Mosey'ing around New Jersey

[frankh8147]

Hello everyone!

 

In the last month, I found two interesting Mosasaur teeth in two very different locations so I figured I'd share!

 

For the first, I was digging in the basal Navasink in Southern New Jersey (primarily an invertebrate location). In the matrix, I happened to see a tiny bit of this tooth sticking out. As this is my only Mosasaur tooth in matrix, I prepped it so you can see the tooth better but left it in.

 

The second is from my usual location - Big Brook. Nothing unusual there however; it does happen to be both my longest and widest Mosasaur tooth! Its under two inches but has some serious weight!

 

The last picture is of my Mosasaur collection with my new editions in it

[Darktooth]

Great finds Frank! Awesome collection you got! Glad to see that you are still getting out and finding some great stuff.

[erose]

Dang that is a big tooth! I collected Big Brook for about 10 years and a decent mosasaur tooth evaded me. congrats. 
 

What are the other fossils in the matrix with the first tooth? Just curious.
 

[Jeffrey P]

Congrats again, Frank on that beast of a tooth you found. Way to go!!!!!

[Darktooth]

I must be very slow on the take nowadays. I only just now realized what you did with the title.

[historianmichael]

Congratulations Frank! You certainly have a touch for reptilian remains.

[frankh8147]

17 hours ago, erose said:

Dang that is a big tooth! I collected Big Brook for about 10 years and a decent mosasaur tooth evaded me. congrats. 
 

What are the other fossils in the matrix with the first tooth? Just curious.
 

Most burrows but some bivalve imprints too. I'll try to get a better picture of that.

[frankh8147]

17 hours ago, Jeffrey P said:

Congrats again, Frank on that beast of a tooth you found. Way to go!!!!!

Haha - our stream photo!! Fun dig Jeff!

[frankh8147]

12 hours ago, Darktooth said:

I must be very slow on the take nowadays. I only just now realized what you did with the title.

Haha - probably the corniest title in fossilforum history!

[RuMert]

Great collection! Are bones as frequent as teeth (judging by the photo) or you discard most of them?

[pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon]

I think I've commented on this before somewhere but: great collection! And these new additions are just awesome! Looks like the one on matrix is a mosasaurine, and the big one might be a prognathodontid!

[PFOOLEY]

Pretty wicked collection of Mosasaur elements, @frankh8147...some really great colors in those teeth and that paddle bone is sweet.

[bedfordrn]

wow. amazing finds. Congrats!

[Jared C]

That is the grandest mosasaur tooth collection I've seen! Congrats!

[frankh8147]

8 hours ago, RuMert said:

Great collection! Are bones as frequent as teeth (judging by the photo) or you discard most of them?

Teeth are definitely more common than identifiable bone here. My take would be thats because most of the bone we find here are smaller and mostly broken up.

[frankh8147]

7 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said:

I think I've commented on this before somewhere but: great collection! And these new additions are just awesome! Looks like the one on matrix is a mosasaurine, and the big one might be a prognathodontid!

Thank you! Its always great to talk to you about Mosasaurs! 

By the way, I agree 100% with both of your IDs'.

[frankh8147]

1 hour ago, Jared C said:

That is the grandest mosasaur tooth collection I've seen! Congrats!

Thank you - they are some of my favorite fossils to find!

[frankh8147]

On 11/14/2021 at 1:31 PM, erose said:

Dang that is a big tooth! I collected Big Brook for about 10 years and a decent mosasaur tooth evaded me. congrats. 
 

What are the other fossils in the matrix with the first tooth? Just curious.
 

Here's a better picture but even after taking a second-look, I would just say bivalve imprints.