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Hey all,

 

I am  New to the forum, and very happy to be here with all of you. I live close to Philadelphia, but have been traveling to New Jersey to a well known creek that dates back to the Cretaceous period to hunt for fossils. I found this one thing and I have no clue what it is. Perhaps you'd be able to assist?

 

since I can't post too many photos in the same message, I'm going to add a couple more possible fossils that I don't know how to ID. 

 

thanks for having me here everybody!

 

brettco

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Welcome to the forum! 

 

I would say the last one could be a coprolite, but the concentric circles on the last photo don't look right for that. Is that a chip in the rock? The little infilled circular hole on the first photo looks like a clam boring.

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Welcome to the Forum. :)

 

As stated before, #1 is a fish vertebra. 

#2 looks more like an ironstone/bog iron nodule, rather than a sawfish rostral. 

The creeks are littered with them. :(  Many mistakenly brought home, by myself and others. 

 

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# 3 looks like another odd nodule. 

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Thanks all for your help! The weird rock looking thing is not a fossil. I'm convinced. I've just been fooled lol. Can't wait to get back out there and search for more!

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Welcome to TFF from France.:D

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