waltryan1089 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Hi. Big Brook find need an I'd please. Think the tooth is a sawfish, but I think I found a rib of some sort. Big Brook site, Monmouth NJ, December 23 2019. Should I sent this to NJSM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 sawfish looks right. The bone I can not help you with. Even modern bone gets stained and a little heavy in those streams. Others will have to weigh in on it. Nice finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 I think you have it right. It's less likely that the ID will go much further, but we have some well experienced folks from around that site on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 I agree with sawfish; Ischyrhiza mira for the tooth. The bone, like others said it could be modern or fossil, hard to tell from a photo. Is it heavy or light for it's size? Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltryan1089 Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 Thank u all. Feels light to me, but I have no comparisons to base it on. Really new to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Just now, waltryan1089 said: Feels light to me Sounds like road kill. It may lighten in color as it dries out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 I have found deer carcasses in those New Jersey streams on a few occasions, so I'm guessing the bone is a deer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltryan1089 Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 Thank you all for the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 18 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said: I'm guessing the bone is a deer. I've seen lots of live deer in that stream too. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the bone is deer. I'm not ID-ing it though, it's just an observation. Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Ischyrhiza & deer “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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