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  1. Conley

    New member

    Hi guys my names Conley. My kids and I live in SE Colorado and have been digging and finding sharks teeth and various other fossils. Since we started looking 4 years ago we have found 300 teeth in a 1 acre spot. Some of the other fossils we have found we are not real sure what they have came from.
  2. Location: Abbey Woods, London, UK Epoch: late Palaeocene to early Eocene (54.5Ma) Geology: Lesnes Shell bed of Blackheath Member Date visited: 4 March 2024 As the visit to Tankerton proved a bust, I was eager to actually find some fossils and decided to try out Abbey Woods when the Monday dawned sunny and mild. Again, this was a new destination and I thought it best to scout it out before dragging the rest of my family along. I took public transport with a nice muddy backpack and hiking boots, so must’ve confused a fair number of people on the London tube. Thankfully, the new Elizabeth line terminates at Abbey Woods, so it was pretty easy to access. It’s a fair walk from the tube station to the park (.7mi) and there is very little on the high street (if you could even call it that), apart from a few corner shops to get a drink and a Greggs. You could seemingly take a bus to the park, but I didn’t see any during the time I was walking, so probably best to plan on a walk. The main entrance to the park is somewhat signposted, although you can’t really see it until you get close; it’s near the pedestrian overpass. The park itself is beautiful. I didn’t know what to expect, and was very pleasantly surprised. The ruins of the abbey are striking, and the trails are clearly signposted and lead up into a wilderness area that feels like you’re completely outside the city. There’s a café/information centre near the ruins with clean toilets and running water. The water will be KEY to this site. To reach the fenced-in fossil bed, you can either go up a gentle slope to the left of the main entrance or take a steep set of stairs from the café. I would recommend going with the steep stairs when hauling water, as it’s considerably closer to the café and, although steeper, a shorter distance to travel. I didn’t know how far away the water was, just that it existed on site, so didn’t bring the appropriate transportation gear; all I had was a collapsible bucket, so abandoned the idea of wet sieving on site. Instead, I put on my waterproof trousers and began to dig down into the dirt with my trowel. It is spring in the UK, so the dirt was wet. The recommendations online https://ukfossils.co.uk/2016/06/16/abbey-wood/ are to wait for a dry period, but who knows when that will be, so I went for it anyway. The dirt was easy to scoop and move about into my sieve. I found Group A dry sieving, and was quite pleased, as what I had seen online indicated that it would be very hard going indeed to find anything during this part of the process. That being said, I didn’t start finding anything until maybe 18 inches down, but then it was fairly regular for the remaining hour and a quarter that I was there. While sieving, I separated out the larger rocks and sticks and put the fine sieved dirt into a bag to carry home. You can remove 2k from the site; I wouldn’t have wanted to carry more than that in my backpack for over an hour on public transport anyway! Another group joined me about an hour into digging – a mum, her 7/8yo son and his friend. They had buckets, a plastic sieve, and plastic shovels and were getting quite frustrated. I gave them some pointers and ended up inviting them to share my hole that I had dug out so they could reach a deeper layer. The son became frustrated quickly and just played around, but his friend loved it once I started pulling out teeth (and gave one to him). He found a couple of bits that may have been teeth that I recommended he take home to wash, and right at the end the mum found a definite tooth – she was delighted! I was glad to help them enjoy the digging more and get some results; I expect the friend will be back with his family at some point. There is a definite technique to follow at Abbey Woods. I’m going again with my family and another two families (kids range in age from 4-6) in a couple of weeks and will bring the following: - metal digging implements (and plastic ones for the kids to play with) - waterproof trousers for kids definitely (and recommended for adults) and generally outdoor clothes - large buckets for wet sieving - milk jugs to carry the water up the hill - sieves (mine is 2.5mm, but I would recommend smaller as some of the teeth are teeny-tiny) - bags for taking home micromatrix post-sieve - spare bags for muddy clothes and tools - snacks and drinks and money/card? for the café There is a wonderful resource for identifying your finds: <http://www.trg.org/downloads/fossils of abbey wood.pdf> It is written simply for the general public/amateurs, has a clear key for the diagrams, and has high quality images. I used it to identify the majority of my finds - just a few questionable pieces remaining. See photos below. I hope this information has proved helpful to anyone reading! Maybe see you there next time. 1. Marsh Clam 2. Marsh creeper 3. Moon snail 4. Auger shell 5. Extinct clam 1 6. Clam sucker 7. Extinct clam 2 8. Freshwater snail 9. Ray/fish mouth parts? 10. Sand shark (Gluekmanotodus heinzelini) 11. Sand shark 12. Sand shark (Jaekelotodus robustus) 13. Sand shark (Palaeohypotodus rutoti) 14. larger Sand shark teeth 15. Fish teeth? 16. Trace fossils 17. Questionable pieces; the top tooth is another Jaekelotodus robustus I left out, I think. The bottom left looks to be a partially erupted tooth? And the bottom right is either from a mouth plate or a piece of bone - really small fragment and hard to tell. Please let me know any confirmations/corrections. Cheers!
  3. In the U.S., Otodus angustidens teeth seem fairly common (primarily from South Carolina). From scouring the web, it looks like O. angustidens can also be found in at least in a few other countries, including Australia, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Mexico. However, I very rarely see these pop up, whether it's for sale or otherwise. In contrast, I see other members/stages of the chronospecies--obliquus, auriculatus, sokolovi, chubutensis, megalodon--show up not infrequently from multiple locations around the world. Is this because there are fewer accessible Oligocene-aged marine deposits globally, more restrictions on fossil collection and/or export where these deposits do occur outside the U.S., or for other reasons? Do you know of any other countries besides those I've listed where angustidens are found? If you have any non-U.S. angustidens teeth in your collection, please also do share photos! This is the only non-U.S. one I own, from Baja California, Mexico.
  4. Pamela Irwin

