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From the album: Shark Fossil collection
I. paucus or I. hastalis? from the Portuguese Miocene -
I'm looking to go fossil hunting or shark tooth hunting with a friend coming down from NY March 1st, 2nd, & 3rd. My plan was to go to Casperson Beach, Nokomis Beach (Casey Key) and Big stump Pass state park beach because I've had luck finding small shark teeth there. I wonder if we could manage to do something on the Peace River without a guide though! Or do you recommend a guide? I've always wanted to go there but never knew how or where to start. I do have the floating metal skimming tool, some shovels and beach shell scoopers already. Any ideas appreciated! Cassidy
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My son and I have have been finding a few sharks teeth in Galveston that have washed onto the beaches. Does anyone know the age or the formation that these teeth are washing up from?
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From the album: Shark Fossil collection
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Ok I was lucky to find these shark teeth in St Augustine last week. But help with identification please. My guesses are Mako top left followed by Sand Tiger and lastly a small Great White? Or could that be an extinct Mako? Thanks for your help.
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I have been fishing more than beach combing and the collecting has been poor (or maybe I'm going blind!) Lots more people this year hunting stuff with metal detecters, screens and better eyes. This would have been great for one trip, but accumulated over 8(?) trips. Hopefully with better winter storms more will turn up, and the cold will keep most people away.
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Been months since I’ve been out, so I went surface hunting. I can’t wait until it is warmer so I can sift for the nice small teeth.
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I made it out to Matoaka yesterday before today’s snowstorm and had a successful Maryland Miocene hunt, despite a large amount of ice obscuring the shoreline. (I won’t complain about the cold after @RuMert’s trip report yesterday. ) I found an unusually high number of cetacean vertebrae and cookies (epiphyses), several Ecphoras, shark teeth, and some other nice finds. This Carcharodon hastalis tooth was waiting for me when I arrived on the beach. And this cookie was just a few feet away. Off to a good start! Heading north, the ice got progressively thicker along the shoreline, and for significant stretches covered up all of the gravels at water’s edge. But there were still a few things deposited further up the tideline from before temperatures dropped below freezing. ...including my second cookie of the day. ...and my third—it’s incomplete but is the biggest one I’ve found to date. As the day went on, the sunlight started to melt some of the ice, revealing additional fossils, such as this nice little Ecphora—the colors on these always look so much better when wet! Here’s my favorite find of the day: a small partial ray mouth plate. On first glance, this looked very much like just a seed husk in the water—I’m glad I took a closer look. I didn't find a ton of shark teeth, but the ones I found were generally of good quality, including this Hemi hiding in the sand. This is a weird one. It’s only part of a tooth (croc? cetacean?) and may not be identifiable, but has a bump/ridge across the tooth—almost like a restart of the crown. Pathological perhaps? Or maybe just a tooth design I’m unfamiliar with. If anyone has ideas, let me know. I'll post another photo below and can take additional ones from other angles if helpful. Here's a decent-sized croc (I think) tooth. Most of the enamel has worn off except for a small section on the side.
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Hi ya'll! I had my first real break as a newbie recently and finally reached my all time goal of finding my first shark tooth this weekend. This was at the waco pit, which I (think) is at a confluence of the del rio formation and the eagle ford formation. Over the course of several afternoons, 3 more shark teeth followed, as well as a vertebrae to wrap up a nice trip that also drew up some pyratized ammonites and shells. The daily collection limit of two per person meant that my brother and I were able to really zone in to hot spots with what we wanted rather than being distracted by the thousands of miscellaneous oysters and echinoid shards. Anyway let's get to it. Because this would be relevant to size, I've heard before that the waco pit specimens were subject to a sort of island dwarfism, just in reverse - supposedly it was a lagoon cutoff from the rest of the western interior seaway. Is there truth to this, and if so, to what extant did the dwarfism occur? Here is the first photo with everything in frame, front sides facing forward. Here is the view from the back, included because I've done no preparation work on the white specimens in fear of destroying them, and for some the back has less dirt. The tooth with enamel intact has just been wiped off with a dry tissue. My best guess would be that these belong to Cretolamna, but that's mostly speculation. On the specimen with intact enamel, here is the view from the side, included because it has the most distinctive curvature on this plane of any of the specimens. And on the same tooth, here is the view of the back again, mostly just to show off it's sheen - this was the first tooth I found over the weekend, making it my first tooth ever - I'm delighted that it's so well preserved. Lastly, the vertebrae that my brother found. My guess is that it's a fish vertebra, I just have no idea what species Thank y'all on any ID help, or advice on preparation would be appreciated! I have no idea why 3 or the teeth are white, so advice there would be handy as well!
