kaleb Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I went out this afternoon in search for some sharks teeth and had my best trip to date. I started on the island I normally look on and found numerous teeth average size for what i find on there nothin special but I did find a croc tooth Ill post a comparison pic of the other i found last weekend on the fossil id thread but here is a pic of the one i found today. But first here is everything I found Here is the croc tooth After looking on that island for a while i ventured up river to 2 other islands I had only tried once. I had seen a guy leaving that island in the psat and asked him if he had found anything and he showed me a nice tooth and said on those 2 islands you dont find alot but when you do they are usually bigger. so here are the teeth i found on those islands. I also found what looks like a tail of some type of lobster type creature maybe one of you could tell me what it is. And last but not least I found what looks to be a rib bone maybe some of you could identify that as well. Well thats it for me Im fishing tommorow so i will probably get back out next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Very cool finds ..WTG! It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 The "lobster tail" looks like a nautiloid of some sort. Purdy cool! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer73 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Very nice finds Kaleb!! :-) ~Mike All your fossils are belong to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Thanks guys does anyone know what the bigger teeth might be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Thanks guys does anyone know what the bigger teeth might be Is it my lousy laptop screen, or is the middle one serrated? If so, it looks like a Carcharocles angustidens! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Is it my lousy laptop screen, or is the middle one serrated?If so, it looks like a Carcharocles angustidens! yep the middle one is serrated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Very nice finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 yep the middle one is serrated Yes-no-maybe? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Yes-no-maybe? I was looking at some pics and i would agree with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Nice finds,it's nice to see material from anwhere other than TEXAS!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 The "lobster tail" is indeed not a crustacean but rather a nautiloid, and a nice one. Is this eocene, miocene, what? Very nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 The "lobster tail" is indeed not a crustacean but rather a nautiloid, and a nice one. Is this eocene, miocene, what? Very nice finds! I dont know what eocene or miocene means but i found it on a dredge island in the middle of a river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1971 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I dont know what eocene or miocene means but i found it on a dredge island in the middle of a river Geo/Paleo speak for how old they are. The geologic time scale is divided into increasingly smaller units: "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Geo/Paleo speak for how old they are. The geologic time scale is divided into increasingly smaller units: cool thanks I dont know which it would be from Im not sure how to tell the age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl O'Cles Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 cool thanks I dont know which it would be from Im not sure how to tell the age Judging by your finds and what i know about the area you are collecting Eocene and Cretaceous material. There are a few sites right by Wilmington that i collect that have these same deposits. The nautiloid probably a Eutrephoceras Carolinensis and some of the shark teeth give away the Eocene and the mosasaur gives away the Cretaceous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl O'Cles Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Almost forgot, the bone looks modern to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 There are quarries in that area where the Eocene Castle Hayne limestone is mined for concrete and gravel. I have found similar nautiloids in two of those quarries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Almost forgot, the bone looks modern to me yeah i wasnt sure about the bone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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