Jlpastrone Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Also found at Flag Pond this summer. I would love help IDing these as well! Thank you!! #1 (approximately 1 inch) #2 #3 (approx 1/2 inch) #4 (1 inch x 1/2 inch x 1/2 inch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I think one is another severely worn croc tooth (something along the lines of thecacampsia). I see some pretty Ecphora pieces in the background, nice finds “...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...
Fossildude19 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Welcome to the Forum. #4 Looks like a worn Paleozoic coral - possibly washed out from somewhere inland, or washed in by the ocean - either way, it is an erratic. 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: #4 Looks like a worn Paleozoic coral - possibly washed out from somewhere inland, or washed in by the ocean - either way, it is an erratic. In Maryland? I've yet to find or even hear of a horn coral, the closest site of the correct age is about 150 miles away to the west, so I'd doubt that the glaciers or rivers would bring it. Also flag ponds is on a penninsula of sorts. I do agree it is a coral though, just not Paleozoic. “...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...
Fossildude19 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 2 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: In Maryland? I've yet to find or even hear of a horn coral, the closest site of the correct age is about 150 miles away to the west, so I'd doubt that the glaciers or rivers would bring it. Also flag ponds is on a penninsula of sorts. I do agree it is a coral though, just not Paleozoic. Paleozoic corals show up all the time on Cape May, and farther south. Can't rule out the human factor, either. Not real familiar with younger corals, so you could be right. That's why I qualified it with a "looks like " 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 11 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Paleozoic corals show up all the time on Cape May, and farther south. Can't rule out the human factor, either. Not real familiar with younger corals, so you could be right. That's why I qualified it with a "looks like " Considering glaciers typically move north/south thats why I thought it unlikely to be an erratic, but I guess it is possible. I wanna be one of those people who brings fossils from somewhere and buries them just to confuse future people The sediment attached to the piece looks closer to the unconsolidated sediment of the cliffs than the hard stuff you get the older fossils in. I'm not really familiar enough with corals either so I'm going to leave it to someone else to find out. “...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...
PaleoRon Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 The first one is a worn and fragmented cetacean tooth. The last one is a barnacle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 4 hours ago, PaleoRon said: The last one is a barnacle. Agreed. I'm quite certain that is it. Just the inner layer remains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I agree with Ron that #1 is a worn and fragmented cetacean tooth. The pattern on the tooth looks like the core of a sperm whale tooth. I agree #4 looks like a really worn barnacle. #3 is really too fragmented. #2 is really interesting. I'm curious what others think it is. Marco Sr. 2 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 30 minutes ago, MarcoSr said: #2 is really interesting. I'm curious what others think it is. Baby theropod's first shoe But seriously; it is of great interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I agree with the ID of barnacle for number 4. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I think that better closeup pictures of 2 are needed. Agree with Marco sr on the rest. 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...
Jlpastrone Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Wow!! Thanks for helping a new-to-the-hunt woman out! I truly appreciate all of your insights! Here are more pictures of #2... it's only about a 1/4inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I bet this turns out to be a seal tooth. Or perhaps something closely related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Here are enlarged pictures of #2. This specimen doesn't match anything that I'm familiar with. Marco Sr. 1 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Maybe @Boesse will have an idea. 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...
Rockwood Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Would seals have milk teeth ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 they're shed in utero,during embryogenesis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I'm guessing it is a fish tooth. Forked teeth with two lobes aren't unusual but I've never seen one with three. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 3 hours ago, Al Dente said: I'm guessing it is a fish tooth. Forked teeth with two lobes aren't unusual but I've never seen one with three. Eric I was also thinking fish tooth but I've never seen a bony fish tooth with three lobes like this specimen either. Marco Sr. 1 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 So if this were to be a seal tooth it would have to be an incisor - and no seal has tricuspate incisors like this. The closest I can think of are oral teeth of Lagodon - which look like this but only have two cusps. This really looks like a fish tooth to me, especially the root. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmayshun Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Whatever it is, it is gorgeous. Nice going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Some Characins have multicusp teeth but they live in Central and South America, plus their teeth are almost microscopic. image from "Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogeny of Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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