old bones Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Ancient Bones, old bones and husband Dennis, along with Annie the rat terrier were joined by my brother and his wife on a trip to the Carolina coast. All of the following fossils were beach finds. I am posting for Ancient Bones and myself. Here are some of our favorite finds. Ancient Bones found this great alligator osteoderm. and several of these Burrfish mouth plates. She also found nice ivory fragments like this one. These are some of Ancient Bones various ray crushing teeth including Aetobatus, Plinthicus stenodon, and Myloibatis. These are Ancient Bones shark teeth. Sand Tiger Great White shark tooth an assortment of smaller teeth We are not sure which these are. Please jump in and help Ancient Bones ID these. We kept this item as we considered that it may be a periodic... @Boesse continued in next reply 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 continued We both found several of the Sea Robin skulls.This one is Ancient Bones find. A stingray tail barb by Ancient Bones Mum, Ancient Bones found this really nice snake vertebra. and this tiny solitary coral. Old bones brother found this wonderful osteoderm from Dasypus bellus on his first ever fossil hunt! Here are a few of my finds; Diodontidae mouth plate and Garfish scales What I am tentatively labeling Holmesina-septentrionalis. I would love confirmation on this. A small fragment of Mammoth tooth enamel with lovely colours continued in next reply 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 continued A nice big chunk of Proboscidean tusk showing the Schrager lines on the end view. We kept an eye out for the tiny things too. Like this salamander vertebra. My best shark tooth, a Tiger. A nice tortoise leg spur Here is a broken tooth that intrigued me. Any guesses? Finally, my first whale bulla! Thanks for looking. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 53 minutes ago, old bones said: are not sure which these are. Please jump in and help Ancient Bones ID these. Hi there... some cool stuff ! I love beach hunts. These two teeth could be Physogaleus contortus ... if they have a twist in the blade. Galeocerdo aduncus have no twist and can look similar. and the one below is a Tilly bone. In this case a swollen fish vert. You can see the centrum is all that remains that can still be identified. Cheers, Brett 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Lovely finds and terrific photos! Thank you. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Holy Moly, great finds and great pictures! On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Julianna Wow, great finds. I especially like the salamander vertebra. You don't see them very often. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: Hi there... some cool stuff ! I love beach hunts. These two teeth could be Physogaleus contortus ... if they have a twist in the blade. Galeocerdo aduncus have no twist and can look similar. and the one below is a Tilly bone. In this case a swollen fish vert. You can see the centrum is all that remains that can still be identified. Cheers, Brett Thanks, Brett. There is no twist in the blade of the shark teeth, so we have an ID. And the hyperostotic vert is evident now that you point it out as such. Julianna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Lovely finds and terrific photos! Thank you. Thanks for checking it out Adam I have not had a lot of time for fossils lately, and really enjoyed this trip. Julianna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 45 minutes ago, FossilsAnonymous said: Holy Moly, great finds and great pictures! Thank you! We sure enjoyed both the finding and the photography. Julianna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Thank you Brett and everyone ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Very nice finds, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 19 minutes ago, MarcoSr said: Julianna Wow, great finds. I especially like the salamander vertebra. You don't see them very often. Marco Sr. Thank you Marco Sr. I can't believe that we found so many tiny fossils while beach combing. We are so used to doing micros that we just see them! The salamander is pretty rare for the beach... I don't know how it survived the surf. Julianna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Thanks Gizmo, we had a good time hunting. 1 ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Ancient Bones said: Thank you Brett and everyone You have the best photos and I get a kick out of your persistence and patience .... I know that you have eyes of a hawk to pick out the bones on Edisto and the like ... Cheers, Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnut Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Super finds. I especially like the snake and salamander. My wife and I are leaving end of month for NMB for 3 weeks. We wondered how the hunting was there this year. We have previously found GW, burrfish and sea robin skulls but not the variety you have. Could I ask what beach you were hunting? Enjoyed the great pictures. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Gorgeous specimens and the photography is truly stunning. Congratulations to both of you on some extraordinary finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: You have the best photos and I get a kick out of your persistence and patience .... I know that you have eyes of a hawk to pick out the bones on Edisto and the like ... Cheers, Brett Thanks so much for the kind words Brett. The 'eyes' run in the family! Julianna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 40 minutes ago, fossilnut said: Super finds. I especially like the snake and salamander. My wife and I are leaving end of month for NMB for 3 weeks. We wondered how the hunting was there this year. We have previously found GW, burrfish and sea robin skulls but not the variety you have. Could I ask what beach you were hunting? Enjoyed the great pictures. Thanks for posting. Thanks, fossilnut! You will have great weather at that time of the year. We went a bit early this year to coincide with the low tides. Hope you have great luck. ps, PM sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Thank you Jeffrey P, we had a great time collecting them. old bones is a whizz at photographing the finds. ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Kudos to You both for the wonderful finds and to Julianna for the wonderful pictures! 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...
old bones Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 10 hours ago, ynot said: Kudos to You both for the wonderful finds and to Julianna for the wonderful pictures! Thanks so much Tony! We had a great time fossilizing made even better with family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Wow that’s some great variety you guys found Julianna, especially for a beach hunt! Love the GW and armadillo osteoderm Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 21 hours ago, jcbshark said: Wow that’s some great variety you guys found Julianna, especially for a beach hunt! Love the GW and armadillo osteoderm Thanks, Jeff! So nice to hear from you. I haven't been very active here lately, but really wanted to share our finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Thank you Jeff, I was tickled to find that G W ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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