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Rhyncholampas carolinensis are not an uncommon find in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina. However, they are often badly worn, broken or heavily encrusted with limestone. This little beauty is about average size and very clean. It also has a bonus "hitchhiker" a Polychaete worm. This worm is often referred to as Polychaete species 00. Referencers: Kier, P.M. (1980) The Echinoids of the Middle Eocene Warely Hill Formation, Santee Limestone and Castle Hayne Limestone of North and South Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: Number 39. Pg. 33-34 plates 9 figures 9-12 and 10 figures 1-4
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This past weekend my wife and I, a few friends and a few other fossil hunting fanatics braved the sweltering heat and humidity that is eastern NC summer. Forecast was for temps in the low - mid 90s F, high humidity and 50-70% chance of showers and thunderstorms. This was our 3rd attempt at accessing a Cretaceous deposit along one of the rivers after 2 unsuccessful attempts earlier this spring due to high water. With many of the eastern NC rivers running higher than normal so far this summer, we wanted to take advantage of a lull on this particular river, since there is no guarantee a tropical storm/system won't flood us out for an extended time period at any point from now through late fall. Even though we knew we were going to be hot and sweaty, harassed by mosquitoes, biting flies & gnats as well as the possible snake or 2, we had to take what low water we could get. We were all drenched in sweat (and sand / mud) the entire 2 days we hunted. Coming along on its inaugural fossil hunting trip was a new photo scale cube custom made by Ray/ @aerogrower for Mrs. SA2, in pink. She was quite surprised when a box addressed to her showed up a few days before the trip and it contained her very own cube, in pink. When I explained that its a 1 of a kind, she was even more excited. Even more importantly for me, Mrs. SA2's new, pink cube proved to have "the magic" that so many TFF members have come to expect and enjoy in Ray's cubes. Here are a few photos of it beside the massive, almost complete Deinosuchus rugosus vertebrae I found on Sunday morning. These photos were taken right after it was found and given a preliminary rinsing off. Note how nice the cube looks with pink paint. Mrs. SA2 was not impressed with my muddy finger prints on her new cube and promptly cleaned it off before the last photo. It is by far the most complete and largest Deinosuchus vert in our collection. Once I finish cleaning it and the other goodies we found, I will post some more photos. Quite a few teeth and verts of Deinosuchus and other crocodile species were found by the group as well as the normal massive amount of Squalicorax, Scapanohrynchus and Carcharias teeth. Numerous Cretaceous fish teeth and even a few Hadrosaur teeth and 1 theropod tooth were also found over the weekend. What we didn't expect when we made the trip, was for the wildlife to be so determined to keep the fossils away from us. Here is a photo of a big crayfish holding onto a sharks tooth. Determined little thing so we traded him a clean getaway for his tooth. One of our group even snapped this photo along the river bank while she was scanning for fossils. Of course, its all fun and games until you slip on the sloping, wet clay and fall face first at the snake you are attempting to photograph. (YES, that really happened.) More to come......
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I found this fossil on the beach off the coast of North Carolina. It has a shark tooth on one side and a fossil that looks like it is part of a jaw on the other. Any ideas as to what this could be?
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I haven't been into fossils since I was a child, and I haven't had a good vertebrate zoology class since college. When I found this on a dredge spoil island while on an afternoon boat cruise I knew it was a vertebra, but that's about it. It's heavy like rock. I did a bunch of googling for all the most common things I could think of (Horse, Cow, Whale, Dolphin, Turtle) then I actually started to think it might be a fossil, particularly because the shape of the vert body didn't look like any of the things I was looking at. After a bunch of searching about the concavity/convexity of the articulating surfaces I think it's the vertebral body of a large reptile but with all the interesting processes broken off. So I looked for images of alligator, crocodile etc and I couldn't find anything with such a pronounced concavity/convexity relative to the width/height. Could this be a legit cool dinosaur fossil? Any Ideas? Location: North Carolina, Cape Fear river https://goo.gl/maps/EvB3g9456b82 Here is an animated gif from a bunch of angles, it's big (about 13mb) https://www.dropbox.com/s/fbablfmz9h82rbn/vertebra_all_angles.gif
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These pectens are very common in the Rushmere Member of the Yorktown Formation in cuts and bluffs along certain portions of the Tar River in North Carolina. Many are extremely worn and even crumble to pieces when handles. Specimens with double valves are not uncommon. This specimen is in exceptional shape. The final picture of the 3 specimens is to illustrate the growth of the species. They are all double valves, and range from 1 /4 inch long to 5 5/8 inch long.
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I think this is a megalodon fragment, but I'd like to get confirmation because I'm new to shark teeth fossils and not very knowledgeable. It was found in North Topsail Beach, NC.
