andrewfahmy Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Hello all, New poster here. I am a bit new to collecting fossils, attempting to take advantage of all fossil collecting opportunities I come by. I found myself in raleigh, nc a couple days back and decided to check out some local collecting sites. I found green mill run in Greenville, nc. From what I understand the creek is good for finding megadalon teeth. Spent about 2 hours sifting through the gravel. Found a few small teeth, some bone, and what looks like a small skull. I'm hoping someone can help me identify. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) I don't think it's a skull... it almost looks like a hadrosaur tooth Edited September 25, 2015 by edd " We're all puppets, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) Welcome to the forum...It kinda looks like a part of the ear of a whale or dolphin...or you have the head of The Alien..... Edited September 25, 2015 by njfossilhunter TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I'll cast a second vote for worn hadrosaur tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 That third photo sure seems to show a symmatrical braincase. For now, I'm with Andrewfahmy's original assessment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runner64 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I'm going to have to say worn hadrosaur tooth also. If it's a hadrosaur tooth, nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewfahmy Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 Interesting. I didnt think it looked like a tooth. Here are a few more photos. Hopefully a bit clearer. Also it was found in green mill run which primarily holds megalodon teeth. I assumed this fossil would come from the same time period as the megalodon. Any ideas why there would be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hamilton Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I vote partial fish skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Now it looks like a fish tilly bone " We're all puppets, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 It is similar to fishy bits I've found in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 It's not a hadrosaur tooth IMHO. It appears to be either a suggestively shaped rock or some part of a fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Now I'm agreeing with edd......it looks like a Tilly bone to me too TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Looks like a fish skull element. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 As long as we're guessing, this piece reminds me of fused frontal bones from a fish. My first response to the original images was "Tilly bone"; but, the second set of images seem to show the piece to be something more functional, more gracefully articulated. But, it's just one more guess. Carl Mehling at the USNM is a fish/reptile guy -- try contacting him with these images. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewfahmy Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 As long as we're guessing, this piece reminds me of fused frontal bones from a fish. My first response to the original images was "Tilly bone"; but, the second set of images seem to show the piece to be something more functional, more gracefully articulated. But, it's just one more guess. Carl Mehling at the USNM is a fish/reptile guy -- try contacting him with these images. Thanks for the tip. I went ahead and emailed him. Hope I get a reply. I'll post the update once i have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Thanks for the tip. I went ahead and emailed him. Hope I get a reply. I'll post the update once i have one. As it happens, Carl's was the fifth reply to this topic: LINK It is from a vertebrate's centerline, and resembles nothing else but fused cranial material. Fish is a good bet, IMHO. "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...
Harry Pristis Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 As it happens, Carl's was the fifth reply to this topic: LINK It is from a vertebrate's centerline, and resembles nothing else but fused cranial material. Fish is a good bet, IMHO. I had no idea. Hi, Carl! 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I had no idea. Hi, Carl! Wow! One of the few things you didn't you know about mammals. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Wow! One of the few things you didn't you know about mammals. Carl a mammal? Nahhh . . . Carl's a fish/reptile guy. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Carl a mammal? Nahhh . . . Carl's a fish/reptile guy. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I'm with Harry on this one - although the pictures are a bit fuzzy, my first reaction was "Tilly Bone". But closer inspection of the still fuzzy pictures does suggest fish cranial elements. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Midline cranial element of a fish seconded/thirded/fourthed; hadrosaur teeth don't have little articular bumps on them. Also, its symmetry precludes it from being a highly abraded tympanic bulla of a dolphin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 have heard these called bony fish basi-occipitals, Actually fairly common in some Waccamaw sites. Not saying this is what this thing is; only that I've heard them described as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I had no idea. Hi, Carl! Hello Hello! but one correction: I'm AMNH rather than USNM. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non-remanié Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Wow, Tony you must have dug deep for that old pic of some of my ear bones. Surprised its still around! Welcome to the forum...It kinda looks like a part of the ear of a whale or dolphin...or you have the head of The Alien..... nature13086-sf2.jpg eb.jpg ---Wie Wasser schleift den Stein, wir steigen und fallen--- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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