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Post Oak Creek Microfossil Matrix for Trade
ThePhysicist posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
I'm offering for trade about half a gallon of microfossil matrix collected from Post Oak Creek, Sherman, TX. It's rich in marine fossils from the Late Cretaceous Interior Seaway (Eagle Ford Group ~ 90 Ma). I cannot guarantee what you will find. I however can comment on what you can find based on my experience with this site. Sawfish oral teeth are very common. You may also find a variety of sharks' teeth, with about 8 genera that I've found so far in similar matrix (Squalicorax, Cretoxyrhina, Cretodus, Cretolamna, Ptychodus, Scapanorhynchus, Hybodus, Cantioscyllium, ...). Reptile teeth are uncommon. You can find a few larger shark teeth in the coarser portion, but they will likely be incomplete. I also have a small sandwich bag partly full with finer matrix (basically sand) which should contain small prizes like shark denticles. Pleistocene fossils are also mixed in, so you can find mastodon enamel next to a Cretaceous shark tooth. There is no processing required; virtually all of the fossils are loose in the gravel. I will ship to the continental US only. See this album for a more comprehensive view of the kinds and quality of fossils you may find. Here's what I've found before, hunting matrix like this: * Shark teeth, vertebrae, and denticles (~ 8 genera) * sawfish oral/rostral teeth and denticles (~ 2 genera) * fish teeth and vertebrae (Enchodus, Hadrodus) * guitar fish teeth, and denticles(?) (Rhinobatos, others) * squamate reptile teeth (mosasaurs, coniasaur) * crustacean claws/bits * clams/shells * pleistocene mammal (mastodon enamel, vole, etc.) I'm looking to trade for dinosaur-bearing micromatrix (doesn't need to be processed). For example, from Hell Creek Fm., Lance Fm., Judith River Fm., or Two Medicine Fm. I'm also open to other unlisted formations. Alternatively, if you have a decent dromaeosaur tooth you're willing to part with, I'm all ears. Please PM for offers or additional information. Thanks for looking!
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Hi everyone, its been a while since I posted here so wanted to share some of my favorite finds from the past few months. Ive mainly been hunting in the marine Blackhall Limestone at various sites across the Midland Valley of Scotland. Although there are several fossiliferous marine limestone and shale bands of similar age and depositional environment in the Midland Valley, the Blackhall seems to be by far the most productive and also tends to have the best preservation. Ive mainly been looking for chondrichthyan teeth, crinoid cups and jellyfish so I'll post these first, I have had a few nice finds of other invertebrate groups recently though so I'll get some pics of these shortly. First up, the jellyfish. This is the largest Ive found so far at 80mm across. Another larger specimen at 60mm across. An average sized one at 32mm. And one of the smallest so far at 21mm.
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One of my rarest fossil finds! This is a Pseudocorax affinis that I found while hunting in New Jersey's Cretaceous age streams. This is a very rare find for the area. It's in really nice shape too. One of my favorite teeth.
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I went out on a fossil hunt last Thursday to one of the streams I like to hunt at. It was only around 28 degrees F when I arrived so I didn't have the highest hopes. I ended up having my best day both quality and quantity wise! I found my first New Jersey hemi as well as my first tiger shark tooth. Also found a really nice sized sand tiger as well as one that would have been a monster if it was whole. Hope you guys enjoy!!
