fossil_lover_2277 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) Made a recent trip to Aurora, North Carolina to fossil hunt the Pungo River formation. These are the Megalodon, Giant White, and Mako teeth I found. Also the last pic shows the nicest tiger and sand tiger shark teeth I found. Not shown are several hundred identifiable whale and dolphins bones of decent quality, including intact vertebrae (atlas, axis, thoracic, lumbar, and caudal all found, some with processes), ribs, jaw bones, flipper bones (carpals and phalanges), sperm whale and dolphin teeth. Also found amber, petrified wood, Trionyx turtle shell, crab claws, and much more. Edited December 21, 2021 by fossil_lover_2277 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_Adult Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Nice finds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Amazing finds! Thanks for sharing! -@fossilhunter21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_lover_2277 Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 hours ago, fossilhunter21 said: Amazing finds! Thanks for sharing! -@fossilhunter21 2 hours ago, Fossil_teenager said: Nice finds! Thanks! It took A LOT of digging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Those are drool worthy finds!!! I will be in the area next summer for a few weeks (visiting my brother). My experiences around Aurora, maybe wrong, is that the Pungo Formation is not exposed in Beaufort County. My finds have been at the museum and along roads in the area. Let me be clear, I am not looking for your hunting spots. But would like to know if my opinion of the Pungo Formation is right or wrong. Then, I can research from there! The Pungo River Formation is from about 105 to about 150 feet below mean sea level in the South Creek quadrangle. The minimum depth is in the northwest corner, the maximum in the northeast. The formation thickens from about 70 feet in the northwest corner to about 115 feet in the southeast corner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_lover_2277 Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, minnbuckeye said: Those are drool worthy finds!!! I will be in the area next summer for a few weeks (visiting my brother). My experiences around Aurora, maybe wrong, is that the Pungo Formation is not exposed in Beaufort County. My finds have been at the museum and along roads in the area. Let me be clear, I am not looking for your hunting spots. But would like to know if my opinion of the Pungo Formation is right or wrong. Then, I can research from there! The Pungo River Formation is from about 105 to about 150 feet below mean sea level in the South Creek quadrangle. The minimum depth is in the northwest corner, the maximum in the northeast. The formation thickens from about 70 feet in the northwest corner to about 115 feet in the southeast corner. Thanks! And yes, you are correct, the Pungo River Formation is subsurface, and as far as I’m aware is only accessible via the mine. The museum had just flipped their piles and loads of verts were exposed on the surface. Edited December 22, 2021 by fossil_lover_2277 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 It is nice to be at the right place at the right time! Thanks for the reply! @fossil_lover_2277 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Thats a lot of teeth, to bad they are so beat up due to Nutriens mining methods. 1 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...
fossil_lover_2277 Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 12:31 PM, sixgill pete said: Thats a lot of teeth, to bad they are so beat up due to Nutriens mining methods. Sorry just saw this. Literally thought the same thing. Some of the makos were pristine, but yea the larger megs and makos were shredded. On the positive, at least the mine even lets us access the stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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