fossilnut Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) @clay@caldiggerHad a very interesting 3 weeks in Nov/Dec beach hunting at North Myrtle Beach, SC. Every year their are different finds along with the old dependable stand-bys. Many I am familiar, some I believe I know what they are but would like confirmation from TFF members and others I have no clue. I try and be there during a high tide as I believe that it stirs up more material. This year, a KING tide occurred-a new term for me-but it occurs a few times a year when the moon is the closest to the earth. Unfortunately many homes were re-flooded after recovering from the hurricane due to this 8+ foot tide. While i did not hunt every day some days i went out morning and evening. Trying to catch (mostly not successful due to timing) a falling tide. Well here without further ado are the pictures. Starting with shark, then other fish, drum fish tooth, skate barb, sand dollar, inter casts clams, snails, complete (both sides) scallop shell and complete ark shell cast with some shell remaining, actual ark shell (only one I found the entire period). I will do a part 2 that focuses on mammal fossils I found. Edit Need help with id for 1st pic 3rd tooth in. Looks like a Carcharocles but cusplets flow into the root without making a distinct cusplet. Edited December 18, 2018 by fossilnut added a question and noted 2 members who were interested in NMB 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Nice finds! You are in the right direction with your IDs. picute 4 - There might be sea robin fish skull elements. picture 5 - Maybe they are "tilly bones". 2 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Nice finds. Some great teeth and the bivalves are pretty nice too. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 picture 8 - I'm not familiar with the echinoids from that area, but at left, there might be an eroded lower side of an echinoid (e.g. Mellita or similar), while at right is an upper part fragment of an echinoid (you can see half of a petal row), which could be of the same species like the other, or not. picture 11 - It looks like a pectinid. 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Great finds! I especially like the Great white in the first pic! Great looking tooth! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnut Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 This picture is especially for @Tidgy's Dad and all the other bivalve lovers out there. This complete Exogyra is completely riddled by the boring sponge Cliona. It was found on the NMB trip. Whole shell are rarer to find. I thought this one was unique enough to keep. Residents told me that they had never seen so many modern olives and auger shells on the beach. I also found large numbers of baby's ears and during a 4 day stretch, I found a few tusk shells. I had never seen a Florida fightning conch on the beach but I found 2 of them. Hope you like the picture. Happy New Year to all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 8 hours ago, fossilnut said: This picture is especially for @Tidgy's Dad and all the other bivalve lovers out there. I am sure @Tidgy's Dad will like it. (I do.) 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnut Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 @ynot Wow did I mess that up! Administrators feel free to delete extras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 12 minutes ago, fossilnut said: @ynot Wow did I mess that up! Administrators feel free to delete extras. You do have the option to edit Your own posts. (for 24 hours anyways.) Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 1 hour ago, fossilnut said: This complete Exogyra is completely riddled by the boring sponge Cliona. Wow! It was a yummy substrate for the boring sponges. I like it! " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnut Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 @ynot Why do that and stop all the fun in the lull between Christmas and New Years. I understand that Tidgy is slooow so this way he can see all 0f the picture before it gets away. ....That's all folks Tried to fix it anyway. Thanks for letting me know I could do it. @abyssunder Yea they had a real Thanksgiving feast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 The two great whites in the first picture are amazing. But what really interests me is the scallop. To me, that's a very unusual find for there. It appears to be very similar to Carolinapecten eboreus from the Pliocene Yorktown Formation. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnut Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 @sixgill pete Thanks for that info. I also found one valve this year and one last year. If I can find pics I will post. Can you help with an id for the 3rd shark tooth in the first pic? I am very curious about it with the very slight cusps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sixgill pete Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 @fossilnut the biggest problem with Myrtle Beach is the fossils found there range from the Cretaceous to the Pleistocene. And everything is mixed and jumbled together on the beach. It possible to find a mososaur tooth laying next to a mammoth tooth. But what a great problem to have!! As far as the tooth in question, to get a better grip on it could you post pics of it by itself, both sides and give us some good measurements on it. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 The second scallop looks different to me. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 7 hours ago, ynot said: You do have the option to edit Your own posts. (for 24 hours anyways.) Taken care of. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 8 hours ago, fossilnut said: This picture is especially for @Tidgy's Dad and all the other bivalve lovers out there. This complete Exogyra is completely riddled by the boring sponge Cliona. It was found on the NMB trip. Whole shell are rarer to find. I thought this one was unique enough to keep. Residents told me that they had never seen so many modern olives and auger shells on the beach. I also found large numbers of baby's ears and during a 4 day stretch, I found a few tusk shells. I had never seen a Florida fightning conch on the beach but I found 2 of them. Hope you like the picture. Happy New Year to all. Wow that's an awesome shell. I've been finding many lettered olives and Florida fighting conch shells on the West coast of Florida this December. I've never found a tusk shell in 20+ years. Can you post one? Thanks and Happy New Year and happy fossiling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 On 12/27/2018 at 8:11 PM, fossilnut said: This picture is especially for @Tidgy's Dad and all the other bivalve lovers out there. This complete Exogyra is completely riddled by the boring sponge Cliona. It was found on the NMB trip. Whole shell are rarer to find. I thought this one was unique enough to keep. Residents told me that they had never seen so many modern olives and auger shells on the beach. I also found large numbers of baby's ears and during a 4 day stretch, I found a few tusk shells. I had never seen a Florida fightning conch on the beach but I found 2 of them. Hope you like the picture. Happy New Year to all. Thanks for tagging me and posting this! Very interesting. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Nice North Myrtle Beach finds! And . . FYI- they are right now refurbishing a NMB section between 7th and 17th avenues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnut Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/27/2018 at 9:20 PM, sixgill pete said: It possible to find a mososaur tooth laying next to a mammoth tooth On 12/27/2018 at 9:20 PM, sixgill pete said: tooth in question, to get a better grip on it could you post pics of it by itself, both sides and give us some good measurements on it. It is serendipity that you made the statement about a mososaur tooth. I mentioned that my fossil hunting friend Bill found what I id'ed as a alligator tooth. It was huge and that bothered me because I had never seen one that large. It was not conical in shape but sloped to either side and had serrations on each edge. The base had a round circle in the middle. Forgive my poor description. I will try and contact him for a pic. Do you think this could be a mososaur tooth before I contact him. He had no idea what it was as he only loves collecting shark teeth. I am attaching pics of the tooth that is different than any other that I found at NMB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnut Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/27/2018 at 10:32 PM, Bronzviking said: I've never found a tusk shell in 20+ years. Posting the ones from NMB and in the glass paper weight are ones from Sanibel Island, FL found near the Light House along with wentletraps from there. Another hunter at NMB had found a number of tusk shell including a larger one than I found. But only for a few days and then no more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/30/2018 at 11:27 AM, fossilnut said: It is serendipity that you made the statement about a mososaur tooth. I mentioned that my fossil hunting friend Bill found what I id'ed as a alligator tooth. It was huge and that bothered me because I had never seen one that large. It was not conical in shape but sloped to either side and had serrations on each edge. The base had a round circle in the middle. Forgive my poor description. I will try and contact him for a pic. Do you think this could be a mososaur tooth before I contact him. He had no idea what it was as he only loves collecting shark teeth. I am attaching pics of the tooth that is different than any other that I found at NMB. That is a lower great white tooth. 1 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Hi, Nice Epitonium ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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