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Flag Pond, MD ID Help Needed Part 1


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I would love help identifying these fossils... all found this summer at Flag Pond Nature Park.  Thank you!!

#1 (approx. 1 inch)

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#2 (approx. 1 inch)

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#3

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#4

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1 and 2 would be crocodile teeth, still examining the others...

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Happy hunting,

Mason

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I think you have some very nice stuff. The first thing you got is a croc tooth. The second is a stone. The thing in number three is a greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) tooth I believe. That is a real nice find. The other things are stones I think.

Joseph

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5 minutes ago, josephstrizhak said:

I think you have found at least 2 trip-makers. The first thing you got is a croc tooth. The second is a stone. The thing in number three is a greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) tooth I believe. That is a real nice find. The others I am not really sure about but are probably stones.

Joseph

What makes you believe two is stone rather than a croc tooth? I'm not saying it's incorrect because my knowledge is limited, I'm just curious. I agree with Somniosus sp. as well for three.

 

@Jlpastrone nice find for the sleeper shark especially, very very rare find. I've only ever seen one other fossil one.

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Happy hunting,

Mason

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Number 4 looks like the tooth of a fish,  Tautog

Need additional pictures on 3 hard to see it.  I don't think Somniosus are found in this locality

 

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#1 is badly worn so a positive id from a picture is very difficult.  Looks more like a Cetacean tooth core to me.  #2 looks more like a fish bill/rostrum.  #3 and #4 are fish teeth,  I agree #4 could be Tautog.  May even be modern.  #3 looks like a porgy (Sparidae) tooth.

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To me all theese are teeth, there's no stones.

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1 could be croc but too worn to ID.  Agree that it also could be a cetacean.  2 base is very compressed, oval, which would rule out Croc.  Not sure what it is but MarcoSr might be correct.

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Can we have some more pictures at different angles of #3 (the one with the sharp blade)? Thanks.

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I agree with the others that #4 is a Tautog tooth and #3 looks like an incisor-like tooth from a fish.

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