wellwellwell Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Hello! it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, but I read the reports of others quite often. I visited a new spot in Virginia, on the James river, which offered some unexpected teeth. I have found much more worn similar varieties on other rivers, but this seems to be in good shape and I thought it may help me understand a bit more about dating some of the formations I’m seeing in the banks of the rivers, maybe… I believe this is either an angustidens or auriculatus, and looking for any clues from the tooth itself which may positively ID the tooth to know the age of the deposit. This was not found in the banks but in the water, I have found great whites and Miocene hastalis close by. On the same trip I found this nicely preserved whale bulla, which from my limited knowledge looks much more recent species than the teeth. The other larger tooth pictured appears to be serrationless and there may be remnants of a burlette, but that was about a foot away from the better preserved tooth. Is it possible that the serrationless tooth is an older species? I know anything can happen in the water so it maybe impossible to be conclusive, I’ve included a couple of other teeth from the same area, to which I am unsure of a species. just wondering if this rings a bell with other Virginia tooth hunters? thanks for your time, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Can you give us a general location on the river where these were found? That may help with getting a correct identification on the two teeth in question. 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...
cck Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 The teeth look Paleocene… but the whale bulla is much younger… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cck Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Otodus obliquus and paleocharcharadon orientalis .. until someone smarter proves me wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cck Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 My bet is you’re spot is close to Richmond where the Paleocene deposits are near the miocene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bthemoose Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 The serrated tooth looks like Otodus auriculatus which would be Eocene. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellwellwell Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 Thanks for the replies! The spot is closet to Richmond, I’ve only been twice, first trip found a nice great white. I would love to be able to identify the formations in the river banks, I have not been able to find a detailed enough geological map or some indications of what color clay would indicate which formation. One thing I noticed here is that the lowest clay marl exposed with shell in it was quite dark, almost black, I haven’t seen that elsewhere on the James (most other places I’ve looked are about 20-30 miles East) What is the best way to identify visible formation and stratigraphy of an area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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