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Well, it looks like the trip was more successful than You originally thought!

Congratulations on the meg tooth and the other sweet finds!

Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys."

Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough."

 

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10 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

It refers to a relative of the Meg, Carcharocles chubutensis. 

Though the name may have changed again, lots of this stuff is disputed. 

Yup, we are at Otodus megalodon and Otodus chubutensis now.  

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“...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

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4 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:

Yup, we are at Otodus megalodon and Otodus chubutensis now.  

Golly. 

It's very confusing. 

And is likely to change again, one suspects. :headscratch:

Life's Good!

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5 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:

Yup, we are at Otodus megalodon and Otodus chubutensis now.  

Tbh, liked the Carcharocles name better. Better ring to it. :meg:

Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such.

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Definitely looks like you had a good trip.  I'm planning to take my son back down at least once before Memorial Day and they start to charge their crazy entrance fee.

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11 minutes ago, Adam86cucv said:

Definitely looks like you had a good trip.  I'm planning to take my son back down at least once before Memorial Day and they start to charge their crazy entrance fee.

Have a good trip. I'd probably be back too if I lived a little closer.

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42 minutes ago, Adam86cucv said:

Definitely looks like you had a good trip.  I'm planning to take my son back down at least once before Memorial Day and they start to charge their crazy entrance fee.

If they didn't charge that crazy fee you'd have to park a mile or more away.  Before they started charging money 6 or 7 years ago the place was a total nuthouse all summer long.  You were lucky to find a spot big enough to even fit a towel on if you showed up past 9 am and that assumes you could find a spot to park.  The Washington Post started doing articles on finding fossils there once or twice a year around then and as soon as that happened it was over.

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2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Golly. 

It's very confusing. 

And is likely to change again, one suspects. :headscratch:

Who knows, those scientists chaps really ought to make up their minds!

 

1 hour ago, MeargleSchmeargl said:

Tbh, liked the Carcharocles name better. Better ring to it. :meg:

Me too, and somehow knife tooth sounds cooler than ear tooth.

“...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

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On 4/8/2018 at 8:32 PM, Andy B said:

Thanks. That is exactly how it was laying on the sand. I almost brought it home but I thought it would look better sitting on a log for everyone else to see.

Don't feel bad about taking them home if you enjoy them. Some people that fossil hunt there don't seem to respect them at all. 

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On 4/10/2018 at 10:43 AM, WhodamanHD said:

Who knows, those scientists chaps really ought to make up their minds!

The problem with that is every generation thinks they knows better than all the previous generations did.

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.

 

 

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38 minutes ago, ynot said:

The problem with that is every generation thinks they knows better than all the previous generations did.

Tis the way of the world, each succeeding gen creates new things, while the previous ones miss how it used to be. Someday maybe there will be a solid name for poor Megalodon, but those days are far in the future if they ever intend to come to pass.

“...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

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