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Hi everyone! This is my first post here on the forum in what feels like forever. I'd like to be active here again, and thought there was no better way to kick it off than showcasing my meg tooth! Some of you may have already seen the tooth on my Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube, but I wanted to make a post on here as well. I found the tooth last week along Calvert Cliffs. It's approximately 4.1" slant height and in near perfect condition. It even has that iconic Calvert Blue color on the crown that I love so much! I've been dreaming about finding a tooth like this ever since I started collecting a few years ago, and my dream has finally come true! Check out the pictures below and the YouTube video if you'd like to see how I found it. Hopefully the first of many great finds this year!
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Slow day on the beach, not finding much of anything, when right before I turn around to head back I see a perfect 4” Meg sitting in ankle deep water! Total trip maker!
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ID requested: Eocene micro shark teeth from Tielt Formation, Egem (Belgium)
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi everyone, yesterday I recieved a lot of shark teeth, 20 of which came from the Egem Clay, Tielt Formation, Egem, Belgium that date back to the Ypresian, Eocene. The teeth are very small sized so I tried a macro lens to take pictures (I apologize for the not always clear images), and I believe most belong to Physogaleus secundus. But I wanted to share my thoughts on the ID's of the teeth and see what your imput would be as I am not an expect on Eocene shark teeth. Tooth 1: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 2: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 3: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 4 Physogaleus secundus Tooth 5: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 6: Physogaleus secundus or Galeocerdo? Tooth 7: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 8: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 9: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 10: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 11: Abdounia minutissima or Scyliorhinus sp.? Tooth 12: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 13: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 14: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 15: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 16: Physogaleus secundus Tooth 17: Physogaleus secundus? Not sure, looks a little different in morphology then the rest. Tooth 18: Physogaleus secundus Thank you in advance!.jpg.67e619d62e895cd6ee29733d4625a1a0.jpg)
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From the album: North Sulphur River
Shark teeth (at least in my experience) are really hard to find at NSR. The best method would probably be to sift for them in gravel, but I've yet to do that. The odd looking one is actually the base of sawfish rostral tooth.- 1 comment
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A lot of what I learned from the trip, was learned here on the Forum. Thank you very much!! Went 1/2 of a day on Saturday, and 1/2 Day on Monday. 5 hour drive from South Texas but worth it. Made the trip with family, they have finds of their own. Not sure of what I have found here. Any help with identifications would be appreciated. The shark teeth are in rows of 8. Part 2 and possibly Part 3, will be posted later plus our first trip to NSR!!
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I recently brought home a gallon bag of Potomac River gravels (Paleocene, Aquia Formation), and have been searching through them for micros using my new digital microscope (the quite reasonably priced Plugable USB 2.0 Digital Microscope, which several others on TFF have recommended). I've found a number of shark teeth and have tentatively IDed many of them, though would appreciate corrections or confirmations, as well as thoughts on the unidentified ones. The tick marks in all of the photos below are millimeters. Thanks in advance for your help! 1. Abdounia beaugei 2. Galeorhinus sp. -- half the tooth is missing so may of course be unidentifiable 3. Squalus minor 4. Another Squalus minor 5. Megasqualus orpiensis 6. Triakis sp. 7. Possibly Premontreia degremonti? 8. Possibly Odontaspis winkleri? 9. No idea 10. Unidentified sand tiger 11. Unidentified sand tiger 12. Unidentified sand tiger 13. Unidentified sand tiger
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Here are my son’s finds. Turns out he found more than me and had better representative teeth. He had a real good eye on finding them, even without the strainer pan. My “readers” would not let me do the same. That is my excuse, lol.
