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Near-perfect meg tooth from Greens Mill Run North Carolina, and other goodies
fossil_lover_2277 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Went fossil hunting for the first time since Holden Beach in May this past Tuesday at Greens Mill Run in North Carolina. Found my best meg EVER!! A near perfect 3 and 15/16 incher (just missing a tad bit of enamel beneath the bourlette on the front). Most megs at GMR are already fragmented and/or worn down in-situ, so extra happy about this one! Also found a Ischyrhiza mira sawfish rostral tooth tip, a huge exogyra, and I believe a nice Chesapectens masidonius? Also a baleen whale ear bone fragment, and a brown item I think might be a worn cetacean ear bone? Also a piece of petrified wood, a gryphaea oyster, a shark vertebra with processes, a section of turtle plastron, and some other goodies. All-in-all a much needed break from grad school worries over publishing papers Edit: the “shark” vertebra is actually bony fish
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Hi, Just found this tooth in the Cape Fear River of Wilmingnton, NC. I think it’s either a prehistoric alligator or crocodile. Trying to identify its species, help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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I have yet again more Aurora fossils that I can’t identify. I would appreciate any help with identifications, these should be the last of the unknowns and I’ll create a Member Collections post about my best finds but first it would be nice to know what these are. Sorry for no scale but the diameter of the circle surrounding most photos is 10mm. 1. This one is very odd, I have no idea. 2. Fish tooth I’m guessing. Can you tell what kind. I would not want to get bitten by it. 3. This one’s larger than most of the fish teeth, about 3-4mm It’s also more conical in shape. 4. Probably my largest non-shark tooth from here. Could it be Gator or Croc? 5. Completely clueless on this one. 6. Another unknown tooth. 7. Bryozoan I’m guessing, they can take all kinds of shapes. 8. Very odd shaped shark tooth. Not the typical capital T or triangle. 9. Another odd shark tooth, shaped like a claw. Reminds me of a whale shark tooth but something doesn’t seem right. 10. I’m not good with these teeth that aren’t in a typical anterior position. 11. Last one, same story as #10, it’s difficult to identify the teeth that aren’t “normal”. Thank you in advance. I appreciate any and all help and am willing to provide more photos of it assists in identification.
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Hi everyone! My niece just found the most beautiful shark’s tooth I’ve ever seen and would love to identify it for her. We are in North Carolina just north of Myrtle Beach.
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North Carolina Holden Beach Mosasaur Finds!
fossil_lover_2277 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
The best mosasaur material from my Holden Beach, NC trip! Top left two bones are prognathodon jaw fragments, top right three bones are vertebra, bottom left three bones are ribs, lower right two bones are from the flipper. For scale, the two largest mosasaur teeth are ~5cm each. Btw about a third of this stuff ppl had walked over or picked up and tossed aside..
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Hello All, We recently took our kids to the Aurora fossil festival to "fossil hunt" though piles of material from the local Nutrien Phosphate mine in North Carolina. We brought a small amount of material home to look though and one of the kids found the attached tiny hermit crab. It looks so delicate that I have a hard time believing this is a fossil. That said, if it is a modern specimen I have no clue how it ended up in our sample of gravel? Any thoughts or help with the id would be appreciated! Brent
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From the album: TEETH & JAWS
Parotodus benedeni The genus Parotodus: the false mako shark. – Abstract: Living in the shadow of megalodon that roaming the Neogene seas, Parotodus benedenii, another supposedly large representative of the Otodontidae family, seems to have preferred, at the same time, the large ocean spaces, if we rely on the high frequency of its teeth in the abyssal deposits of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Its rarity in the terrestrial deposits makes it, for the collectors, a mythical species whose disappearance seems to be concomitant with that of its famous cousin Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon. . . . We present this less publicized shark, which belongs to the extinct genus Parotodus, which has long been classified in the genus Oxyrhina, the former name of makos sharks [today nomen nudum], and for this reason still