Fossil_finder_ Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I went to the Ramanessin brook a few months ago for the first time, while I was busy looking at my cretaceous shark teeth I completely forgot about this thing I found. To me it looks just like a bone but I have never found any type of bone in New Jersey before, I'm curious if it is one. And if it is, is it possible to identify what this could possibly be from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Fragment some kind of big tooth/tusk ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Maybe from a castroides molar tooth ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_finder_ Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Maybe from a castroides molar tooth ? its a cretaceous formation, so would castroides be a possible find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRatKing Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 27 minutes ago, Fossil_finder_ said: its a cretaceous formation, so would castroides be a possible find? 27 minutes ago, Fossil_finder_ said: its a cretaceous formation, so would castroides be a possible find? It lacks the ridges normally seen in castroides...and you wouldn’t find them in Cretaceous members. here’s a castroides cast for comparison. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 30 minutes ago, Fossil_finder_ said: its a cretaceous formation, so would castroides be a possible find? There are remains of Pleistocene deposits that show up in the brooks occasionally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 35 minutes ago, Rockwood said: molar tooth 2 minutes ago, LabRatKing said: It lacks the ridges normally seen in castroides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRatKing Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Too big for molar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 minute ago, LabRatKing said: Too big for molar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 It is not Cretaceous. It is much more likely to be modern than Pleistocene, unfortunately. “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...
Rockwood Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 37 minutes ago, The Jersey Devil said: It When is fine, but what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 20 minutes ago, Rockwood said: When is fine, but what ? A tiny fragment like this is not IDable 1 “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...
Fossil_finder_ Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, The Jersey Devil said: It is not Cretaceous. It is much more likely to be modern than Pleistocene, unfortunately. It is fully mineralized so I doubt it's modern but either way is it a bone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, The Jersey Devil said: A tiny fragment like this is not IDable Huh ! ? Not at any leval ? 2 minutes ago, Fossil_finder_ said: It is fully mineralized so I doubt it's modern but either way is it a bone? I'm not so sure. Why are you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 It is a bone. I am not fully of @The Jersey Devil 's opinion that it is modern, but I am not fully certain that it's Cretaceous. I would label it solely as 'bone'. If it disintegrates later on, then it is certainly modern. 1 : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Fossil_finder_ said: It is fully mineralized so I doubt it's modern but either way is it a bone? I don’t think it’s fully mineralized 1 “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...
Fossil_finder_ Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 Just now, Rockwood said: I'm not so sure. Why are you ? Just now, The Jersey Devil said: I don’t think it’s fully mineralized it has that certain pingy sound when you tap it against other rocks, also I held a lighter to it for 30 seconds and nothing happened except me burning my finger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, Fossil_finder_ said: it has that certain pingy sound when you tap it against other rocks, also I held a lighter to it for 30 seconds and nothing happened except me burning my finger Wouldn't that be on list a bit more inclusive than just fossil bone ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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