Otherwiseunseen Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Help identify. Pulled out of big brook colts neck nj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 It’s a rodent incisor, most likely modern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otherwiseunseen Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 About the size of a groundhog ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Muskrat. 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...
Rockwood Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 4 hours ago, ynot said: Muskrat. How to distinguish from groundhog ? Images in search look more yellow on muskrat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 6 hours ago, Rockwood said: How to distinguish from groundhog ? Images in search look more yellow on muskrat. Mostly by size. From iron in the tooth during life, as opposed to staining. 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...
Rockwood Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 1 hour ago, ynot said: Mostly by size. Are you saying these are too big to be from a groundhog ? 1 hour ago, ynot said: From iron in the tooth during life, as opposed to staining But this one doesn't look yellow to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 10 hours ago, Rockwood said: Are you saying these are too big to be from a groundhog ? But this one doesn't look yellow to me. To small for groundhog, they are bigger than muskrat. Also, the habitat of muskrat leaves them more likely to be found in a river. Not the bright orange of a gopher, but looks yellowish to Me. But I could be wrong, having never seen a groundhog's teeth. 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...
Scylla Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I have seen a muskrat femur come out of Big Brook. Color is a poor indicator in this brook as bog iron can be seen forming. Something only a few years old can get stained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 6 hours ago, ynot said: they are bigger than muskrat. Born that way and taught to look before crossing the road huh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 9 hours ago, Rockwood said: Born that way and taught to look before crossing the road huh ? Both ways, twice. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 ' Just something about that area brings to mind road kill more than muskrat marsh. I am from out in the sticks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otherwiseunseen Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Here are some peculiar findings at big brook. If anyone can shed light... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Otherwiseunseen Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Think two are drumfish teeth? Is that a ray crushing plate in second photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Top, ghost shrimp claws. Second photo left, one of their burrows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otherwiseunseen Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Some nice ray teeth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otherwiseunseen Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Really would like to know what this little fragment is from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Gar fish scale perhaps ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Enchodus tooth below it in photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otherwiseunseen Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 On 7/20/2019 at 3:10 PM, Otherwiseunseen said: Here are some peculiar findings at big brook. If anyone can shed light... Those are both the third claw segment from the ghost shrimp, Mesostylus mortoni. 3 “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 On 7/20/2019 at 3:11 PM, Otherwiseunseen said: Left - Cliona cretacica (sponge). Right - Chondrichthyan (shark, ray, skate) spiral coprolite. 2 “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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