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Juuust shy of 6 inches .... Savannah Georgia
Brett Breakin' Rocks posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hello Everyone, I've been busy with the kayak and doing some hiking to boot. Funny thing is .. you never know what you are going to just walk right up on sitting pretty after a low tide falls away. 3 mile-ish hike there and back with three miles of paddling .... (this guy was lying in the middle of it) Probably has been buried under the soft sand waiting just beneath the surface. Just shy of 6 inches I love it .. warts and all. In situ ... In hand .. Some really great Carcharhinus teeth lately ... they haven't been jet black either which is a nice change. I've got a few that I haven't scanned yet but they were almost white .. some with caramel colors. My favorite finds so far. 'cuspidata' ? ... Pliocene perhaps ... ? I'm never quite sure with these. Mastodon molar bit .... The weather has been particularly nice lately with a swift breeze and lower humidity. It can literally feel like a desert out there. Hot as heck ! Not everyone survives ..... Cheers, Brett
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From the album: Sharks and their prey ....
Carcharhinus sp. Savannah, Georgia© © Matthew Brett Rutland
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Galeocerdo sp. Savannah River, Pliocene Savannah, GA© © Matthew Brett Rutland
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Hi There, Picked up this tooth fragment while sifting on the Savannah river. The sifter always seems to pull up cool stuff. First time in a long time that I brought out the heavier gear and my arms were dying by the end of the day. It looks too robust for a tapir tooth (?) and the chewing surfaces (what is left of them) feels off. I know the fauna is similar in the Florida Peace river. This would be Pliocene-Pleistocene @digit @Shellseeker does this strike your fancy right off as something recognizable. It may be too much of a fragment. Thanks, Brett
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From the album: Sharks and their prey ....
Delphinid Dolphin Tooth Savannah River Savannah, Georgia© Matthew Brett Rutland
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Carcharhinus and Galeocerdo sp. Savannah River Savannah, Georgia© Matthew Brett Rutland
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Carcharias sp. Savannah River Savannah, Georgia© Matthew Brett Rutland
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Hello Everyone, Something that has always confused me ... teeth like this. This was a tooth pulled from Savannah River dredge material. I can't confirm the formations but the dredge worked the river to 47foot depth. I've read in some spots that the material could possibly be as old as Miocene. My assumption when I am hunting is Pliocene to Pleistocene. Is this just a juvenile meg tooth with cusps or a chubutensis tooth ? Should the cusps be more integrated into the blade ? 2 inches on the slant. Anyhoo ... an outlier to the teeth that I normally find which are solidly in the megalodon camp. At least from a morphological standpoint. @Al Dente Have you seen chubs pulled out of the river ? Thanks, Brett
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From the album: Sharks and their prey ....
Carcharodon hastalis Savannah River Savannah, Georgia© Matthew Brett Rutland
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Carcharias cuspidata Savannah, GA© Matthew Brett Rutland
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Carcharodon hastalis Savannah, GA© Matthew Brett Rutland
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Hemipristis serra Savannah, Georgia© Matthew Brett Rutland
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Hemipristis serra Savannah, Georgia© Matthew Brett Rutland
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Most likely sperm whale teeth sifted from dredge deposits. Physeteroidea indet.© Matthew Brett Rutland
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Carcharodon carcharias Savannah, Georgia© Matthew Brett Rutland
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From the album: Sharks and their prey ....
Carcharhinus sp. Savannah, Georgia© Matthew Brett Rutland
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GPR (Gump Pure Rye) old bottle and Bivalve are gone !
Brett Breakin' Rocks posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
Hi There, I have a few collecting vices (?) but bottles and bivalves are sadly not on that list. Up for grabs is a GPR bottle, which has lost some of its purple color and was made in a mold. Soon after the turn of the century 1920's - ish ? No breaks. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I didn't say that I haven't owned several bottles in the past har har ... The bivalve is something I'm assuming is fairly common and possibly still an extant species but it is both halves. I see these occasionally so if you want more just give me a PM and I'll keep an eye out. Both of these were found either in the Savannah river mud or washing out from dredged material. Pliocene - Pleistocene Nothing in return just a wave and a smile. Cheers, Brett
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Savannah River Hunt ... gonna need a bigger boat
Brett Breakin' Rocks posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi there, Well, I bought my first kayak a week ago and hauled it out onto the river for the first time on Friday. Suffice to say I am glad I planned my trip out with the tide and back 'in' with the tide. The river apparently runs at a good clip, and I also was reminded that the brain will play funny tricks on you when you are moving in a current and don't have good nearby landmarks for reference. I was convinced that a dredge across the river was moving upstream as I was furiously paddling to overtake the slow moving beast and make it to the far shore. The guys on the dredge must've had some quizzical looks on their faces ... and a good chuckle ? I did eventually fall downstream to the opposite bank sans current and realize that the dredge was firmly planted the whole time. haha The 1.5 mile-ish paddle only took 30-40 min going out. I hiked for quite a bit on the banks before I found a promising exposure. The layers were quite interesting, these clay balls accumulating and actively being created on the river banks were cool looking in the wall. I did eventually find what I was looking for ... mind you .. I must have been practically standing on this Meg the first time I passed the exposure. I only found it two hours later on my way back .. just sitting there in the sand. A few of the teeth and a fish vert that I kept ..
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Hello, I have what I think is a small humerus from a rodent of some kind ? This is dredge material so it can range from Pliocene to Pleistocene. Was curious if it was possible to determine the type of rodent. I'm assuming it's too small for a capybara type of animal. @MarcoSr does this resemble anything you have seen ? Cheers, Brett
