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Ischyodus bifurcatus Ratfish Spine (1 and 3/4 inches long) Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Big Brook Marlboro, N.J.-
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Yesterday I was sifting in a Big Brook tributary (Marlboro, N.J.) when I spotted in my sifter what looked like very badly battered Enchodus fang. However, when I examined it more closely I spotted the serrations. Not Enchodus. I was originally thinking crab pincher. Crab claws are pretty rare. It certainly wasn't a ghost shrimp, or lobster. The other possibility, even less likely, some type of fish spine. Showed it to a friend who ID it as a rat fish spine: Ischyodus bifurcatus. Can anyone confirm this? I've never seen one before. Other fossils present confirm either Wenonah or Navesink Formations, Upper Cretaceous. The spine is an inch and three quarters long. Thank you.
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Hi all, it's me again! for my first expedition of the year, I decided to go to big brook to try my hand collecting there. had quite the adventure, found some neat things. but there are a handful of oddity's that I am unsure. in my research that ive done over the day I have a couple ideas, but any confirmation from experts is always appreciated. first one up is this weird thing. I'm not sure what this is although it's no concretion these ones are also strange, but I have some ideas on a few of them. top two are probably vertebrae fragments, but I have no clue what they are from. bottom left is a total mystery, but I think that the shark tooth in the right is possibly a Hybodont tooth. I say this because of all the research I've done both on this forum and the Big brook website. it is the only one that matches the profile. more views below @The Jersey Devil @Rockwood any ideas?
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Can anyone help me identify the two sharks teeth I found this past year. Both were found in the beaches in Northern Ocean County in New Jersey. Thank you!
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Hello everyone! I was hoping for opinions on this fossil I found in Monmouth County New Jersey. Doing a search, I saw that it was similar to some Hadrosaur jaw sections but is very thin. What does everyone think? -Frank
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Recent finds from my new year day adventure. Found these two teeth within 2 feet of one another. One I am confident in saying is a Mosasaur but the tooth on the right I need some help with! If anyone can shed some light it would be appreciated! Thanks
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This just looked bizarre compared to any other concretions with such smoothness and the perfectly scalloped out area. Could it be dino bone of some sort? ?
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Hey guys, new to the forums, i was doing some hunting at Big Brook, Nj and found a large bone im drawing blanks on.. can anyone help me out?!
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So I have decided to do some exploration digs in my area (Salem County) just because there isn’t much mentioned for spots and it’s not more than 1 hour in any direction for me to search. Found an area with a little help from some other individuals and the ROCKD app that put me on the Vincentown formation and had a slight success. Mostly found coral but did come up with this. Possible spike or claw? It is roughly 1 and 1/2” long. Just trying to see what it could be as not much is found in my area as of late.
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Hello all! I was looking through my bone fragments from the Cretaceous of Monmouth County NJ and came across two that I figured deserved one more shot on identification.. By any chance, does anyone know of what these may have belonged to?
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Squatina sp. Shark Cartilage Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Matawan Group Ramanessin Brook Holmdel, N.J.-
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New Jersey Amber (Raritan Fm., Potomac Group, 93.9-89.8 Ma)
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A small 2.5g representation of a 41.1g lot of amber from the old Crossman Clay Pit locality. This amber is mostly unsearched, and a few specimens I have inspected contain some inclusions; preparation will be needed to identify these inclusions, however. Spectroscopic and chemical analyses indicate this amber was produced by distinct, related species within the Cupressaceae family. The material from this lot was collected in the early 1990's by the late Kevin Kropiki; he collected at this locality in association with representatives from the American Museum of Natural History: his significant contributions aided and furthered the study of this amazing material and its inclusions.© Kaegen Lau
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Found my first two shark teeth. The first one was sticking right out of the clay, staring right at me. The other I found raking through some gravel. Both are goblin sharks, I think.
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Hello, and thank you for your help and interest. I have collected from Big Brook in the past, but this time I was finding items of similar composition in the same general area of the stream bed. There had been recent heavy rainfall and the stream bed seemed layered differently. I have been tricked before, and could be getting tricked again, because after a while I trick myself into thinking everything is a fossil. After reading "When Dinosaurs Roamed New Jersey," I went back to Monmouth County with a renewed excitement. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated if any of these specimens could be fossils. I placed the numbers under the specimens, and a standard ruler at the bottom, hoping that could assist. I changed the angles of the specimens. Thank you for your time and have a nice day! Bill
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Extremely stoked to have found this (extinct White?) shark tooth beachcombing NJ. Assume it either spilled out of Shark River Inlet or Raritan Bay area, or was pumped back inshore during beach replenishment from offshore sand lumps about 5 miles off. Any idea what species of shark?
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Hello everyone! In the last month, I found two interesting Mosasaur teeth in two very different locations so I figured I'd share! For the first, I was digging in the basal Navasink in Southern New Jersey (primarily an invertebrate location). In the matrix, I happened to see a tiny bit of this tooth sticking out. As this is my only Mosasaur tooth in matrix, I prepped it so you can see the tooth better but left it in. The second is from my usual location - Big Brook. Nothing unusual there however; it does happen to be both my longest and widest Mosasaur tooth! Its under two inches but has some serious weight! The last picture is of my Mosasaur collection with my new editions in it
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Hi all... I was sorting my finds from Big Brook, NJ, over the years and had a few whatzits. I'd much appreciate any insights you might be able to provide. The one in the middle looks similar (to me at least) to a hadrosaur tooth, but I don't like jumping to conclusions. The others... I couldn't even guess! Thanks for the look. (Scale in centimeters)
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Found this little clam type full mold in NJ Cretaceous stream (not Big Brook). First time I've found a shell mold like this there. Reminds me of the Coquina clams in the undertow along the Jersey beaches in the summer. Any info on what it's nomenclature may be? Fun highlight of the day outside of the common shark teeth.
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Fossil museum construction started at New Jersey's Edelman Fossil Park
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‘South Jersey will be transformed’: Fossil museum coming to Gloucester County in 2023 Rowan University's Jean & Ric Edelman museum will feature interactive exhibits, local bones and more. by Allison Steele, The Philadephis Inquirer, October 9, 2021 $73M dinosaur fossil park and museum coming to N.J. NJCom, October 2021 Edelman Fossil Park, New Jersey Yours, Paul H.-
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I haven’t posted in a while so I figured I should get involved again! We took a trip to New Jersey recently to see what we could find. Luck was on our side this time. It was the first time my son has gone hunting with me, it was incredibly special and memorable. Here’s our finds from our time, nothing crazy but a few nice finds!
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Hello everyone! A few weeks ago, my friend Ralph (curator of the MAPS Museum) took me to an old fossil spot for really the sole purpose of showing me the stratigraphy of the area. I returned to the stream a few times and realized there was a lot of 'hard-pan' in the stream that contained fossils. After alerting Ralph, we returned back to the the stream and found something COMPLETELY unexpected..a small, workable area of Merchantville formation. Ecstatic with my luck, we hit the area with all the free time I had. All the best specimens were donated to the MAPS Museum (more to come on that), but here are the ones that went into my collection. The most common ammonite there is Menabites walnutensis, but I also found some nice Scaphites hippocrepis (one in particular is really nice), Glyptoxoceras, and Baculites vaalsensis. The large bivalve is Pholadomya occidentalis, and the more common one is Neithea. If you have any questions or corrections let me know! Frank H.
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Found this while sifting a Cretaceous marine sight in upper New Jersey. Resembles a partial hadrosaur tooth but I'm not 100% on that ID and curious if it's actually something more common that I'm not aware of. It's approx. 1.9 cm (3/4") in length.
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