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Restoring Cretaceous Period Cretoxyrhina shark teeth
Rockin' Ric posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
One of my favorite fossilized shark teeth to find is the Cretoxyrhina of the Cretaceous Period. One of the frustrating things about hunting them is finding a huge blade with no root/base... and that happens at least 90% ot the time! Although I have found several whole teeth, it's moreso the blade or the base. Not sure what is going on in the creek system that deteriorates the roots so badly?? Anyhoo, I took two of the blades found without the base and tried to duplicate and restore the teeth with putty, sanding with a Dremel then applying a color match with an art marker to its splendor granted I'm still practicing and learning.
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This particular resting traces was the find of the day! Several different traces from different species. This site seems to produce after every rain. A unique fossilized slab containing at least two identifiable track left by a Xiphosuran and Eurypterid. Carboniferous Period, Parkwood Formation, Southeastern USA.
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Howdy y'all, I found this while sifting for shark teeth. Is it a coprolite or Gastropod? Not sure if I posted here. ID is welcomed.
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Hi all! I find a lot of fossilized shark teeth when on creeks with friends. I keep the whole as well as the broken ones. It's disappointing to find a really good looking tooth and something was broken on it. One day, it occurred to me why don't you try to restore those teeth that are almost perfect? Well with some putty and a Dremel here are my first attempt. Still have a lot to learn and experience before I can get good at this, at least it's a start. The Goblin shark had the right root broken. Went to the broken discards to find a root similar and glued it, filled in the gaps with putty and sanded it to a smooth finish. The Cretoxyrhina tooth was missing right root wing, fashioned a wing with putty, let dry and sand. After drying and sanding, took a art marker that I use in my art that happen to be the root color and colored over the putty. I took some micro fossil dust and applied to the marker color, the dust stuck and gives a nice blend! This is pretty exciting and plan on restoring two Cretoxyrhina blades I found without base/roots. The teeth I restore will go into my collection and not be sold.
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Two favorite trace fossil finds from several days ago while out running errands. Second pic, there's a lot of activity going on the stone... two different species left their trackways, ones a hopper (tonganoxichnus) and the other appearing to be a diplichnites? Carboniferous Period, Parkwood Formation, Southeastern USA.
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Found this last year and thought it was a Gastropod Steinkern of some kind? On second thought, could it be a coprolite... if coprolite, its a perfect symetrical pile of...? Found in Cretaceous material while hunting for shark teeth. Does anyone out there know what this is... its smooth and heavily worn on the bottom side?
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Hello y'all! I got an opportunity to visit a trackway site locally. It was a hot steamy day for the crazy in me. When I got to the site, it had overgrown considerably since the last visit. There were patches of exposure that could be seen... while walking around scanning those exposures I see this five foot boulder thinking it could be split into, ... surprisingly it was easy peasy. It contained Mariopteris Fern fossils and the find of the day, Attenosaurus tracks of a large tetrapod amphibian affectionately called "Frogzilla" that predates the dinosaurs! Another surprise was that I didn't destroy the fossil by whacking off excess stone... 99% of the time I wind up having to glue pieces back together! It split in half beautifully, providing the negative plate with both prints and separate positive prints of those tracks! My day was done... the tracks are my first find ever! It was a bucket list item for this site where I have found many tetrapod trackways in the past. Carboniferous Period, Pottsville Formation, Southeastern USA.
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Scouting For Sites, Cretaceous Marine Fossils Found
Rockin' Ric posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Went scouting some time ago for potential hunting sites. After my hunting buddies and I finished we stopped at this well known creek for a looksee. Here are my favorite finds: Gastropods, Echinoids, Ptychodus, Squalicorax and Cretalamna shark teeth, Oyster, fish vertebrae and badly broken/worn arrowhead. The water level was high with swift current and a tad bit chilly, and thank goodness no one was shooting at us!