sometimes called “fake mako”. The first form described in the literature, Parotodus benedenii (LE HON 1871) is a large pelagic species, with a stratigraphic extension from Early Oligocene (Rupelian) to Pliocene. We report, for the first time, its presence in the French Neogene. During the Palaeogene, we find in Europe two other species that could be his direct ancestors, whose smaller teeth have prominent lateral and triangular denticles reminiscent of the genus Otodus. “Parotodus” pavlovi (MENNER 1928), with narrow teeth, is quite common in the Ypresian (Lower Eocene) deposits of the North Sea Basin; we also report his presence in the Ypresian of the Paris Basin. P. mangyshlakensis KOZLOV in ZHELEZKO & KOZLOV 1999, with wider and more massive teeth, seems to have mainly frequented the waters of Central Europe from Bartonian (Middle Eocene) to the lower Oligocene. Recently, Nakatani et al. (2017) and Ward et al. (2017) described another species from the Oligocene of Japan, without naming it (Parotodus sp.) which, according to these authors, would be the direct ancestor of P. benedenii. The classification and phylogeny of taxa reported to Parotodus are still hotly debated subjects: the denticulate forms of the Palaeogene (“P.” pavlovi, P. mangyshlakensis) are habitually considered as the ancestors of the Neogene species (with the exception of Siverson & Lindgren, 2005), but their origin remains obscure: we underline here the many similarities with the Cretaceous genus Archaeolamna SIVERSON 1992 which tends to root the origin of Parotodus within Archaeolamnidae.© ©Harry Pristis 2022
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I found this tooth at Holden Beach NC. We thought it may be a whale tooth but after some Google search maybe it is something else? thanks for IDing
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Anyone planning to go to the Aurora Fossil Fest this month?
RandyB posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Wondering if anyone is planning to attend this years fossil festival in Aurora, NC Memorial weekend or if anyone who has attended previously has any recommendations/advice? I've spoken to the director and know the basics, just looking for any insight a first timer should be aware of. -
From the Miocene to the Devonian - Fossils Finds from the Year So Far
bockryan posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I was finally able to bring my car down from Michigan to D.C. this winter which has really expanded the range of accessible localities (and also avoids the torturous process of renting cars) for me. I don't have many nice in situ pictures unfortunately, but here are some of the cleaned up finds from the trips so far this year! First we tried Matoaka Beach Cabins with some success, lots of little teeth with one great highlight (unsure on ID, let me know if that's clear from the picture). Also had good luck with a complete Ecphora and Moon Snail, as well as a decent sized chunk of sand dollar pieces cemented together and a Stewartia anodonta (?) with some of the first layer of shell material preserved.
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#1. Not sure age #2. Not sure age #3. Pliocene/miocene #4. Pliocene/miocene #5. Not sure age #6. Not sure age #7. Not sure age #8. I believe Cretaceous?
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Hello everyone. I am new to the forum and hope someone is able to help identify what kind of shark this tooth is from. My wife found it at Holden Beach in NC this past weekend. Her friend found some great white shark teeth as well but I can’t find anything online that looks like this. She also found this sea biscuit/urchin while there. They’ve been dredging to rebuild the beaches and seems like they’ve uncovered a lot of good stuff in doing so.
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Hi, my daughter is into gems, fossils crystal. So we have been getting into it too. A few years ago in Canada we came across an antique shop where we bought a Megladon tooth as the owner was a prospector by trade and said he had found it in North Carolina. No certification but looks cool. It is small weighs about 3.3 oz. I was wondering if anyone can tell if it is real or a fake? Thanks for your help!
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North Carolina Cretaceous angel shark cartilage/vert., fish skull cap, mosasaur tooth, and more!
fossil_lover_2277 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Collected these in North Carolina this weekend. Angel shark vertebra w/ fossilized cartilage, fish skull cap, mosasaur tooth, soft shell turtle fragment, worn Otodus tooth, goblin shark teeth, crow shark tooth, bull shark tooth, and not sure what the smallest shark tooth is. These come from a mix of Cretaceous Tarheel and PeeDee formations and Pliocene Yorktown formation.
