Dustinwolfe82 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) So my 8 year old son and I did our first ever trip to go find fossils. Attached is what we found in our very untrained 2 hour trip! Haha I literally have no experience outside of reading on this forum from time to time. We may have just picked up some rocks but they looked like fossils to us. I know most most of the teeth are probably goblin and I believe we found 2 Ptychodus. The main things I’m wondering about are the long piece slim piece next to the Ptychodus (possible whale tooth?), two vertebrae looking pieces, the egg shaped piece, and the white pieces. Not sure if they are bones of if they are just random trash we picked up thinking they were treasures. Haha All our tooth fragments Item on right? Egg shaped item Vertebrae? Vertebrae? Cant tell if this tooth is broken or just worn Cool little shell in a rock formation No clue? Looks like bones in rock but could be just river muck This looks like a little flipper but not sure Edited December 24, 2018 by Dustinwolfe82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 As far as I know Post Oak Creek is a Cretaceous locality, so there shouldn't be any whales. The item in 5th-8th photos could possibly be a bone, but the rest (right of 2nd photo, 2-4 photos, and 11-12 photos) appear more geological. You are certainly correct that some of the teeth are from Ptychodus. To be specific, the left tooth on the second photo is from P. whipplei. I think that is also the case with the tooth in the ninth and last photo as well as the eleventh photo. If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustinwolfe82 Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 On 12/23/2018 at 8:57 PM, Macrophyseter said: As far as I know Post Oak Creek is a Cretaceous locality, so there shouldn't be any whales. The item in 5th-8th photos could possibly be a bone, but the rest (right of 2nd photo, 2-4 photos, and 11-12 photos) appear more geological. You are certainly correct that some of the teeth are from Ptychodus. To be specific, the left tooth on the second photo is from P. whipplei. I think that is also the case with the tooth in the ninth and last photo as well as the eleventh photo. Do crystals in a formation represent rock? The only reason I ask is because 3 of the pieces I thought were bone have crystal looking formations in them. For future reference this would help me quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, Dustinwolfe82 said: Do crystals in a formation represent rock? Crystals are rock. They can be representative of the minerals in a formation, but could have been brought in from other sources also. 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...
Dustinwolfe82 Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, ynot said: Crystals are rock. They can be representative of the minerals in a formation, but could have been brought in from other sources also. This is what I’m talking about. Not sure my original photos showed up well. The white specks are actual crystal looking things in speaking of. Sorry for not knowing any lingo. Just starting my hunting career. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Those bits are most likely pieces of mica. But it is very hard to ID crystals from little chips in a picture. 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...
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