    Fossils

    Hey guys! I found these black beauties and am trying to identify them. Any help appreciated! Thanks!
  5. citronkitten

    Gluekmanotodus heinzelini anterior 3.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    no striations + shape? less sure on this one see: <https://savage-seas.weebly.com/id-your-finds-pt-4-of-10.html>
  6. citronkitten

    Gluekmanotodus heinzelini anterior 2.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    no striations + shovel-shaped cusps see: <https://savage-seas.weebly.com/id-your-finds-pt-4-of-10.html>
  7. citronkitten

    Gluekmanotodus heinzelini lateral 1.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    no striations + shovel-shaped cusps see: <https://savage-seas.weebly.com/id-your-finds-pt-4-of-10.html>
  8. citronkitten

    Gluekmanotodus heinzelini lateral 2.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    no striations + shovel-shaped cusps see: <https://savage-seas.weebly.com/id-your-finds-pt-4-of-10.html>
  9. citronkitten

    Gluekmanotodus heinzelini _anterior 1.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    no striations + shovel-shaped cusps see: <https://savage-seas.weebly.com/id-your-finds-pt-4-of-10.html>
  10. citronkitten

    Palaeohypotodus rutoti lateral 1.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    only genus listed on <http://www.trg.org/downloads/fossils of abbey wood.pdf> that has more than one cusp
  11. citronkitten

    palaeohypototus rutoti micro.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    only genus listed on guide <http://www.trg.org/downloads/fossils of abbey wood.pdf> that has more than 1 cusp
  12. citronkitten

    Striatolamia macrota partial lateral 5.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    shovel-shaped cusp
  13. citronkitten

    Sylvestrilamia teretidens anterior 1.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    minor striations + V-shaped 'pointy' cusps see: <https://savage-seas.weebly.com/id-your-finds-pt-2-of-10.html> and <http://www.trg.org/downloads/fossils of abbey wood.pdf>
  14. citronkitten

    Sylvestrilamia teretidens lateral 1.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    minor striations + V-shaped cusps see: <https://savage-seas.weebly.com/id-your-finds-pt-2-of-10.html>
  15. citronkitten

    Sylvestrilamia teretidens lateral 2.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    minor striations + V-shaped cusps see: <https://savage-seas.weebly.com/id-your-finds-pt-2-of-10.html>
  16. citronkitten

    _Sylvestrilamia teretidens.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    Fragmentary, so not too sure on ID.
  17. citronkitten

    _Striatolamia macrota lateral damaged.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    Not too sure on ID due to discoloration/wear/damage.
  18. citronkitten

    _Gluekmanotodus heinzelini fragment 1.jpg

    From the album: Abbey Wood, London, UK; March 4 2024

    Fragmentary, so not too sure on ID.
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