kmac Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Hello everyone! This is a partial mosasaur jaw with other associated bones i found in the Early-Mid Campanian Woodbury Formation of New Jersey over the summer. One of my best finds to date. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Nice find. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Extremely rare and well preserved! Congratulations on this one! @Carl @frankh8147 2 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...
kmac Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 17 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Extremely rare and well preserved! Congratulations on this one! @Carl @frankh8147 Thank you! I have another find from this summer that was about 5 feet from this one. I'll post it here once i have some pictures on my computer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 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...
Praefectus Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Nice mosasaur jaw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 That is an extremely rare New Jersey find, and far as I know, there aren't many sites in the Woodbury that produce anything. I think it would be wise to inform Dave Parrish at the New Jersey State Museum of this. Big congrats. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmac Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 28 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said: That is an extremely rare New Jersey find, and far as I know, there aren't many sites in the Woodbury that produce anything. I think it would be wise to inform Dave Parrish at the New Jersey State Museum of this. Big congrats. Thanks! This outcrop of the Woodbury is quite diverse in terms of inverts and vert fauna. Ralph Johnson from MAPS was with me when I found it but i have not shown Dave. Perhaps I'll bring it his way when I am back in NJ thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmac Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 43 minutes ago, Praefectus said: Nice mosasaur jaw! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjfriend Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Awesome find! Good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Nice and rare! Must have been a very exciting day that day. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Could it be that I saw this somewhere before already? Instagram, Reddit? Seems very familiar, and with such a unique fossil can't imagine it having been another! Absolutely astounding find in any case! Beautiful jaw, and indeed, incredibly rare for NJ! Love it! 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) Thanks everyone for the heads' up! I am familiar with this find Kyle - this is a GREAT website for you! Much more scientific than what you're used to! Edited January 31, 2022 by frankh8147 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokietech96 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Amazing find! Congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Just revisiting this, but, in case you don't have an ID yet, thought I'd add that the morphology of the teeth and age would suggest this is Clidastes sp.. Again, astonishing find! 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life Finds A Way Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Was this big brook/ramanessin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deweythekenyan Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 1/30/2022 at 8:13 PM, kmac said: Hello everyone! This is a partial mosasaur jaw with other associated bones i found in the Early-Mid Campanian Woodbury Formation of New Jersey over the summer. One of my best finds to date. This is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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