Shellseeker Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I was out hunting today, and found some unusual stuff for me. Example of a known is this Galeocerdo contortus . I do not find them with this level of preserved serrations. To me this means a likely Miocene location. So three (3) requested IDs First: Second: In a different location a week ago, I found the one on the left. Maybe concretion, with strange circular "pore"... but then the one on the right today. So this is something, possibly fossil or what? Last, A Ray mouthplate: Worn , very thin, Can someone id the specific ray? Thanks for all comments and replies. A VERY interesting day with many unique and unknown (to me) fossils. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I think the concretion-like things are tilly bones. See here. 4 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Hi @Shellseeker well, I know that your second image is probably a rostral from a sawtooth fish. Here is an example of one from the Belgrade. As Gesh stated the round ones are Tilly bones. I just picked up four of them on the Savannah River this weekend. Overgrowth of bone on a fish vert. These are: Anoxypristis rostral teeth from the Belgrade Formation Late Oligocene North Carolina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 5 hours ago, GeschWhat said: I think the concretion-like things are tilly bones. See here. Almost painful to look at aren't they ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I agree.... The first it's a rostral tooth for a Sawfish and the second one tilly bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I’m kinda confused how you came to the conclusion the serrations meant Miocene? Contortus is usually Miocene, and serrations are a matter of preservation... “...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...
Shellseeker Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 1 hour ago, WhodamanHD said: I’m kinda confused how you came to the conclusion the serrations meant Miocene? Contortus is usually Miocene, and serrations are a matter of preservation... Yes, I can see the confusion... You are correct, quality of preservation has little to do with age of the location or the era in which a specific fossil existed. I was pleased that I was finding G. Aduncus & G. Contortus in such high quality that I wanted to make a point that it is VERY rare for me to find either with this detail on serrations. My hunting grounds are a mixture of miocene, pliocene and pleistocene. Based on experience and results, pleistocene fossils dominate. My chances of finding Nannippus are 1 in a thousand compared to Equus chances. So when I use the term, likely miocene location, I am actually saying that I am far more likely to find miocene species, than is normal for me. Generally, in my Tiger Shark finds, Curvier dominates with Contortus playing the role of Nannippus. Yesterday I found 8 Contortus, 5 Aduncus, 1 Curvier in a mix of hundreds of small shark teeth. We found 10 Anoxypristis teeth, which is also very unusual...plus a number of other unusual finds for me. I am not sure this is a miocene location, have to go back and see the results over many trips. 2 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 4 hours ago, Rockwood said: Almost painful to look at aren't they ? Definitely - always makes me think of the elephant man. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Hey hi Jack, Physogaleus contortus (GIBBES, 1849) extinct Tiger-like shark is common in the STH fauna. There is very little wear on STH shark teeth. Of the ones I have found maybe 20 % are serrated and the rest are not. Tony PS Nice finds! 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 April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 @Shellseeker I understand stand now, thanks “...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...
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