Dpaul7 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Hello! I've been trying to identify some fossils from Aurora, North Carolina. My sister sent them to me, now that I have started collecting fossils again (after a LONG hiatus of 45+ years). Some I think I have done correctly, but corrections most welcome. I'm not too familiar with the fossils of this area OR Era. (Pennsylvanian fossils of Pennsylvania is what I have hunted/found). I've made the clearest photos I could (I am a bit shaky with the camera sometimes). Here are my attempts (and requests for help!) A: Sea Urchin Spine B: Lemon Shark Negaprion sp C (1,2,& 3): Tiger Shark - Galeocerdo (contortus?) D through J: Sand TIger Shark Tooth K: A tooth? A claw? I have no idea! L: Do not know M: Do not know N: Rootless Sand Tiger Shark tooth? O: I have no idea! P: A coral? Stromatolite? Q: I have no idea! R: Sponge Thank you for your attention. As I learn and study, I hope to be able to help in the future! I've been gathering books to study, and enjoy this subject very much! David Ruckser I have combined the photos into one; I can certainly upload individuals if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Specimen Q is a ray mouth plate row. picture from here 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpaul7 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Thank you, MOTM ! Very much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Sorry I can’t help but looking forward to hearing what others think, especially for Specimen O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AnThOnY- Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 K is a Hemipristis tooth. L may be one as well, almost looks Tiger sharky to me however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Maybe that O could be a shell hinge ? And Q ray specie would be Myliobatis sp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I agree with Your id's on the shark teeth. Also agree that K is hemipristis, Q is a ray and O is a shell fragment. 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Hello from about two and half hours south of you! Where about a do you hunt for fossils ( not looking for your “honey holes” just curious)? Not an incredible amount of places for Carboniferous fossils since st. Clair shut down other than Carbondale. I agree with what’s already been said, just like to point out that it’s physogaleus contortus for C rather than galeocardo contortus. “...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...
Max-fossils Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Dpaul7 said: Thank you, MOTM ! Very much appreciated! The label MOTM means "Member of the Month". You can see that there is a date next to it too: 08/2015. This means that he was the Member of the Month in August 2015. His username is @abyssunder! 1 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...
Max-fossils Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Oh, and for the IDs you're asking: A: sea urchin spine B: Lemon shark tooth, species likely Negaprion eurybathrodon C: Tiger shark Physogaleus/Galeocerdo contortus (which one of the two is the accepted one now?) D-J: sand tiger shark teeth, probably, but some of them are too broken to certify. K: a worn snaggletooth shark Hemipristis serra L: requiem shark tooth (Carcharhinus sp.)? Or maybe a worn tiger shark (Galeocerdo contortus)? A few more pictures would be helpful. M: bull/dusky shark tooth Carcharhinus sp. N: small piece of shark tooth enamel, possibly sand tiger but then again, because it's broken it's too hard to certify. O: small piece of a bittersweet clam Glycymeris sp. P: some kind of coral/sponge... Q: ray dental plates R: maybe a sponge, or possibly a concretion (rock) I repeated some of the IDs already given by other members, and also some of the ones you already proposed, but I thought it could be useful to have a short summary of everything Happy hunting! Max 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...
M Harvey Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 O looks like an Ostera shell and P looks like the internal mold of a Brachiopod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpaul7 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Thank you one and all! I'm happy I at least got SOME CORRECT! Again, many many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpaul7 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 WhodamanHD - I sent you a message about area fossil locations. Would be glad to show you! Dpaul7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 6 hours ago, Max-fossils said: C: Tiger shark Physogaleus/Galeocerdo contortus (which one of the two is the accepted one now?) I believe it’s Physogaleus or at least it is in all recent scientific literature I have read. “...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...
Max-fossils Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 15 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: I believe it’s Physogaleus or at least it is in all recent scientific literature I have read. Ok, thanks 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...
Max-fossils Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 19 hours ago, M Harvey said: O looks like an Ostera shell (I think you mean Ostrea). No, I'm pretty sure that O is not part of an oyster shell. Hereby I attached a picture of a bittersweet clam, Glycymeris sp, from the Westerschelde in the Netherlands. In red I circled the part that is representative to O. The second picture I attached is that of an oyster, Ostrea edulis, that I found on the Zandmotor in the Netherlands. You can see that there are no such ridges/teeth as those that are present in the Glycymeris and in O. 1 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...
M Harvey Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 On 11/22/2017 at 8:07 AM, Max-fossils said: (I think you mean Ostrea). No, I'm pretty sure that O is not part of an oyster shell. Hereby I attached a picture of a bittersweet clam, Glycymeris sp, from the Westerschelde in the Netherlands. In red I circled the part that is representative to O. The second picture I attached is that of an oyster, Ostrea edulis, that I found on the Zandmotor in the Netherlands. You can see that there are no such ridges/teeth as those that are present in the Glycymeris and in O. You may be right. Hard to tell from the small photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 On 21 novembre 2017 at 6:30 PM, Max-fossils said: The label MOTM means "Member of the Month". You can see that there is a date next to it too: 08/2015. This means that he was the Member of the Month in August 2015. His username is @abyssunder! Bravo !!! "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...
fifbrindacier Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I agree with @Max-fossils, D to J are sand shark teeth, and i also agree with @abyssunder, Q is a ray mouth plate. I agree with @Pixpaleosky, @ynot and @Max-fossils, O is a shell hinge but not from an oyster. N might be from an Odontaspis cuspidata. "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...
sixgill pete Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 C and L are Physogaleus contortus R is a Bryozoan I think P is some type of sponge I agree with the rest of @Max-fossils I.D.'s 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...
abyssunder Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Can we have pictures of the opposite side of these ones? " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 On 11/27/2017 at 7:19 PM, M Harvey said: You may be right. Hard to tell from the small photo. True. It does sometimes take a trained eye to see small details. 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...
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