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Potomac - Aquia Formation 3/15/18


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I was able to head to the Paleocene area of the Potomac for a few of hours today, glad I did. I was heading to work, I was quite shocked to see the water was already extremely low even though low tide was supposed to be 6 hours later, I confirmed the tides when I got to work...a strong west wind had pushed the water out and I was set to have some prime time beach time with extra low tides. By the time I was able to slip out of work, I made it to the river about 2 hours before low tide...the water was already lower than I had ever seen it before; this is when I realized that I had too much of a good thing! I kept zigzagging back and forth between the waterline and the old waterline. I finally gave up the zigzag approach and decided to walk the waterline going and the old waterline coming back. The finds were less than what I was expecting but I'm not complaining either, I wish I cold have spent a few more hours out there. My trip maker was my second ever Paleocarcharodon orientalis, worn and much smaller than my first one, I almost discounted it when I originally spied it because I thought it was a broken tooth. A little voice inside my head told me to check it out and I was pleasantly surprised when I picked it up.

 

Total haul.

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Paleocarcharodon orientalis  and Otodus obliquus

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Close up of the Paleocarcharodon orientalis

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Rob :D

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Lots of nice black needles and blades! :meg:

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Nice! Is that Paleocarch posterior?

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Congratulations. Paleocarcharodon is high on my shopping list for the next time I visit the Aquia. 

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3 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:

Nice! Is that Paleocarch posterior?

That's what I assessed it to be as well...when I first saw it, it looked as though the tooth was broken due to the slant. I was extremely happy that I bent over and saw what it actually was and it would make sense that it is a posterior. 

Rob :D

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1 hour ago, RCW3D said:

That's what I assessed it to be as well...when I first saw it, it looked as though the tooth was broken due to the slant. I was extremely happy that I bent over and saw what it actually was and it would make sense that it is a posterior. 

@MarcoSr can tell you if it is a posterior.

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Great finds! The Otodus is in good condition; not every day you find one like that in the Aquia Formation. Congrats on a productive hunt

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Very nice. Great Otodus, and any Paleocarcharodon is a good find. Do you ever collect any micro matrix to search from there? The Aquia had some great micro's.

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On ‎3‎/‎22‎/‎2018 at 8:32 AM, sixgill pete said:

Very nice. Great Otodus, and any Paleocarcharodon is a good find. Do you ever collect any micro matrix to search from there? The Aquia had some great micro's.

 

I actually have 6 gallon bags of matrix from an area that Marco recommended for me to collect micros from, I just haven't gone through it yet.

 

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