frankh8147 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Hello! It has been extremely rainy here in New Jersey the past few months month but I have found a few windows to check out the New Jersey Cretaceous streams in Monmouth County. As you would expect, the water levels have been high but at least the water temperature has finally warmed up! I figured I would share a few of my favorite finds over the past few months. They are, in order - an enchodus jaw section with teeth, a spondylus inside a Pycnodonte, two Mosasaur teeth (I really like the smokey blue colors on the smaller one), an echinoid, ammonite and baculite pieces, and ischyrhiza rostals, Cretaceous turtle shell, a gastropod, mosasaur tooth, bivalve, and enchodus fangs in the last picture. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Wow! Even under adverse conditions, you are killing it! Nice finds, Frank! 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...
Raggedy Man Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Wow! I love those blues!!! Great finds! ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Wow love these finds, good work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Awesome finds Frank! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 Thanks everyone! Here a few more I meant to add - a croc tooth, fish vertebrae, ray?, and crab claw. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) Nice stuff. Did you find a couple of those in-situ @frankh8147? Edited May 23, 2018 by josephstrizhak “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...
Jeffrey P Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Congratulations. Those are some swell finds Frank. I feel privileged to have been with you when you found some of them. Love the preservation of those ammonite/baculite finds. VERY COOL!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 hour ago, josephstrizhak said: Nice stuff. Did you find a couple of those in-situ @frankh8147? Yes I did! I found a few really nice gastropods looking through that stuff too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Jeffrey P said: Congratulations. Those are some swell finds Frank. I feel privileged to have been with you when you found some of them. Love the preservation of those ammonite/baculite finds. VERY COOL!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Jeff, we've had some good digs lately! That ammonite fragment to the right is the first I've found from here that appears to have that pyrite aspect to it; I put a half glue-half water mix on it so I'm hoping it holds up (I think it should). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Nice finds! Gotta get up there one of these days. “...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...
Troodon Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Nice stuff, a jaw with teeth is always special. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Awesome finds Frank! I especially like the enchodus jaw and the mosasaur teeth look clean cut. Also the thing that you questioned as "ray" is in fact a ray tooth. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Frank, You forgot to include that awesome Squali tooth you found. I think that's worth showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 15 hours ago, Jeffrey P said: Frank, You forgot to include that awesome Squali tooth you found. I think that's worth showing. For some reason, I can't get those colors to show up in my picture. Here is my best attempt. The other teeth were also from recent digs @josephstrizhak. My apologies for forgetting all about sharks in my initial post - I also found dozens of shark teeth there the past few months but I usually don't focus too much on them for whatever reason. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Some nice stuff. I even like the bivalve stuck onto what appears to be an oyster shell. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Nice finds! Very impressive, some of those. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 51 minutes ago, RJB said: Some nice stuff. I even like the bivalve stuck onto what appears to be an oyster shell. RB Yep! It is a bivalve (I believe Spondylus) inside a Pycnodonte, a Cretaceous oyster. Here is the other side.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Nice finds. I have red, black & brown mosasaur teeth but I haven't found blue yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 On 5/23/2018 at 12:27 PM, frankh8147 said: Thanks everyone! Here a few more I meant to add - a croc tooth, fish vertebrae, ray?, and crab claw. That looks more like a Mosasaur tooth to me. “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...
frankh8147 Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 15 hours ago, josephstrizhak said: That looks more like a Mosasaur tooth to me. That was a 'self- ID' so I can certainly be wrong. The reason I have it as croc is because I lumped it in with the tooth on the right which was identified as croc by a few long time NJ collectors I trust. The similarities they share are a similar size (a little under half an inch long), no cutting edges, a similar root, and overall - they share a very similar appearance. They are also more 'stubby' than my other Mosasaurs. It's hard to explain but here is a picture of them (left side, middle) compared to other Mosasaur teeth I have found in the brooks. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masp Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Now that’s cool^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 21 hours ago, JarrodB said: Nice finds. I have red, black & brown mosasaur teeth but I haven't found blue yet. Very nice! I personally need to find a green one and a completely red one.. You guys have some great marine Cretaceous at the North Sulfur! I've checked out your gallery before - great finds! 2 hours ago, Masp said: Now that’s cool^ Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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