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Recently, I haven't been having tremendous luck along the Calvert Cliffs, but I headed down to Matoaka Beach again yesterday and was rewarded with one of my best fossil hunts to date! I arrived around 10am, a couple of hours before low tide, and the Chesapeake Bay was as still as I've ever seen it in the year since I started fossil hunting. A little wave action can often be helpful to kick up fossils, so from the top of the cliffs I wasn't expecting much. But as it turned out, the water was extremely clear, which helped me find more submerged fossils than I usually find, and there were extensive exposed shell and gravel beds along the beach. Here's my first shark tooth find of the day--nothing out of the ordinary, but a good condition Carcharhinus sp. Less than an hour in, I found this nice whale tooth (my best so far) tumbling at water's edge. When you find a trip maker early on, it's a good day. And then I found a Meg (or probably a Chub)! It's missing most of the root and part of the right side, but this is my best one to date. The Meg was soon followed by this huge Hemi. It has a bit of root erosion but still-sharp serrations and measures over 1.4" -- roughly the same size as the biggest Hemi I've found to date. I love when there's a big ol' shark tooth just waiting for you on top of the sand. More to follow...
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Hello ! just wondering if anyone has ever been to Chippokes State Park Plantation in Surry Va. I have been there about 6-8 times haven’t had much luck there. I’ve found probably only 10 teeth at that location. Can anyone share their finds from there? @HoppeHuntinghave you ever been to Chippokes? If so have you had much luck there?
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Hello All this is a wrap up of our finds from our Richmond trips 2020 This post is about two trips combined where I visited the same location which is Richmond , NW Queensland Australia. The dig site is a public dig area which contains Cretaceous marine material from the Toolebuc formation. This site is well known for its abundant fish, shark ,marine reptile bones and rare bird/ pterosaur fossils. Growing up in the North Island of New Zealand and I have been collecting fossils since I was a kid however fossils from vertebrate animals are exceedingly rare in that area (Except Shark teeth) therefore my knowledge of vertebrate fossils is very poor. So, going out to Richmond which has abundant vertebrate fossils is a dream come true I have learnt so much over the last 3 years heading out there. The first trip was in July which I did with my partner and kids and the 2nd trip was in October which I did solo due to the extreme weather at the time. Due to the weather which was 42C and threat of severe storms I located the area I wanted to dig and did most my work at night with lamps, there were also less flies at night which made it more pleasant. During the two trips we found several turtle bones which was exciting and unexpected, it wasn’t the kind of marine reptile bones we had in mind. We found a small ichthyosaur tooth and a neural arch. There are layers of material known as fish mash which contain large amounts of small fish bones. Amongst this we found a few larger fish bones and a fish tail. My partner also found the largest and first sharks’ tooth of our trip she was very happy about this. We collected some of this material which we took home and broke up and sieved for shark teeth and any other rare or unusually specimens. Working alongside my 11 year old son we broke up and processed the fish mash material where we found a few smaller turtle bones and sharks teeth our best finds were 3 johnlongia teeth these are usually rare so we were good finds, the third tooth which he found he was able to ID the tooth which was great to see how much he has learnt. Also goes to show how much better his eyes are than mine as I missed it. Lastly, I would like to thank everyone on the forum who has given me advice and helped me ID fossils especially Mike D’Arcy without your help we would of never made these finds thanks a lot mate. Cannot wait to get back out there. Finding the dig site before dark, yes the silly looking mask is required to keep the flies out. The dig site at night. My wifes tooth. I will put more pictures in comments
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From the album: Post Oak Creek
Hard to see any striations, but it may be Cretodus sp. : http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/gallery/image/51613-‘button-nose’-posterior-cretodus-crassidens-south-dakota/&browse=1 -
I was very fortunate to obtain some loose matrix and chunks of matrix that I need to break down. I really have only been working on the loose matrix so far. It has not m.uch but has been extremely productive with amazing teeth. This is the first time I have gone through matrix from this area and the colors are amazing. The matrix is absolutely loaded with so much great stuff. Most of the items I have found so far are firsts for me. Enjoy the pics! @JBMugu I have barely scratched the survive with the big chucks of matrix but these two verts came out of it. They cleaned up nice! My first whale vert 1.5 inches. .75 inch shark vert Cow Shark Angel Shark Dog Shark
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