flyg Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 I got out this morning for a few hours on a local river. The water level was nice, but the visibility was terrible. Nevertheless I got on the snorkel and spent some time face-down over the gravels. It was a modest day in terms of finds, but lovely and quiet and cool under the forest canopy, away from the crowds on a holiday weekend. I ended up with a few of the usual small suspects: Carcharias, Hemipristis, Galeocerdo, Isurus, unknowns. My "good" stuff for this short trip included a tooth I believe to be a small C. megalodon, but uncertain. I also found a decent sawfish rostral spine (Pristis spp?, uncertain). My favorite tooth was a quite complete 4.5 cm Isurus tooth worn to a nice mellow smoothness. I also picked up something that may be a coprolite--it appears to have inclusions and also hatching or scratch marks. Or it could be a worn bit of hash or a lumpy rock, I really know nothing about coprolites. I had some interesting wildlife encounters and ended up spending more time taking photos of the naughty bits of various streamside vegetation. It was a pleasant way to spend a morning. I'd welcome any comments on the "coprolite". G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCW3D Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Absolutely love all of these wildlife pictures! Nice finds too! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Excellent baby Meg and Mako. Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Really looks like you had a peaceful time. Nice nature photos as well. I'm don't know enough to be able to say if that's a coprolite, but it almost looks like there are scratch marks on it made by claws or teeth. Maybe @GeschWhat can help. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 That deer pic almost looks fake or staged! Has a magic to it. Nice finds, what are those super serrated teeth? "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Nice finds and beautiful pictures. Love the Low Country, wish it was a little closer to my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 That is a nice looking Brown Water Snake. Your sawfish rostral tooth is Anoxypristis. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Great pics, finds, and report! Thanks for showing us. 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...
sixgill pete Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 I agree with AlDente that your rostral tooth is Anoxypristis (he beat me to it). You have some great teeth and awesome photos. I love the pic of the fawn on the river bank. And yes, your tooth is a meg, probably posterior. 1 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...
RickNC Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Great capture of the Brown Watersnake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Love the photos! I do believe you have a coprolite there, and a pretty nice one at that. I hesitate to remark on what may have caused these scratches, but possibilities I usually consider include turbidity, feeding/tasting traces, or incidental scratching resulting from walking, swimming or rutting behaviors. It is hard to tell from the photos, but from what I can see it appears to have come from a fish with a scroll valve. Is this an inclusion? if so, can I get a better shot of it? 2 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Nice report , pics, and finds! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowboater Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Beautiful pictures! Peaceful just looking through them. Thanks for the report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyg Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 9 hours ago, GeschWhat said: ...It is hard to tell from the photos, but from what I can see it appears to have come from a fish with a scroll valve. Is this an inclusion? if so, can I get a better shot of it? I think that particular spot is just an edge where at the end of the crack that runs through the piece. I've attached a few more shots. When I saw those little scratches, I was reminded of a topic I remembered from this winter: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimlock Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Those are some wonderful finds and the photos are absolutely stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 3 hours ago, flyg said: When I saw those little scratches, I was reminded of a topic I remembered from this winter: Yeah, that is what I was thinking of as well. It is much easier to see the sets of parallel marks in the new photos. My best guess on these is some type of feeding trace. I'm thinking it may be a cololite (pre-poop intestinal or in your case scroll valve contents). Perhaps scavenger fish left the marks as they fed on the surrounding tissue. Super cool find. Double ichnos are the best! @Carl Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 What an intriguing fossil! I'd also go with scroll coprolite. I'm less inclined to think cololite because of all the scratches. I agree that they are probably feeding traces but it all leaves more questions than answers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Great finds and the nature photos are wonderful too. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Nice watersnake! Every time I collect in the Oligocene I find at least 2 or 3 of them...strange. Oh and cool fossils as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Nice finds and great pics. I agree it's a coprolite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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