Allosaurus Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 I was fortunate enough to travel to Ernst Quarry near Bakersfield and spend a day digging at Slow Curve. In that day I came away with a LOT of teeth and a promise to return at some point in the future. I have a better idea how to approach the site now, and I want to find that elusive Megalodon tooth that I missed this time around. I went with a family member, and we found a lot of teeth. I did a rough count at over 350 teeth total (that does include partials), with the grand majority being very small. Which was perfect for me because I ended up using 3 gem boxes for everything when I'd originally planned for two haha. Lots of makos (big tooth, hooked, and a couple narrow toothed), tiger shark, basking shark, requiem and black tip sharks, Dasyuris and myliobatiformes rays, 1 porpoise tooth, 1 whale tooth, angel shark teeth, six gill and seven gill shark, and 1 Hemipristis. I found a TON of bone fragments. I couldn't pick them all up of course, but I tried to pick up most of the larger ones with a few smaller pieces to. I have such a hard time leaving any fossil behind. Also found 2 small fish verts and a larger shark (I think) vertebrae. Along with a couple partial whale vertebraes and there might be an astragalus sitting in there to. A couple of my rib pieces have feeding wear on them. No super big teeth, but my biggest guy was a tad over 1.5 inches. The color of all the teeth astounds me. It's like I have a paint pallette of teeth. Whites, beige, tan, orange, pink, blueish, purple, etc. My favorite tooth is a smaller little guy, but he has a mix of purple and white color with white and black lines across him (see below). All in all it was a very productive day, especially since it was my first time out there. It'll probably be a while before I can come back, but I know I will be back again some day. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pemphix Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Really cool finds ! And i like the idea of using gem boxes - will copy that for my small stuff, thank you for the idea ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Macrophyseter Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 For a person who only racked up around ten small teeth in his trip to Ernst Quarries, that's a gold-loaded dream to find in a single day! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gizmo Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Very nice,congrats! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rowboater Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 great haul, nice job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jpc Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 I love the colors of the STH teeth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ynot Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Ya did good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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