Trevor Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Hello everyone, Trevor here. Today I went with my father to Ramanessin Brook in New Jersey. Yesterday there had been light but extended rainstorms and was hoping that the storms could expose so new formation or clean up some gravel bars. Much to my dismay the stream was almost completely flooded, with many portions of stream just slightly below my torso. All but one of the gravel bars were exposed in the first stretch of stream I explored. I did some sifting which was not very productive. I decided to try further upstream and found that there were a few more gravel bars. Along the way I met a funny group of students geologists from Stockton University near Atlantic City (if I remember correctly) practicing their hand at fossiling. If someone goes on Monday or even tomorrow they may find double what I came across. The streams need a little bit of time to subside and then many finds will be exposed. I found some odd bones and was wondering if someone could identify them. The first I believe is a vert and the second I have no clue. My questions: Are they fossilized? Are they pleistocene if fossilized? First Unidentified Bone: : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Trevor, Nice haul. Your first item looks like a deer astragalus. Can't help with the others, however. Regards, 1 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...
RandyB Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Can't help much with the ID's, but glad to see you got a chance to get out again Trevor. Looks like a good haul. The 5th post looks like ammonite on the end, but hard to tell. Is the 2nd pic in that post the same piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Randy, all the pictures in the first post are of the same piece. The ammonite piece is the biggest chunk of one I have found so far. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Nice finds! Glad that You got out and found some nice pieces. 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...
Troodon Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Nice finds a good day Has some resemblence to hybodont cephalic clasper? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Troodon, the piece is indeed a hybodont cephalic clasper. I just need identification on the first two pieces. I apologize for not putting labels on the rest of my finds. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Nice haul! Glad you were able to hunt despite the conditions. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazuren Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Nice finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Really nice haul, despite challenging conditions. That ammo piece is a prize, Trevor. Big congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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