coasttosea Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Hello all....new to the forum. I have been roaming beaches for years and picking up random objects. Always a fan of the unique and interesting. I was on Holden beach in North Carolina recently doing the normal shark tooth hunt. I came across something I'm not familiar with. At first I was hoping it was a tooth...someone said super croc..except it really wasn't cylindrical enough. Then I moved to maybe a dino tooth of some sort based on the top. Well I have searched all I can, and my best guess is I may have come across a nice piece of coprolite. Thank you in advance for taking a look. I am amazed by all the knowledge here... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Al Dente Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 5 hours ago, coasttosea said: my best guess is I may have come across a nice piece of coprolite. Here is a similar one from Holden Beach. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/134837-holden-beach-pee-dee-formation-cretaceous-id-help/&tab=comments#comment-1434306 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Looks like shark poop to me. @Carl @GeschWhat 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Carl Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 (edited) Absolutely a fish bromalite (which includes coprolites and cololites). There is some debate about whether or not these were intestinal contents or ejected material, which has some interesting implications. Either way, it's feces. And although a shark is by far the most likely culprit, rays, sawfishes, sawskates, chimaeroids, coelacanths, gars, amiids, paddlefish, lungfish, and sturgeons would have also produced spiral feces. No matter what, you found a beautiful example! Edited July 25 by Carl 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
coasttosea Posted July 25 Author Share Posted July 25 Thank you for confirming.... Very happy to have it part of the collection...this is a great forum. Much appreciated!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
GeschWhat Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 On 7/25/2023 at 9:31 AM, coasttosea said: Thank you for confirming.... Very happy to have it part of the collection...this is a great forum. Much appreciated!!! Welcome to the forum! I 100% agree. This forum is absolutely THE best. On 7/25/2023 at 8:23 AM, Carl said: Absolutely a fish bromalite (which includes coprolites and cololites). There is some debate about whether or not these were intestinal contents or ejected material, which has some interesting implications. Either way, it's feces. And although a shark is by far the most likely culprit, rays, sawfishes, sawskates, chimaeroids, coelacanths, gars, amiids, paddlefish, lungfish, and sturgeons would have also produced spiral feces. No matter what, you found a beautiful example! I couldn't have said it better myself! Great find. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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