wetwilly Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Hi, Found 4 items I need assistance with. * I believe the one smaller tooth fragment is an Enchodus. * I'm guessing one of the items is an Alveolus steinkern. * The larger item is a worn tooth of...? * And the last item (front and back) looks like... coprolite? Thanks for the help Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Two of the teeth look like Enchodus. The last item with the pattern looks like part of a fish skull or gill plate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 I agree: 2 Enchodus, a probable belemnite phragmocone steinkern, and at least a fish dermal bone (maybe a heavy scale or skull bone. Whatever that one is it is very rare and special - that is, if it's from NJ as I suspect. Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I don't know enough things on teeth, but i agree with the belemnite phragmocone and with the dermal bone or skull bone. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetwilly Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 Thanks for confirming the Enchodus teeth and the possibility of finding some kind of scale or skull bone ! They were found in one of the Brooks. It puzzles me though, why I can find the belemnite phragmocone steinkern in the one Brook that lacks belemnites. Any ideas why? Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 I see that a lot in upstream Big Brook and Ramanessin. It must just be some differential preservation where after the steinkern forms the guard dissolves. You very often have sites in NJ full of mollusk steinkerns with no trace of actual shell material anywhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetwilly Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 makes sense, thanks Carl. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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