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Hi everyone....im new to fossil finding and would like help in identifying some new fossils i found. Thankyou in advance. 

 

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Welcome to the Forum. 

Topic moved to Fossil ID.

I took the liberty of cropping and brightening your picture. 

 

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Just for ease of identification, can you maybe line your items up on a sheet of paper with a number or letter next to each so we can make reference as to which item we are IDing. 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Davidjr76 said:

Hi everyone....im new to fossil finding and would like help in identifying some new fossils i found. Thankyou in advance. 

 

Hi There, @caldigger was saying a numbered sheet works better ...

 

Looks like you have a promising spot ... because of the meg chunk you probably have found a mixed location where the Wando is running over the top nearby.  It is a re-worked Pleistocene layer that has a bunch of older sediments/fossils that got tumbled about. So the fossils are -usually- quite worked over. Creeks like that can cut right down to the much older Chandler bridge fm and usually stop down at the Ashley marl.  Tough stuff.

 

1) Hemipristis serra (Snaggletooth shark)

2) Carcharhinus sp. (Requiem shark)

3) Could be a Isurus desori (short-fin mako) .. but it is quite worn .. we have them in that area. Also could be C. hastalis

4) Physogaleus contortus (Tiger-like shark) If the blade has a slight twist towards the pointy end. Pretty sure all three of these fits that bill.

5) Could also be Isurus sp. but Sand Tiger is also a possibility.

6) Megalodon tooth chunk

 

Cheers,

Brett

 

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Thankyou very much brett.i found these 2 today...i think 1 might be a meg...i hope so

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3 minutes ago, Davidjr76 said:

Thankyou very much brett.i found these 2 today...i think 1 might be a meg...i hope so

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Yes .. the one on the left looks the part ... one on the right is definitely an Angustidens with the cusps broken off.  I have many juuust like this.  When in doubt you are usually holding an Angustidens.

 

Cheers,

Brett

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Nice finds and welcome to the forum from Illinois.

 

 

Mark.

 

Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!

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