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Hello all! I found this peculiar object while sorting through Cretaceous Period marine material. Never encountered something like this before. I put it on FB to get an identification, to no avail? It's tiny and not a fossilized "morel mushroom" although it's shaped like one???? I'm guessing the person who said that was trying to be funny? Is it a tooth, something just oddly shaped? Any help would be appreciated.
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Howdy Everyone! It's always a plus finding an arrowhead while sifting for shark teeth in a creek! Here are a few interior Goblin Shark teeth with the jasper point. Cretaceous Period, Eutaw Formation, Southeastern USA.
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Hello all! On most of the creek excursions I make, I try and bring back micro gravel to sort through for tiny fossil treasures. This recent trip was no exception. I brought back 3 gallons of gravel, and it took me two weeks to sort through it. I found those treasured fossils that make a tedious process worthwhile! Featured are several species of shark, fish, mollusks, ray, urchin plate, and sawfish of the Cretaceous Period.
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Here are some tetrapod trackways found at a local site. Some of my favorite trace fossils to date for my collection! It's even better when ya have a fern frond impression next to a trackway!
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There several creeks I visit in my area where I find lots of shark teeth! One in particular, the Ptychodus tooth has eluded me when I visit. I got the opportunity to visit a new site and had been told this creek contained lots of Ptychodus. Well they weren't wrong, I found these three in an hour and a micro version later! Pretty cool! Cretaceous Period, Eutaw Formation, Southeastern USA.
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It's a common occurrence when on a creek sifting for fossilized shark teeth, and a welcomed sight. These two were found in the same five foot gravel bar. A Cretolamna Shark Tooth and Milky White Quartz Bird Point probably from the Archaic Woodland Period in my state. Pretty excited bout the finds!
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I had seen fossils that came out or near a local waterway. I didn't think much of it until I was invited to join a friend of mine. When we arrived at the site, the riverbed was exposed because of the lack of rain with tons of rocks that looked like shale? Upon closer inspection most of it has weathered and was splittable. I split a few of them a saw there is indeed fossils here. I came across this slab and when I split it this positive and negative plate lay before me. A beautiful Nueralethopteris fern frond with detailed pinnules. I was pretty excited about it and wanted to come back! It was toward the end of the day as the sun set, the mosquitoes were atrocious so we had to leave. I think this is the biggest fern fossil I have found by far!
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Teeth, steinkerns and denticle that got through the 1/4" mesh sifter. So.many.micro.teeth to choose from that are my favorits! Here are my favorites that represent the Cretaceous Period marine environment in my state. At least 6 species of shark, 5 fish and 2 shelled organisms? These are tiny, but they got bigger too! Cretaceous Period, Southeastern USA.
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Found on a regular fossil hunting excursion. Each trip there's always an interesting fossils that turn up from sifting. Any ideas on both objects? The one on the bottom left appears to be coral but not sure how much coral was prevalent during the Cretaceous Period? Been to this site a lot and this is the first find of anything like it. The top right I'm getting comments that it's a partial mouthplate of a fish? Any help with ID is appreciated. Thank y'all!
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Went on a creek excursion to hunt marine fossils several weeks back. I was hesitant about bringing home micro material because last years material from same site didn't produce any stellar finds, so I thought? I brought home a gallon zip lock bag full hoping to try my luck again and glad I did... not bad for a plastic bag of material in a smaller quantity. Brachiopod steinkern, Pseudocorax, Scapanorynchus teeth, Enchodus and Pachyrhizodus fish tooth. Cretaceous Period, Mooreville Chalk, Southeastern USA. Ya gotta love the color of the teeth!
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It had been quite sometime since I got to go do some creek hunting for marine fossils. We get to visit this particular private property site once a year and this year it didn't disappoint. I found my first ever Mosasaur vertebrate! I find its teeth all the time, and my hunting buddies always find the verts... this time it was my day. I found shark and fish teeth, worm burrows and bits of bone. It was a great day and haul of some cool fossils!
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