Al Dente Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 River water has been too high lately for me to access my favorite sites so I had to settle for a very small Eocene Castle Hayne outcrop that I can walk to. I wanted to see if the floods from Hurricane Matthew had much effect on the outcrop. On the walk in I found a pretty nice projectile point sitting in the sand. It is a variation of a Guilford stemmed point made out of rhyodacite. This material is almost black when fresh and weathers to green and then almost white. I found a new exposure of Castle Hayne Limestone and the root of a nice sized Otodus auriculatus was poking out. Old exposures got covered up from the floods. The Otodus auriculatus was unusual in that the serrations were very large. The last photo shows a similar sized Castle Hayne auriculatus with much smaller serrations. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 nice finds! I would call that a successful trip! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Nice tooth and point. Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Nice finds, really nice! Glad You have an alternative site when the others are inaccessible. Tony 1 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...
Al Dente Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 I forgot to mention, this is Eastern North Carolina. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Whoa! Very nice! 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...
Darktooth Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Great finds, Thanks for sharing! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Well done, Eric. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Great chompers...well done! "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...
Yvie Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Fossil and artifact envy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Holy moley .. that's huge. Nice finds ! Cheers, B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 OOOooooooooooo! Is that ever nice! Could it be that the teeth come from different positions in the jaw? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 @Al Dente I think the genus Otodus eventually evolved into Carcharocles. Since Megalodon and other species in the genus had larger serrations, maybe the tooth with the larger serrations was closer to evolving into the Carcharocles genus. This means that the tooth with the smaller serrations is most likely older than the tooth with the bigger serrations. Just some thoughts, I never collected the Eocene fossils before. “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Very nice Eric. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Awesome! Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 On February 23, 2017 at 2:31 PM, josephstrizhak said: @Al Dente I think the genus Otodus eventually evolved into Carcharocles. Since Megalodon and other species in the genus had larger serrations, maybe the tooth with the larger serrations was closer to evolving into the Carcharocles genus. This means that the tooth with the smaller serrations is most likely older than the tooth with the bigger serrations. Just some thoughts, I never collected the Eocene fossils before. Names frequently change. Carcarocles is now outdated and teeth in the Otodus obliquus to megalodon lineage are now in the genus Otodus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Beautiful finds Eric, that point is very nice Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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