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This clam is a common find in the Yorktown Formation bluff banks of the Tar River. It is often found in association with Echphora's. Many of these clams are "double valvers" but often break upon handling.
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So I have a few days off duty and I'm planning on making a long weekend out of it. I'm starting tomorrow in Aurora, NC at the museum's spoil piles. This will be a first, so any suggestions are appreciated. Saturday I will be going to the Charelston, SC area to try my luck again. I was looking for advice in this area. I have done a ton of research with little success. I don't expect someone to give exact locations to their honey holes but advise would be great! Also anyone interested in joining would be welcome. Finally, a few days of free diving the bone yard in Venice, FL.... That's home! Any advice, suggestions, or anyone interested in joining please chime in. I'll post pics as it happens. Thanks in advance, Justin
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Self collected from a bluff along the Tar River upstream of Tarboro N.C. This is a fairly common oyster in this deposit, but most are extremely brittle and crumble upon touching. Still looking for my first complete (double valve) specimen.
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I won't go too into details but basically this I found multiple worm- like organisms preserved on the same chunk of wood-like rock (most likely sandstone?) from the post titled "Petrified Wood?". There are quite a few but it is difficult to get accurate pictures on the specimens. Aside from that, I am clueless to what they are or even if their fossils I could use some more experienced people. If more pictures are needed I'm willing to get more. The first picture shown was a unique specimen I could not find any more like this one so, I'll start with this.
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Found this big chunk of what I think is petrified wood in North Carolina blue ridge mountains. If it is petrified wood is there any way to identify the genus or species I was thinking about trying to enter it in the fossil of the month topic since I actually found it less than a month ago. Thoughts on what it is?
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Hello all... I am on a plane to coastal North carolina. On the way to the airport, a friend called and thought there was a quarry near Wilmington where they allow fossiling on wed and fri mornings. Can any of you north carolinians confirm or help me out? I am going to visit my wife's family at Ocean Isle beach. I did manage to find a crab claw on the beach last time we went. Many thanks, y'all.
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My boyfriend found this in North Carolina, at Jockey's ridge state park. (dunes) Looks like a jaw or spine of some sort.
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Today I traveled to Holden Beach, North Carolina. I was told that there were shells everywhere, so I assumed that I would find some fossil shark teeth. Unfortunately, I saw no teeth, no fossils worth keeping, and no shells of large proportion. I searched about one mile of beach, and within it I tried to cover as much space as possible. I even searched every shell bed I came across. My advice to anyone hoping to find shark teeth in North Carolina: don't visit Holden Beach. On a happier note, I'm going to Sunset later this week, and I am hopeful that I will find teeth or some other sort of fossil from an aquatic creature.
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I just spent a week at North Topsail Beach in North Carolina and had never found a single shark's tooth in my life before this trip. My daughter's boyfriend found a tooth and showed me what to look for. I ended up finding about 100 teeth before the week was out. Anyway, among my finds were several large shark's teeth and one that looks to be a molar of some sorts. I'm hoping you guys can help identify these for me. Here are pics of the molar...
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Found in North Carolina, I think.
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Hi, I'm from NC, and meet a few of you at the Aurora Fossil Festival over we weekend. I dug in the pit Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, what a complete joy!! I meet the absolute nicest people, always willing to share stories, finds, and a smile. I'm so excited to find these forums, learn more and bring.a new hobby to my family and I. If you were at the festivals either as a guest or a volunteer I'd love to hear from you. What was your best finds there or arthe Greenville river trip?
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This beautiful little oyster was self collected. It was dug out of the formation with both valves, always a great way to find bivalves. Was originally assigned to genus, Conradostrea but is now Myrakeena. Lit: The Geology and Paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, II. Clayton Ray, editor. LATE PLIOCENE AND EARLY PLEISTOCENE MOLLUSCA FROM THE JAMES CITY AND CHOWAN RIVER FORMATIONS AT THE LEE CREEK MINE, by Lauck W. Ward and Blake W. Blackwelder. Page 113
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This nice small carapace is one of the more common crabs from the Castle Hayne. This one has much of the original shell intact making it very special.
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Hey we're gonna be heading down down to Aurora Fossil Festival coming up in May and was wondering if anyone had any plans? Ive heard that there are some Quarries down there that open up on Friday for collecting and I tried GMR last year but it was too flooded. Ill be heading down on Thursday and am i trying to find something to do on friday. Saturday I Plan on being at the festival. If anyone has any plans or suggestions please let me know. Im trying to enhance my festival experience as i don't usually hunt in NC. Thanks, Boneheadz
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Hey guys! I found this today and I'm pretty sure it's a fossilized shark's tooth. If it is, is anyone able to take a guess as to what t belonged to? I'll include some pics of my other finds today too. (The bigger one is the one in question. Actually, they all are, but I care more about the big one )
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