NSR, May 20th

[BudB]

I made a hike down the North Sulfur River bottom today, and as usual, there were fun things to be found. There are shell fragments everywhere in the shale at NSR, but most of them aren't from ammonites like this one.

 

 

[BudB]

This ammonite imprint in the shale actually had two pieces nearby which fit together nicely.

[BudB]

I found this almost complete ammonite in a creek wall, but it sure is trying to fall apart.
 

 

[BudB]

Is this a tooth? It has a ridge down each side of it, but it sure looks like a broken tooth.
 

 

[BudB]

I found this modern tooth that is much larger than any modern tooth I've found at NSR before. A bison tooth?
 

 

[BudB]

The most common fossils at NSR are baculites and barbed wire. They're both everywhere. I left all the barbed wire, but kept these two baculites.
 

 

[BudB]

I keep telling myself I'm not going to make that long hike down the river bottom with another heavy egogyra ponderosa oyster in my backpack, but then I find a beauty like this.
 

 

[Darktooth]

32 minutes ago, BudB said:

Is this a tooth? It has a ridge down each side of it, but it sure looks like a broken tooth.
 

 

Enchodus 

[BudB]

10 hours ago, Darktooth said:

Enchodus 

 

Thanks for that. It does appear to match the "saber tooth herring" photos I'm seeing.