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From the album: My Echinoid Collection
Hemipatagus carolinensis River Bend Formation Chattian Age, Late Oligocene (33-23 Ma) Topsail Beach, Pender County, North Carolina, USA Acquired from a fellow collector during an event, May 2023 Specimens from the Topsail Beach replinishement project in 2015 -
From the album: My Echinoid Collection
Hardouinia mortonis Peedee Formation Maastrichtian Age, Late Cretaceous (~70 Ma) Holden Beach, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA Self collected in April 2022 -
I had spotted a few sharks teeth in my driveway, but that's nothing out of the ordinary. In my area, a lot of people choose to put crushed shell in driveways and you can often spot teeth. I have science and spelunking in my blood and I am forever picking up rocks that I think look that I think look interesting. I picked up a chunk that had broken off of a bigger piece because it looked like a conglomeration of things within a larger concrete looking formation. After a week of speculating and internet searching, I'm no closer to figuring out what I found. There's still a much larger piece of whatever this is in my driveway, but this is a small sampling of the things I found in that general area. I live in a floodplain and I am somewhat close to the ocean if that helps any. Thanks in advance for any direction or identification!
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Here are some of the cool things I have found over the years!
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I found this piece of wood (?) on Emerald Isle Beach in North Carolina yesterday and thought it was super interesting! It is black, layered, and has some sparkles. Could anyone identify it? I wondered if it was coal because of the sparkles but would coal be layered like that? I attached a picture with flash on to make the sparkles even more obvious. It’s about two inches long.
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Hi! I found these cool shells on Emerald Isle Beach in North Carolina yesterday and was wondering if anyone could help identify them. 1) Orange shell - this one is a super cool shape and also has some rocks trapped inside which is pretty interesting! 2) Purple/white - is this coral or just a cool rock? 3) Brown shell - also another cool shape (although it’s probably just broken) and the layering/colors are super pretty Thanks!
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I made a quick trip to an outcrop of Yorktown Formation (Rushmere Member) a few weeks ago and found this gastropod. I don't think I've seen it from this location before. It looks like several different species in my references, but Fusinus seems to be the closest. Maybe @MikeR knows this one. Edgecombe County, NC. The scale is metric.
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Ecphoras, mosasaur tooth, and other finds from Greens Mill Run last week
fossil_lover_2277 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Found these at Greens Mill Run last week, first ever ecphoras! The whale cervical vert. is ~ six inches from left to right, it's fairly beat up. The mosasaur tooth is pretty worn too, but the articulated scallop was nice.
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I was looking for shark teeth on Emerald Isle Beach in North Carolina yesterday and pocketed these finds… when I got home and looked closer I realized they were probably just interesting shells due to the layering. Could anyone figure out what kind of shell this is? Perhaps an oyster hinge? The big one is about an inch long and the small one half that size. I’ve got plenty of pictures attached. I’m totally new to this sort of thing. Thank you for your help!
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I found this walking the wild beaches of Cape Lookout National Reserve. Please help me with ID. It is a few miles off the coast of NC.
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I found this tooth when I was looking for Shark Teeth on an island outside of Wilmington on the Intracoastal. This is the first white tooth I've found in that area so I'm guessing its not as old as the shark teeth I find there. From research, I think it may be an alligator or a fish tooth? Would love some insight. Thanks!
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Greetings, found on southern North Carolina coast. Subject E resembles a tooth but not sure, subject f is hollow like a tooth, and subject g looks like bone perhaps marine mammal? Thank you for your time.
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I found this today at Topsail. It has no serrations. It looks like maybe it had cusplets and a bourlette? I’ve never found one this big so not sure where to start IDing. Thanks I’m advance
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Yesterday I received a 30 pound box of various shell, marine fossils, and some other miscellaneous fossils and a few extant bits as well. I will post in the ID section some as not everything has a label. It is a large overwhelming amount to sort through so this will be a bit at a time kind of thread. Please let me know if anything of the id tags are using outdated names or incorrect, etc. First an overall picture the seller had of the lot. Some Brachiopods from Wutach Germany What appears to be clam steinkerns also from Wutach Germany second picture of hinge point if that is useful. A pair of Glycymeris Americana with matching valves from Virginia Sticking with the Virginia theme a pair of Crucibulum constrictum A crab burrow from another Virginia location. And last but not least for now is some Olivia carolinensis from North Carolina I will try to make additional posts every few days as I unpack and sort this collection out. Stay tuned folks.
