Team collecting Eastover: Heavy on pics. Whale, shark, fish, etc

[sharkdoctor]

For several years, @Gizmo and I have been working to grow a collection of vertebrate fossils from the Eastover formation for the Calvert Marine Museum and for our own study. We've developed a wide range of stream sites along the central Atlantic Coastal Plain and have collected a variety of vertebrates ranging from pinnipeds to fishes. This summer, @WhodamanHD and @HoppeHunting joined us to tackle some of the more difficult sites. 

Below are some bits and bobs from our trips this summer. This was a team effort so we thought it might be fun for this post to be a collective effort as well. 

 

A whale cervical vertebra and billfish bill

 

 

 

 

[Miocene_Mason]

Seal Atlas, Species unknown

[hokietech96]

Gretat pics so far!  This is going to be a great post!  Looking forward to seeing more!

[HoppeHunting]

Cetacean axis vertebra with detached epiphysis

 

 

[Gizmo]

 

Fish tail  

Billfish bill

[Miocene_Mason]

Shark Vertebral Centrum, thinking Basking Shark (Cetorhinus sp.). Haven’t finished cleaning and stabilizing

[Miocene_Mason]

[HoppeHunting]

Massive Baleen Whale Humerus

[Gizmo]

Whale ear bones -

 

 

Dolphin jaw fragment -

 

[sharkdoctor]

From the top: Rib bone?, 2 bird bones, coprolite and mystery bone (PS, it's intact, with a giant articular surface on the side that is showing)

[sharkdoctor]

From left: Mystery bird bone, seal phalange?

[HemiHunter]

That stuff is all amazing.  The seal atlas vert is super cool.  Love the fish finds.  But that whale humerus BLOWS MY MIND!!!

You guys must have been SO pumped to find that thing.   I wouldn't even know where to keep it, it's so huge.  Thanks for sharing the pics!!

[Gizmo]

A variety of shark teeth -

 

 

[sharkdoctor]

Whale caudal vertebra with bite marks:

[NSRhunter]

But where's the big ol meg I saw you post!  Great finds  

[RuMert]

That whale humerus

[hokietech96]

Some really amazing finds!  Looks like a summer of fun!

[Gizmo]

Most of the larger finds -

 

 

[Gizmo]

11 hours ago, NSRhunter said:

But where's the big ol meg I saw you post!  Great finds  

5.6 inches as is, well over 6 inches if whole.

 

[hokietech96]

On 10/2/2020 at 10:58 AM, Gizmo said:

5.6 inches as is, well over 6 inches if whole.

 

What state was this found in?

[sharkdoctor]

42 minutes ago, hokietech96 said:

What state was this found in?

Virginia

[sharkdoctor]

A variety of bulla and periotics 

 

   

[sharkdoctor]

A fossil blowhole from Meherrinia isoni

 

[sharkdoctor]

Teeth prior to cleaning

 

 

[sharkdoctor]

Fish jaws and bones