Northern Neck Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Guys any help on these would be great. 2 are some sort of black shell fossils? The other appears to maybe be a jaw bone? You can see it's missing a few teeth maybe. Just never found these before so curious what they might be. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Neck Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 I think the jaw is maybe drum fish now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 The shells are internal casts of gastropods, something similar to a Conus or Cowrie/Olive shell. Cropped and brightened: 1 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_finder_ Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) I think it may be a piece of crocodile jaw. I'm probably wrong though Edited March 24, 2021 by Fossil_finder_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cck Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Hi northern neck! For reference, here are two drum jaw fragments from that location.. I think yours is something different? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 @Northern Neck can we get better more in focus pictures of the first item. Read some of the pinned topics on how to get your Fossil ID'd for some photography tips. Don't hold the item in your hand so it is the central focus of the picture. I do think it may be a piece of jaw bone. 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...
HemiHunter Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 7 hours ago, Fossil_finder_ said: I think it may be a piece of crocodile jaw. I'm probably wrong though As I also posted in the trip report, looks like a fish jaw. (I have a complete one from Calvert Cliffs.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, cck said: Hi northern neck! For reference, here are two drum jaw fragments from that location.. I think yours is something different? They are from a drum, and represent pharyngeal sections from the throat of a black drum (Pogonius sp.). It is molluscivorous and swallows oysters and clams, crushing them in its pharyngeal plates. Its dentary has sturdy, grasping teeth. .The piece in question is a dentary, probably from a red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), which is the jaw photo that you posted in the field trip report. Edited March 25, 2021 by hemipristis 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Neck Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 Thanks guys! Always trust your professional opinions in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcher78 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 All the finds are cool. I do like the internal molds. Something that I haven’t found yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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