banks at Ramenessin. It’s tiny! 1 cm at the most. It does have striations, though they were difficult to capture with my camera. It’s also split in half. One carinae as well. I’m hoping this is of the marine reptile variety, guessing croc due to the size. I dabbled with the idea of pachyrhizodus as well, although I think the striations rule that out? Any insight is much appreciated, eager to ID this one!
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Hi does anyone know what this is. I have found a lot of crab claws in big brook but have never found one in matrix. Is this one?
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Hello everybody, long time no see! Went to Ramenessin, NJ today to do some hunting and found this. It’s about 1 cm across at its widest point. The texture on the bottom (or top?) reminds me of a ratfish. Wondering if anybody can positively ID this for me! Thank you!
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Hey all, I found this in a South Jersey creek gravel bed. The particular spot is in the Navesink bedrock formation, but I'm unsure of how exposed it is (if at all.) I haven't found much in the way of fossils in this particular spot except a possible burrow and a possible oyster shell. I initially thought it was an odd looking concretion, but I cleaned it up and had second thoughts. It's extremely porous (passed the tongue test), which made me think bone. It's also very heavy. Please let me know if more pictures or information would help. Thank you in advance!
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Is this a fossil with a tooth indentation? If so what is it and what tooth?
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Found this on the beach of Wildwood Crest, NJ this week. Interested in what the item is but also interested in what appears to be a bite impression. Not much to go on but any information or thoughts are appreciated. Kind regards, Sean
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Found in Big Brook. Looks like a tooth to me, but again is it fossil?
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Just dug from Big Brook. Think it's definitely a bone...but is it modern or fossil?
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Spent another afternoon on the Ramanessin yesterday. Walked in with a club from South Jersey who piled in at the big gravel bar with all the downed trees a little below the dam, including a relatively new addition of a tulip tree that is still covered in leaves. Later, I also met a member of a topographical survey team who was walking the stream bed and ran into a younger local who I have seen there several times previously. Overall a pretty busy day and much cloudier and cooler than last Saturday. (30 degree difference week over week) Unfortunately the trip was more of a heartbreaker than the banner trip last weekend. A lot of interesting and colorful teeth, but all the best stuff was broken or otherwise banged up The big goblin blade came up in the sifter with the point sticking out of the gravel and I got excited for a second before crashing back to reality All 5 broken sawfish rostrals came up in the same spot within 15 minutes... very frustrating. Overall the teeth were a little bigger than my past few visits and the color variety was great.
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We managed to get out to the NJ brooks today after two weeks of heavy rains, we wanted to try out a new spot we hadn't been to before in the brook and the results did not disappoint! We wound up with a good assortment of quality specimens including many teeth taking their place in our collection as the highest quality/largest - total tripmakers! We were immediately met by a doe on the trail down, Luck? one may think After we picked a suitable spot to settle in and sift, this came up in the first scoop Immediately followed by this Happy with our spot, we sat and sifted for the day - the day's haul (grid is 1" x 1") Tripmaker teeth, our best/largest Crow shark (Squalicorax pristodontus) so far, largest Goblin (Scapanorhynchus texanus) anterior, and best/largest Goblin (Scapanorhynchus texanus) lateral. Unsure what the tooth between the Goblins is, leaning towards a Mackrel By far and away the most curious set of finds. These pieces came up in the same spot over the course of a couple of hours, I'm sure they're all fragments of a crab/lobster/ghost shrimp claw yet the coloration is different on all 3. Either way pretty cool My first vert, though only a frag, thinking some sort of bony fish Finally, mystery bone frag - possibly Pleistocene given the coloration/weight?
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Despite the heat I managed to get a solo trip down to the Ramanessin yesterday afternoon. I was hoping after the rains this past week things might be a little stirred up. On my last post I joked about the tiny super worn mosasaur tooth breaking the curse... and I am happy to report I was right. Little bit of everything this trip (small squares are 1/4 inch): Big mosasaur tooth, worn, but it made me very happy Pretty nice little lobster/shrimp Partial ratfish plate Coral/sponge? Crow shark tooth. My biggest of the day had a busted up tip, but this medium sized one was nice
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I'm assuming this is a fish or ray tooth, what type is it? Found at Big Brook (little bigger than a finger nail) Found this tooth at Big Brook and was wondering what type of tooth this is?
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Hello, I was going through my “toss” pile today from my local haunt and I noticed something black and shiny peeking out from one. So, I decided to (for the first time ever) break a find open. I was glad I did because I was pleased to find a tooth! No idea what it is, since it is still very much still in the material I found it in and I can’t match it to something I’ve found before. This is new territory for me and so I’m looking for advice. Should I leave it as is or try to remove it?
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I recently found this really cool double Agerostera mesenterica at Big Brook in New Jersey (Late Cretaceous; Navesink Formation). After I finished cleaning the fossil, I noticed these tiny encrusters on the larger of the two oysters. They don't look like your typical Serpula tube worm trace. I am not quite sure what they are. They almost have the shape of being some other type of bivalve. Any help is greatly appreciated. Some close-up photos using my digital microscope
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