quatsea1 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I would greatly appreciate help with identifying exactly what fossils I have here... Again, they were all picked up at Calvert Cliffs, MD. I am most interested in the odd little (tooth?) second down on the left. Thanks so much!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Can you please take a pic of the other side of your "tooth". I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quatsea1 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Ha, I guess I am totally off base! Here is the reverse side. Thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Porcupine Fish http://www.elasmo.com/leecreek/lc_fish/fishSp.html?tgtSp=chi_sch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quatsea1 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Interesting! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I didn't even know that you could find those at calvert cliffs. I have been there many times and never found one before. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quatsea1 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 "Beginner's luck" I guess?!.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Beat me to it, porcupine fish. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quatsea1 Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Thanks everyone! Any ideas about the others?... How about the bottom left (with ridges)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 41 minutes ago, quatsea1 said: Thanks everyone! Any ideas about the others?... How about the bottom left (with ridges)? I was specifically avoiding this, as I have no idea what it is. Well, that's a lie I have a few ideas, none looks quite right. My top two guesses are weird Ray mouth plate, and strange looking scute, it's strange though. Others may know better, I barely remember my last time visiting the cliffs, although I hope to go there again soon. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Very cool finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quatsea1 Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimi64 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Good job. In addition to this forum, the Calvert Marine Museum down in the Solomon's will identify fossils. CalvertMarineMuseum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 15 hours ago, quatsea1 said: Any ideas about the others?. I think those are to fragmented to be sure of an identity. 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...
Thepaleontologist101 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 The grooved one might be a fragment of a scallop shell. Could I see a more close up and detailed picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 On 9/15/2017 at 10:01 PM, Thepaleontologist101 said: The grooved one might be a fragment of a scallop shell. Could I see a more close up and detailed picture As in the bottom-left one??? I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure that's not scallop 1 - texture is completely off 2 - spaces between the ridges are irregular 3 - ridges are parallel All 3 indications that this is surely not scallop. I would go either with some weird bone piece, or just a concretion. Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thepaleontologist101 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 On 9/18/2017 at 6:43 AM, Max-fossils said: As in the bottom-left one??? I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure that's not scallop 1 - texture is completely off 2 - spaces between the ridges are irregular 3 - ridges are parallel All 3 indications that this is surely not scallop. I would go either with some weird bone piece, or just a concretion. Fair point. My next best idea is maybe a crocodile scute? It's pretty hard to tell from just a picture keep in mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 4 minutes ago, Thepaleontologist101 said: Fair point. My next best idea is maybe a crocodile scute? It's pretty hard to tell from just a picture keep in mind Now it's out of my field of expertise. Not sure about this one. Sorry to only give a destructive ID Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thepaleontologist101 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Nope. Waaaaaaay off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 3 hours ago, Thepaleontologist101 said: Fair point. My next best idea is maybe a crocodile scute? It's pretty hard to tell from just a picture keep in mind Definitely not a crocodile scute. Crocodile osteoderms have 'pitting' for muscle and connective tissue attachment "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Could it be ripple marks? “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thepaleontologist101 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 1 hour ago, WhodamanHD said: Could it be ripple marks? Not likely. Ripple marks come from the ocean floor that's been turned into rock. The cliffs are still entirely clay so no ripple marks could come out of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quatsea1 Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 I appreciate the input! Here a few more (low quality) pics just incase you're interested.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Miocene_Mason Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 16 minutes ago, Thepaleontologist101 said: Not likely. Ripple marks come from the ocean floor that's been turned into rock. The cliffs are still entirely clay so no ripple marks could come out of it I was thinking more along the lines of the iron stone found at the cliffs. Sometimes I've heard this bog iron contain footprints (along the Potomac, Pleistocene) so I dont think it's a huge stretch. I'm not sure though, all iron I've found there has a more yellow form of iron oxide. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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