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There's Nothing Wrong with a Crustacean

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I had a great day yesterday collecting at the Ramanessin Brook with @Jeffrey P and @frankh8147 and members of the DVPS. The weather was a bit overcast but the iffy weather certainly did not take away from the great accumulation of finds. From what I could tell everyone seemed to find something special, with the find of the day going to Frank. I started out finding a bunch of shark teeth and slowly transitioned to finding more fish teeth and other goodies from the brook. I seem to have a penchant for finding crustacean claws as this is the second trip in a row on which I have found a crustacean claw.

 

The finds from about 5 hours of sifting

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Here are some of my favorite finds from the trip:

 

A little piece of ammonite

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Pycnodont (Anomoeodous phaseolus) lateral tooth on a section of mouth plate

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Enchodus lower palatine jaw fragment

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Tiny crustacean claws (probably ghost shrimp) 

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A small red Archaeolamna kopingensis

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A cool little clam steinkern I found just hanging out on a gravel bar

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Nothing at all, in fact - I love crustaceans!! Glad you enjoyed the trip and got to meet everyone. That was a fun trip!

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Great collecting with you on the Ram Saturday. Congrats on that Pycnodont lateral and the shrimp claws. Nice finds!

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Very nice finds! I live in an area with ghost shrimp, and I think they're a pretty good match for your claw. 

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