Meg-tastic Day

[eannis6]

Hello all! So, I recently took a trip to the Aurora Fossil museum in NC. I hunted for some teeth while there, and truly enjoyed the exhibits as well. I found nearly a 3 inch fragment of a meg. The main reason I was there, however, was because I was told that to get my little meg Identified for certain, I needed to get it looked at in person. So I took it there asking for an ID by Dr. George, the fossil museum educator and I was finally given the 100% certain thumbs up that my little tooth was from a megalodon and they were kind enough to give me a little case to put it in. I also found lots of other teeth too! Check it out sometime, it’s awesome there.

[eannis6]

My pictures are failing to upload

[sixgill pete]

@eannis6 should have let us N.C. folks know you were heading there. We could have met up and possibly took you hunting in some other spots. The museum is great and the spoil piles do produce some decent stuff still. But not the finds like there were in years past. Curious, who at the museum I.D.' your tooth? Should have waited until May and came to the Fossil Festival, as many of us here on the forum display there with the the NCFC and other associations. 

[eannis6]

@sixgill pete that would have been fantastic! I’m close by anyway, VA Beach- I would love to meet up sometime though! Also- fossil museum educator Dr. George identified my small tooth! I’ll definetly come in May! :-)

[sixgill pete]

George is a great and very intelligent person, I have known him for almost 40 years. He is actually a medical doctor, not a paleontologist. He delivered my youngest daughter and one of my grandsons. But, if he says it's a meg it's a meg.

[eannis6]

4 minutes ago, sixgill pete said:

George is a great and very intelligent person, I have known him for almost 40 years. He is actually a medical doctor, not a paleontologist. He delivered my youngest daughter and one of my grandsons. But, if he says it's a meg it's a meg.

I did not know that! Thanks for the info, and that’s neat that you’ve known him for so long. He sure was a very friendly and kind man!

[eannis6]

@sixgill pete thanks for being so welcoming and willing to meet up! That would be awesome some time.

[Miocene_Mason]

Congrats on the Fragalodon! Can’t wait to see pictures once the glitch’s get fixed up!

[caldigger]

"Oh he has his doctorate in mathematics and knows absolutely nothing about fossils, but darned if he wasn't going to give your I'D a try".

 

(The comments above are meant just as a bit of fun and no seriousness is to be connected to them. No people or animals were injured in the making of this joke.)

[Miocene_Mason]

25 minutes ago, caldigger said:

No people or animals were injured in the making of this joke.)

Tell that to the meg...

[eannis6]

25 minutes ago, caldigger said:

"Oh he has his doctorate in mathematics and knows absolutely nothing about fossils, but darned if he wasn't going to give your I'D a try".

 

(The comments above are meant just as a bit of fun and no seriousness is to be connected to them. No people or animals were injured in the making of this joke.)

I sort of wrongly assumed that a man working in a fossil museum with his doctorate was a paleontologist- but at least he was very knowledgeable

 

1 minute ago, WhodamanHD said:

Tell that to the meg...

Hahahahahaha nice

[eannis6]

29 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said:

Congrats on the Fragalodon! Can’t wait to see pictures once the glitch’s get fixed up!

Thanks!!!! Let me try again:)

[eannis6]

[eannis6]

@WhodamanHD it worked!

[Miocene_Mason]

10 hours ago, eannis6 said:

@WhodamanHD it worked!

Nice

[sixgill pete]

12 hours ago, eannis6 said:

I sort of wrongly assumed that a man working in a fossil museum with his doctorate was a paleontologist- but at least he was very knowledgeable

 

My understanding is that to keep their tax exempt status they must have someone with a doctorate on staff. George is very knowledgeble and yes a heck of a nice guy. 

The director of the museum has her master's in geology.