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Anyone willing to dm me and tell me some good spots in nc, and sc?
easterncarolinahunta posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I live in North Carolina, and have been trying to find a good reliable spot other than gmr for a few years now. I would like any help, any spots, anything will help, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia or Florida, any spot that it good and reliable I would love to know about it. -
Was the Yorktown Formation Otodus Megalodon's last stronghold?
Joseph Fossil posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
I've recently read a 2020 scientific paper describing pretty accurately the multiple nurseries that Carcharocles (Otodus) megalodon had established to raise young between the Miocene-Pliocene 23-3.6 Million Years ago (not just a single nursery in what is now Panama as previously thought). Herraiz, J. L., Ribé, J., Botella, H., Martínez-Pérez, C., & Ferrón, H. G. (2020). Use of nursery areas by the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes). Biology Letters, 16(11), 20200746. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0746 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0746 What I also found interesting about this paper was that the geologic latest nursery area the researchers identified is what is now the Yorktown Formation, North Carolina. Images Credit: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0746 C. megalodon went extinct in the Mediterranean as a result of the Messinian Salinity crisis 5.59 Million Years ago. The emergence of Orcas (Orcinus) and the Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), a decrease in diatom diversity during the middle miocene-pliocene, and the miocene formation of the Isthmus of Panama which changed ocean current patterns also helped caused a decline in C. megalodon's population by the Pliocene. But this 2020 paper has got me thinking about where did C. megalodon as a species make its last stand? Was the Yorktown Formation in North Carolina C. megalodon's last stronghold?
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While out on one of the small "islands" off the coast of Wrightsville Beach, Wilmington, North Carolina- yesterday morning I found this tooth. I have quite a few teeth and various fossils but something about this one feels different. I'm sure everyone says that but I have gone through various shark i.d. questionnaires and can't get a specific conclusion. I've had suggestions from an ancient "cow shark" type species (I think bc I answered "yes" to present cusplet) but there is clearly one and it doesn't appear another broke off- which makes me think age is a factor (as in this could've belonged to a juvenile as opposed to an adult). The back is not completely flat but no serious pronounced shapes, the root is large and in tact with no visible foramen (in human biology a foramen is basically a hole so I'm making the same assumption or odontological guess) and there is not a nutrient line, crown and neck present, serrations continue on both sides of the tooth (I am including two copies of the same photo to show the original with a shadow; but if magnified the serrations are more clear and then a clearer shot that unfortunately didn't 'cut' the black shadow from the serrations. A genus I keep finding is Carcharhinus and hopefully someone has some ideas. Cheers! Becky
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So I found an older publication that mentions some bluffs and landings on some North Carolina rivers but for the life of me I can't find a map of them or mile posts except for the Cape Fear. It doesn't mention coordinates and mentions these bluffs on the Neuse and Black River in passing. Anyone know of a certain website or page that can tell me where the bluffs are?
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I'm interested in a few of these turtle fossils supposedly found in the Neuse river in North Carolina. They are also labeled as Cretaceous. Do you think this is accurate or could they be from another age and or locality?
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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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Went fossil hunting in the cumnock formation of North Carolina and as I was rinsing some of my dirty fossils one of them caught my eye. The curved shape is what threw me off and reminded me of a tooth. I double checked on here and saw another person that had something that looked similar to this and was a tooth. But just be sure, wanted to see what you guys think. Your input is appreciated! (Bottom picture is the confirmed Phytosaur tooth)
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My 2nd grader found this shell in downtown Charlotte, NC. Any info (or speculation) about it would be greatly appreciated!
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Found on Holden Beach, North Carolina. If you need certain measurements let me know, thank you.
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Some finds from the Triassic basin of Durham, NC. Not sure if they're anything, but thought I'd bring them home, just in case. Would love to hear what you guys think they are
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