A Few Finds from Brownie's

[Littlefoot]

On a very drizzly Sunday, April 15, @Chomper and I headed out to Brownie's. We met one fellow fossil hunter who told us that a three-inch megalodon had been found just the previous day. We also encountered another fossil hunter heading out who was happy to show his wonderful collection of one-to-two-inch hemipristis teeth! One of the reasons I love heading to Brownie's is that it always seems to have some wonderful finds!

 

I didn't expect any one-inch teeth or megalodons, knowing that the beach had probably been pretty well picked over that weekend, but I was surprised at what I found in just two hours. The water was choppy, and made looking kind of difficult, but the waves also washed in a beautiful goblin? sand tiger? tooth and my first periotic bone.

 

Something I don't like about Brownie's is how sneaky the tide is when it comes back in. I don't seem to notice until suddenly, I find myself trudging through more water than I expected, and at times, I found myself slipping and falling where I couldn't see where I was placing my boots. Luckily, when I fell, the only casualty was my hand and coat sleeve, which got saturated.

 

 

[Littlefoot]

This fossil fascinates me. I think it's the inside of a steinkern, as you can see the whirl in one of the pictures.

 

 

 

[Littlefoot]

The three smaller teeth are sand tiger, but the larger one, I'm not sure about. Sand tiger? Goblin?

 

 

[Littlefoot]

Periotic bone!

[Littlefoot]

I love this piece of coral with the impression in it. A coral impression inside a coral?

[Littlefoot]

A few of the teeth I found.

[Littlefoot]

And that's all I've put together! The kids are calling, and now it's time to get back to the world. Hanging up my fossil hunter hat until next time!

[sixgill pete]

15 minutes ago, Littlefoot said:

The three smaller teeth are sand tiger, but the larger one, I'm not sure about. Sand tiger? Goblin?

 

 

The three smaller light colored teeth are lower Hemipristis serra, not sand tigers. The larger dark colored tooth is a worn broken sand tiger. Could not be a goblin, they are from the Cretaceous.

[Otodusobliquus]

^{Those three teeth are actually lower Hemi's. I'm not sure about the larger one, maybe some kind of mako; Isurus desori perhaps.}

[Al Dente]

34 minutes ago, Littlefoot said:

 

This fossil fascinates me. I think it's the inside of a steinkern, as you can see the whirl in one of the pictures.

 

 

It looks like a scroll type coprolite.

[Darktooth]

Glad that you guys had a good hunt!

[Miocene_Mason]

49 minutes ago, Littlefoot said:

 

I love this piece of coral with the impression in it. A coral impression inside a coral?

 

Maybe it’s my eyes, but I don’t see any coral? Perhaps a concretion with some sort of Gastropod or mollusk imprint. Closer pictures could solve it. Nice finds, especially the periotic bone!

 

37 minutes ago, sixgill pete said:

Could not be a goblin, they are from the Cretaceous.

Not to be nit-picky but I’d like to add we find anomotodon (goblin like shark) in the Paleocene Aquia formation, as well as extant today. They are rare today and in the miocene and I do agree those are hemis. Goblins have a much thinner blade and no serrations, among other differences.

[sixgill pete]

@WhodamanHD Scapanorhynchus texanus, a.k.a. goblin shark, is from the cretaceous. Anomotodon, are known from the Cretaceous through thew Oligocene if I am correct. I am not aware of any Miocene Anomotodon. They are related to the extant goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni. So I stand corrected. Most people, erroneously only think of Scapanorhynchus when they think of goblin shark.  

[Littlefoot]

1 hour ago, sixgill pete said:

The three smaller light colored teeth are lower Hemipristis serra, not sand tigers. The larger dark colored tooth is a worn broken sand tiger. Could not be a goblin, they are from the Cretaceous.

Thank you, @sixgill pete!

[Littlefoot]

56 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said:

Maybe it’s my eyes, but I don’t see any coral? Perhaps a concretion with some sort of Gastropod or mollusk imprint. Closer pictures could solve it. Nice finds, especially the periotic bone!

 

Not to be nit-picky but I’d like to add we find anomotodon (goblin like shark) in the Paleocene Aquia formation, as well as extant today. They are rare today and in the miocene and I do agree those are hemis. Goblins have a much thinner blade and no serrations, among other differences.

I'm betting you have better eyes than mine, @WhodamanHD! IDing stuff is not my strong suit. So it's probably a concretion! There were patterns on the other side that made me think coral, but mostly, I just liked the imprint!

[Littlefoot]

1 hour ago, Al Dente said:

It looks like a scroll type coprolite.

@Al Dente -- I'm cheering for my first poop find!

 

This one really puzzles me, as I haven't found anything that looks remotely like it. It has very distinct layers that have been rolled up.

[Gizmo]

6 hours ago, sixgill pete said:

@WhodamanHD Scapanorhynchus texanus, a.k.a. goblin shark, is from the cretaceous. Anomotodon, are known from the Cretaceous through thew Oligocene if I am correct. I am not aware of any Miocene Anomotodon. They are related to the extant goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni. So I stand corrected. Most people, erroneously only think of Scapanorhynchus when they think of goblin shark.  

Although rare there are reworked cretaceous teeth at this location.

[Carl]

13 hours ago, Al Dente said:

It looks like a scroll type coprolite.

Agreed

[The Jersey Devil]

15 hours ago, Littlefoot said:

The three smaller teeth are sand tiger, but the larger one, I'm not sure about. Sand tiger? Goblin?

 

 

 

The smaller teeth are lower anterior Hemipristis teeth. The larger tooth, whether sand tiger or goblin, appears to possibly be digested. More pictures of that tooth might help see if it really is digested.

[Andy B]

16 hours ago, Littlefoot said:

A few of the teeth I found.

I love that top left tooth!

[Littlefoot]

22 hours ago, Darktooth said:

Glad that you guys had a good hunt!

Thank you, Darktooth!

[Littlefoot]

6 hours ago, Andy B said:

I love that top left tooth!

Thank you, Andy B!

[Littlefoot]

6 hours ago, josephstrizhak said:

 

The smaller teeth are lower anterior Hemipristis teeth. The larger tooth, whether sand tiger or goblin, appears to possibly be digested. More pictures of that tooth might help see if it really is digested.

@josephstrizhak, a closer detail of the larger tooth. Does this help in telling if the tooth was digested?

[ynot]

Nice finds.

[The Jersey Devil]

3 hours ago, Littlefoot said:

@josephstrizhak, a closer detail of the larger tooth. Does this help in telling if the tooth was digested?

 

It might be, a pic of the other (labial) side of the tooth will help. It might be just that the tooth is worn. Digested teeth have atypical corrosion on the surface. Sometimes there are scratch-like marks or misplaced patches of enamel on the crown due to the digestion.