Huttner Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Dear Fellow Fossil Fanatics, I just had a great day at Big Brook, found some shark teeth but also 3 specimens that I am not sure at all what to make of. Any insights would be awesome! Best, Huttner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huttner Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 More specimens here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Darktooth Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 The last object is a mammal tooth but I'm not sure which. May be beaver. Could you take more pics of each side. The first and second object I believe to be the ever wonderful concretions that fool fossil hunters time and time again! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Only 1 mammal in the world that has little curly cues like these.... Horse.. the squiggles are called fossettes. 3 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 The first object is a concretion. The second is most likely a concretion as well. The third one looks interesting with the bumps on it, but still may be a strange concretion. The last one is a mammal or rodent tooth and definitely not Cretaceous; that tooth is either Pleistocene or modern. We'll need more pictures at different angles for a better assessment. “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Brightened... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Looks like a beaver molar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laditz Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 +1 for Castor Shellseeker is right about the curly cue, often telling you if a tooth is coming from a horse. It looks remarkably similar in this beaver tooth, just flipped the wrong way around. In horse (see below) the wide part of the cue is on the outside of the tooth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I think it is likely the case that this is beaver rather than horse. Leaping to horse is because sometimes I just do not "see" the curly cue or paraflexus in my fossil finds. I guess I need to find more beaver molars.. I do not have enough of these to understand characteristics of the bigger population.. 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 can we see other views of 1 and 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 @Carl @njfossilhunter @Jeffrey P @frankh8147 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 This first two appear to be pesky ironstone lumps of some kind but other views might help. I agree that the 3rd is a beaver molar. But that 4th one has me scratching my head. I definitely don't get a bone vibe from it because of the preservation. Possibly some kind of invertebrate or maybe even a trace fossil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luluboo1 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 The 4th looks like Paralbula casei. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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