Koldsimer Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Found this nice coprolite with a tiny shark tooth visible. Found last week in the North Sulfur River. The pictures don't do it justice unfortunately... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koldsimer Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 Another pic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 That is very cool. must have hurt getting passed "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 VERY nice find! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Just in case @GeschWhat hasn't caught wind of this thread yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 That is one of the best coprolites that I have seen. I would'a sniffed it before picking up. My wife hates that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Pure chewing satisfaction... 1 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Nice piece! North Central Texas Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Thanks for tagging me! That is one pretty piece of poo! Are you all sure that is a shark tooth? If I'm looking at the right area, I think the small ridge that resembles the root of a shark tooth is just coprolite material. It does look like the edge of a bone (guessing from a fish) poking through just below it. Either way, a beautiful formation. 3 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Get some close-ups of that tooth? Other lighting and angles to try and make it do justice? Maybe @Al Dente can help with what the tooth-looking but is. That is an incredibly cool piece of dookie! Fotm? Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Now the question remains, did the pooper swallow a shark whole or was there simply a coprophagus shark that thought poop would make a good snack? If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Mesozoic bran - gotta have that roughage. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 On 4/19/2018 at 7:09 PM, Uncle Siphuncle said: Pure chewing satisfaction... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Looks like boney material with some of the matrix encasing it. Too much bone not enough poo. Could be just a coprolite worn down to the hardest part of the specimen. There should be something for scale. BTW: I can't find the tooth. Jess B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlefoot Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 That's a beautiful find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Nice find! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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