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Trip to Big Brook, NJ


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Based on the advice of many on this forum, I went to Big Brook in New Jersey to look for some shark teeth and belmenites. It was a great experience, fun wading in the river/stream and sifting through the dirt and stones. Some decent finds, limit is to take 5 only, so i opted for shark teeth that i found, as belmenites were few and mostly broken. Here are some pictures from the place and the teeth. Anyone with IDs or any comments, glad to hear them!

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This is the view from within the stream

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In photo #2, top 2 teeth appear to squalicorax (crow shark), bottom left looks like maybe a broken Otodus and middle and right tooth on bottom look like sand tigers.

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12 minutes ago, SailingAlongToo said:

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In photo #2, top 2 teeth appear to squalicorax (crow shark), bottom left looks like maybe a broken Otodus and middle and right tooth on bottom look like sand tigers.

 

 

Not an Otodus, but probably an Archaeolamna kopingensis.

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13 minutes ago, ynot said:

= sand tiger?

 

Porbeagle shark. ;)  

Archaeolamna kopingensis.
 

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I agree with the top two IDs. The bottom left is some type of mackeral shark (too worn for a more specific ID) and others on the bottom are goblin sharks. You may want to check out Ramenessin next time. There are no limits there.

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Cool to hear about Ramenessin park, thanks!

Also, thanks all for the IDs. Need to brush up on fossil shark teeth in that area, planning to go back someday soon.

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Is there any way to clean shark teeth? or do people do anything to them for preservation purposes?

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14 minutes ago, hashemdbouk said:

Is there any way to clean shark teeth? or do people do anything to them for preservation purposes?

Tooth brush and soapy water usually work fine. If not try a dental pick.

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You should check out the fossils of New Jersey website, put together by a TFF member and if you ever get a chance, the MAPS collection (Monmouth Amateur Paleontology Society)- primarily Cretaceous fossils of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.  

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Nice Crow shark! These are uncommon. Do not sell it online.

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We haven't been there in some time, but the last time there we met a guy from a university that had unearthed a almost complete turtle. He had permits to use larger equipment. It just goes to show that there are still many fossils yet to find. My daughter found some gator parts and many other nice fossils. On occasion we have found native american artifacts and antique american items.

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The top two are Squalicorax lindstromi laterals, bottom left is an upper lateral Scapanorhynchus texanus, and the bottom right one is a lateral Archaeolamna kopingensis. The bottom middle one is either Eostriatolamia holmdelensis or Carcharias samhammeri - if you clean the lingual side it will help with an ID.

 

I highly doubt a complete turtle was found in the streams; that is possible at Inversand, however. There is no Gator material here, only Croc.

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