Fossil ID

[Ags0817]

Hello just wanted to see if anyone could help ID this tooth. We found it at the big brook reserve in colts neck, NJ

 

During the Cretaceous, our continents were nearly in their present positions. However, the Earth was much warmer. This resulted in high sea levels. As a result, Europe was composed of numerous islands, while most of the North American coastal plain was submerged. States such as Georgia and Florida were completely submerged. The high sea levels also caused North America to be split in two. A great interior seaway flowed through much of the great plain states, from Texas to North Dakota and through Northern Canada. This can be seen in the sketch below. 

New Jersey was also submerged. Remains of prehistoric animals accumulated on the sea floor that is now New Jersey. These remains were buried by the nutrient rich sediments coming from shore, and are now part of fossil bearing layers of the Monmouth Group. These Cretaceous marine fossil layers are exposed by brooks that cut down through sediments in the Big Brook area. Numerous fossils of sharks can be found as well as invertebrates such as mollusks and Belemnites. Also, the great reptiles that ruled the seas in the Cretaceous can occasionally be found. These creatures include Mosasaurs, Pleisiosaurs, and large Crocodiles. 

Thank you in advance.

 

 

[Randyw]

Partial Shark tooth but that’s the best I can do

[Ags0817]

Thank you Randy

[PaleoNoel]

Looks like a partial squalicorax tooth.

[Ags0817]

Thank you Noel that would be pretty cool! 

[frankh8147]

Yep, partial Squalicorax.

[Ags0817]

Thank you Frank!