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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
Not in great shape, but my best one to date!- 3 comments
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Please help identify possible skull fragment found on South Carolina Beach.
Cornpop posted a topic in Fossil ID
I found this on the beach in Georgetown,South Carolina, USA. The beach is in the Waccamaw Geological formation & same area l found other Pleistocene megafauna fossils ( mammoth, bison & horse ). I believe it is a reptile skull with its lower jaw missing. It has symmetrical nostrils & 2 pinholes (photo 2) that pass thru and exit 50mm back itself. There is a raised ridge above the “nostrils” (photo 3) & it appears to have two broken eye sockets on each side (photo 4). Toward the front of the roof of its mouth it looks like 5 to 6 evenly spaced tooth sockets (photo 5). ( I have compared it to turtle skulls online but l can’t find anything similar) I will post more photos or measurements if needed) any input or ideas is welcome & greatly appreciated.- 2 replies
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I’m not sure if this is a tooth. Found in South Carolina on a beach. It has a raised ridge down the middle on one side.. Therefore I thought it was not a bone? It is small and worn making it more difficult to identify. Any thoughts?
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I’ve been fossil hunting on South Carolina beaches for several years. Never have I found a crab. Yesterday I found two. (I think) They look very similar to the blue crabs in this area. Were there crabs many thousands of years ago and did they look similar to those of present day?
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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Hi all, I recently came across the enigmatic taxon from South Carolina (and apparently New Jersey) - Conosaurus Bowmani. It was named in 1851 from the teeth depicted here, found in the Oligocene either Ashley or Chandler Bridge formations It was misidentified first as a mosasaur (hence saurus suffix) and had been suggested to be renamed conosaurops, but that doesn’t seem to have caught on. Only a few specimens have ever been found that I am aware of, primarily teeth and a couple jaw segments. Two of which were in a previous post by ClemsonSkulls which I was reading this morning, which likely came out of the eocene in a SC limestone quarry. I also see mentions of it from the Cretaceous of NJ. I am curious if anyone has specimens of or knows anything more about this taxon. I have located 4 references for it, including some great descriptions of its tooth shape, but as far as I can tell there have been no elements past the jaw that have ever been ascribed to this ferocious predator, and there is no clue what it is or looked like. Hoping someone knows something more! Thanks all!
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Confused by this fossil and hoping for some help learning how to differentiate. Fossil is approximately 3 1/2” x 4 1/2”. One side looks like bark, break patterns look like rock and line patterns are varied. Perhaps I’m overcomplicating?
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Mystery fossil found on a South Carolina, USA beach Please help identify
Cornpop posted a topic in Fossil ID
I found this on the beach in Georgetown,South Carolina, USA. The beach is in the Waccamaw Geological formation & same area l found other Pleistocene megafauna fossils ( mammoth, bison & horse ). This fossil has a toad skin like appearance with row of nodules dividing a semi flat surface & a 45degree angled rough surface. Any help with identifying it is welcome & appreciated.- 5 replies
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I found this in Summerville back in early January, the shape seems a bit different than most angustudens I've seen and I was wondering if I've finally found a confident chubutensis. Any thoughts? Thanks! (4cm in length)
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I found this on the beach in Georgetown,South Carolina, USA. The beach is in the Waccamaw Geological formation & same area l found other Pleistocene megafauna ( mammoth & horse ). This tooth has smooth waved enamel sides, rough jagged crown & root with 4 holes. Any help with identifying it is welcome & appreciated.
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Found this tooth on the beach last week. I have found Pleistocene horse, bison & mammoth teeth on the same beach. Any info would be greatly appreciated Georgetown, South Carolina, USA.
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I found this grapefruit sized (possibly tooth) getting washed up in the surf in Georgetown, South Carolina, USA. I have found what I believe to be Pleistocene Horse & Bison teeth on the same beach. Any help identifying it would be greatly appreciated.
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References: Cicimurri, D. J., & Knight, J. L. (2009). Late Oligocene sharks and rays from the Chandler Bridge Formation, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 54(4), 627-647. Gale, B., Gale, P., & Gale, A. (2020). A Beachcomber's Guide to Fossils. University of Georgia Press. Miller, A., Gibson, M., & Boessenecker, R. (2021). A megatoothed shark (Carcharocles angustidens) nursery in the Oligocene Charleston Embayment, South Carolina, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica, 24(2), 1-19.
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Anybody ever seen anything like this? Due to the site it's from could be anything from Cretaceous - Pleistocene. The site is well known for paleocene croc coprolites so my first thought was these were footprints of something in a croc coprolite, but that doesn't quite make sense. Maybe it's a burrow of something in phosphate? Maybe it's an indention of something? Any ideas?
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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To preface, I know nothing about fossils or paleontology (hence username). I just stumbled upon this yesterday and thought it was cool. I was wondering if there is any way to tell how old it is and generally how rare or common this type of find is. Location is coastal South Carolina Lowcountry. I found it on an island that is part of a public wildlife refuge. You can access a beach on the island. The forested land drops down about 4-6 feet to the sandy beach. I saw the sheer cliff face and thought "I'd bet you could find some fossils in there" and sure enough I saw this sticking out of the dirt/clay so I dug it out. I am assuming it is very old because it is much larger than any other seashell I've seen on that beach and it has a different ribbed texture. Also I found it far away and higher up from the current high tide line in the dirt (not sand), so it must be from an era where the sea levels were much higher. It measures 4"x3.75"x1.25". I'm also wondering what the best way to clean this is? Thanks, and let me know if there is any more information I should provide.
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From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
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My only nice great white, and at 2.2" it is quite large for the species.-
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From the album: Sonickmonx's South Carolina Finds
Beautiful angustidens, I will never complain about a perfect tooth.-
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