TXV24 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Hi, I thought I'd share some of my best finds from yesterday's trip to Hamstead. It was definitely one of the best trips I've had in terms of the sheer number and variety of fossils I picked up. Tide was going out slowly so had to spend a lot of time climbing over and through the fallen trees that litter the beach from the landslides, but it was definitely worth it. As usual fragments of Emys carapace were by far the most common find along with loads of worn pieces of crocodile scute and fish vertebrae. I also found quite a few of the nicer pieces that come out of the Bouldnor formation including a diplocynodon tooth, mammal teeth and bones (which seem to be quite common at the moment), 3 diplocynodon vertebrae, a large section of diplocynodon mandible, and the largest fragment of Trionychid carapace/plastron I've ever found! The coast is always very productive but the strong winds and rain we had here for much of last week seem to have exposed/brought in lots of new material. I'll attach images of the highlights from the trip below (will have to do it in multiple posts because of size limits). (Below) The best Emys fragments of the day, a large plastron piece, a neural plate, and a peripheral piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXV24 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 A large section of Trionychid carapace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXV24 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 A crocodile tooth, most likely Diplocynodon hantoniensis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXV24 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 A section of crocodile jaw (Diplocynodon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXV24 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 Two mammal incisors, most probably from the anthracothere Bothriodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXV24 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 The lower end of a mammal phalanx, probably Bothriodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXV24 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 A worn centrum from a crocodile vertebrae (Diplocynodon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBOB Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Cool! I like the croc jaw piece! Stick that croc tooth in one of those sockets. Nice finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Nice finds! 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...
TXV24 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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