Rowboater Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Went into the woods and hunted the creek some, major rain shuffled stuff up. Found a whole scallop, the two shells together for a million years but fell down with my bucket, broke the pectan apart, broke one, and also two partially broken ecphora are now wholely broken (fortunately I'm not broken). May have lost a few teeth as well. Found at least one broken cowshark (possibly three?), and several angel shark teeth, a few drum (probably more when the other stuff in the bucket dries) and mostly tiny teeth. The most interesting find was a black vertabra with weird paired processes on each side. Lots of water in the creek, but a nice day for hunting! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Nice haul. That vertebra is great. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I hope you’re ok. Those are still some decent finds even with some casualties. Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Ouch! Sorry to hear about the fall, and the losses. Thanks for the continuing string of finds. I enjoy seeing them. 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...
Echinoid Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Beautiful vertebra! What are these two little objects? I think I found one at Beaumaris but haven't seen them in any id books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 22 minutes ago, Echinoid said: Beautiful vertebra! What are these two little objects? I think I found one at Beaumaris but haven't seen them in any id books They look like the bottom end of drum fish teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowboater Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 10 hours ago, Echinoid said: Beautiful vertebra! What are these two little objects? I think I found one at Beaumaris but haven't seen them in any id books 9 hours ago, caldigger said: They look like the bottom end of drum fish teeth. As caldigger notes, they are the bottom of drum teeth, the top half is glossy black and/or brown. When I first pick them up, most any small wet rock looks like a drum tooth, but after drying only the drum teeth have the glossy shine. Some tiny black shells can be confused early. Thought I had picked up more but they were the casualty of the fall, along with a tiny vertebra. Back is a little sore, but that might be mostly from bending over and washing the sand away from teeth in the collander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowboater Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 A few other dried finds. Tried to show why I think the single red tooth might be a broken cowshark, has the same tiny teeth points and shape as the other two point broken one. Also a small piece with what I think are shrimp coprolites (although the better examples have been from the beach). A piece of a jaw(?) with tiny teeth (?). And a piece with unusual texture (skin or impression of skin??) only on one side, solid in middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 any chance the second from top could be a crab concretion showing appendages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowboater Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 7 hours ago, Plax said: any chance the second from top could be a crab concretion showing appendages? I suppose it could be . I was just going by the rods, but there's not a lot there. While most I find are packed full of rod like pellets some have fewer and other inclusions (crab or even shrimp?) Are the crab concretions common? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Most collectors don't notice them but they are fairly common at some places. Small roundish concretions or even ones shaped like the outline of a crab. We collected a bunch on the Mattaponi many years ago and am aware that Westmoreland State park has them as well. A sharply focused pic of yours above would be great if possible. May not be a crab at all. I tend to see crabs and sponges where others see "rocks". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowboater Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 21 hours ago, Plax said: Most collectors don't notice them but they are fairly common at some places. Small roundish concretions or even ones shaped like the outline of a crab. We collected a bunch on the Mattaponi many years ago and am aware that Westmoreland State park has them as well. A sharply focused pic of yours above would be great if possible. May not be a crab at all. I tend to see crabs and sponges where others see "rocks". Thanks Plax! I have found several small "rocks' with just a few rods and lots of shiny black enamel. Had compartmentalized them in my mind as not very representative burrows after GeschWhat and Carl and Ynot had explained the rods were likely shrimp coprolites. Will have to root around and see if I still have them and look at them in a fresh way (but my cameras need upgrading!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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