frankh8147 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Me and my brother (shajzer64) went to the Trenton State Museum today for identification on some fossils we found in Monmouth County over the past few months. We also brought along a few fossils we found through the past few years that I believed could be Hadrosaur teeth. We met with Mr. Paris and had a great day. The highlight was a large Mosasaur brain case my brother found last month but we were also very happy to find out that the potential Hadrosaur teeth we had were all indeed Hadrosaur teeth; we had struggled with this ID in the pat so it was nice to know we turned the corner with that one. The last highlight was two crocodile teeth which are also Cretaceous. It was a great start to the morning and definitely strong motivation to hit the streams again as soon as possible! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Sweetness!! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Killer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Woah! Now there's some good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Awesome! Did they tell you, specifically, which bone it is from the mosasaur skull? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shajzer64 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Right side brain case. There are two of these bones on either side toward the back of the skull that guard the brain. It's tough to see where it fits in without seeing a full skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, shajzer64 said: Right side brain case. There are two of these bones on either side toward the back of the skull that guard the brain. It's tough to see where it fits in without seeing a full skull. True. I wondered if they thought it was a partial prootic, as I previous suspected. 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shajzer64 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I'm not familiar with which bones exactly fit that profile. At the museum it was mentioned that in the Mos, the brain case is a few bones merged together. An article I just found can explain it better than I. It mentions prootic a few times, so it seems it might be, or is at least related... http://oceansofkansas.com/MosaBrain.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 You might also check out page 34, 35 in Dale Russell's, Systematics and Morphology of American Mosasaurs. 2 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shajzer64 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Quite the dense read, thanks. I'll use this to read up on other parts too. I might need a dictionary handy to get through it, but it's quite thorough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Great finds! I am glad you were able to get positive identification. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Thanks for posting this! It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Awesome to get positive ID's on all of these. Congratulations on the great finds. Regards, 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...
frankh8147 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 Thanks everyone! It was a really fun day and it was nice to finally put a label on these pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Search4 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Hadrosaur teeth!! How awesome is that? I still remember when they finally found dinos in NJ. 25 years I lived there and never found a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Congratulations guys! I was dying to find out what that big bone fragment was. Those hadrosaur and croc teeth are excellent too. Nice to have your IDs confirmed by the expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBMugu Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I really like the Croc teeth! I hope I can find some one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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