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Plesiosaur or Myliobatis ray vertebra from Cretaceous of North Carolina
fossil_lover_2277 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Anyone know what type of vertebra this is? Found in North Carolina, could be from either Cretaceous Black Creek group. 2.5 cm from left side to right. Could it be a plesiosaur cervical vertebra? Or is it Brachyrhizodus spp., a Myliobatis ray? I already have one Brachyrhizodus spp. vertebra and it doesn’t look like this, but maybe this is a different part or the backbone. Just based on size I’m leaning towards Brachyrhizodus, but it looks almost identical to a plesiosaur vertebra. Oooo
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Hi all, does anyone know anything about these echinoids? All are approximately 4-6cm in diameter. They came up with the sediments dredged at Holden beach. My best guess is they’re Eocene Castle Hayne since that formation is out towards the coast and is well known for its echinoids. Also, what’s the best way to clean these guys up? They’re in a lithified sand but with enough force you can sort of break some chunks of it off, so it’s not super resilient like some limestones. edit: I believe they’re Hardouinia spp., that’s what they look like online. Someone said they might be PeeDee, although I’ve not heard of lots of echinoids coming from the PeeDee, although some can, and they didn’t really say how they knew it was PeeDee vs Castle Hayne. Also I found a fish skull cap, it’s not sea robin, anyone possibly know what type of fish it’s from?
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Found almost fully submerged in the wet sand beneath the waves of Holden Beach. It was found within newly replenished sand from dredging that’s occurring currently a couple miles off the coast. Very heavy and dense(1.257kg), porous of course and it’s not perfectly symmetrical at any angle I view it from. I’d guess some whale bone but I know very little about fossils. There’s also tens of thousands of Hardouinia Mortonis (PeeDee Cretaceous) coming up through the dredge pipes if that helps in any way. Longest length ≈ 15cm Longest width ≈ 10cm Longest depth/height ≈ 8cm Narrowest depth/height ≈ 3cm Any help is appreciated, thanks. Also vinegar to try and clean the barnacles and such off?
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Is this a hybodus tooth? 1cm tip-to-base, Black Creek group of North Carolina U.S.A.
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Voici mon collier de dent Isurus hastalis Here is my Isurus hastalis tooth necklace: .
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Found on the shores of Holden Beach, North Carolina. If you need measurements of anything let me know, thanks.
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Hey everyone! On my outings, I usually don't pick up the bone fragments, but I have stumbled upon a rather large pocket of good sized bone fragments that I would love some help in identifying. If no dice here, I'll get whatever is left ID'd at a museum this weekend. Fossil #1 - Going to take my best guess and say a rib of some sort? Fossil #2 Fossil #3 Fossil #4 And finally Fossil #5 There is PLENTY more where these came from, I consolidated the other fragments into a small area, so in the off chance anything here is significant, I would be more than happy to retrieve the rest. Thank you for any help you can provide, I know bone fragments are quite common at GMR, but I just found it odd to see so many chunks within close proximity.
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Hey everyone! Figured I would post my findings from GMR over the course of this month. I've found quite a lot, but most I returned to the waters as I did not feel they were display worthy. First up here is my initial collection, featuring various cretaceous sharks teeth, some meg fragments, a cluster of squalicorax teeth (Top Right), a cluster of Extinct White Shark teeth (Bottom Right), A squid shell (Bottom Left), and various other bits such as an unidentified and VERY fragmented reptile tooth, a mouth plate, and a ray denticle. Next some of the larger finds, featuring a fragment of a whale skull (Left) and an ear bone from a whale (Right) This little piece here was ID'd by museum staff at the Aurora Fossil Museum, NC. They believed it to be a partial Mastodon tooth due to the presence of cross hatching on various sides of the fossil, glad I didn't toss it haha! Very cool find! Last, but certainly not least, is this amazing megalodon tooth I found just 30 minutes into an outing, my first one ever! The root was just sticking out of the sand in some shallow water, imagine my shock when I yoinked this 8 1/2 cm monster! This has been a huge learning experience for me, as this is really my first serious delve into amateur paleontology. I've had a lot of fun learning about all of the fossils I've been finding, and I can't wait to keep exploring. Thanks for reading!
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Found on Holden Beach, North Carolina. The most similar fossil I have to it is a dolphin tooth but this item is noticeably different from my dolphin tooth (thinner ‘chewing surface’ and much different root shape). Any help is appreciated.
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I found this object on the beach near cape lookout after a storm. It is very heavy. Any ideas what this might be? Thank you.
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Hey All! Found in GMR, NC yesterday during a 1 hour quick dip in the mucky water... (cold).... I've found lot's of whale bones here before but this looks different from anything I have found before... almost looks like a patella bone. I'll take whatever thoughts anyone has! Thanks!!!
