Two Fast NJ Cretaceous Hunts

[Trevor]

After coming back from college this Saturday I knew exactly what I had to do: hit the streams in NJ to find some fossils. I lived in Ohio for the majority of the year and did not have access to a car or fossils. I had to take advantage of the resources that I regained after coming back home. I have had a myriad of dreams about fossils from NJ and had to finally get in the brooks to live out those dreams. Frank seems to have taken advantage of the rain in the last month (he just posted another subject in Fossil Hunting Trips) - I missed this opportunity and begged my parents to go surface hunting for me to no avail. I went with my grandma on Tuesday 22 May, and again with my two friends on 23 May. I stayed in the streams for about two hours on Tuesday and found a partial mosasaur tooth. Then on Wednesday I found a worn mosasaur vert and some enchodus jaws. I hunted for 3.5 hours on Wednesday. I mostly sifted but also used a rake and a clear plastic bin to search for things in the water; this is how I found the majority of the enchodus material. Here are the finds.

 

General Finds: 

 

 

Bones and Invertebrate Material:

 

 

Enchodus Jaws and Vertebrae

 

 

Better Sharks' Teeth and Other Vertebrate Finds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Trevor]

Mosasaurus Tooth and Vertebrae 

 

 

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Overall Picture

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Nice finds! 

Lots of good stuff there, Trevor. 

[Jeffrey P]

Excellent finds Trevor for such a brief span of collecting. You really took advantage. The weathered Mosasaur vert is my favorite find. Thanks for sharing them. Welcome back to the Mid-Atlantic States. 

[Darktooth]

Congratulations on a successful hunt! 

Gotta love those Cretaceous teeth!

[frankh8147]

Nice finds Trevor! I especially like the Mosasaur vertabrae.

[Masp]

Trevor awesome job! Awesome prize possessions. 

 

[Jazfossilator]

Really nice finds, love the squalicorax teeth.

[JarrodB]

Nice finds

[ynot]

Well done!