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I think first is coprolite if anyone can confirm and any help on other 2
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just making sure I don't have something here,,,,,,thanks
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any help fish, croc something else?? thanks
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This past weekend was the 50th annual Rutgers Geology Museum open house, which was an excellent opportunity to attend guest lectures by professionals and also a chance see the museum's collection. The event was very well attended, and in between lectures (the lecture by Dr. Isaiah Nengo on his work with Nyanzapithecus alesi was excellent) seeing the museum was a hurried, crowded affair. The museum building is a tall 19th century structure with many large tall windows, so on this sunny Saturday sun glare on the glass cases was unfortunately a real and unavoidable problem. Nevertheless, I made an effort to get some photos of the museum to share with TFF. The Mastodon is a Salem County NJ find. Particularly exciting for me as a huge fan of Phytosaurs was seeing their specimen of Rutiodon manhattenensis, which despite its specific name was found on the New Jersey side of the Hudson. Yet another example of New York stealing New Jersey's credit! Hidden in a corner (it was packed in there, things crammed into corners to make room for tables) was a skull of Mosasaurus "maxmimus" which I'd have loved to known more about since it was apparently a New Jersey find. Alas, no more info than that. Next to it was a cast of the original find Mosasaurus hoffmanii from the Netherlands, which was neat to see in real scale.
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Sharks tooth is about an inch is this a macko? stone sorry pic is a little unclear its small about 3/4 inch i'm assuming this is quartz it was just a lot clearer then all rest quartz I was sifting thru. I have been to big brook a few times its about an hour and a half drive from me but I find it relaxing and interesting. I visited venice Florida a few months ago found a lot of sharks teeth mostly small ones funny this is the bigger one I have found. I normally just go to the entrance everyone all ways goes to and walk the creek ethier way I'm kind of new at doing this but if there are any frequent Big brook hunters that can give me a few tips I would appreciate it thanks Kevin
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Thinking this is a Xiphactinus tooth????? And any info on the shell mold ...thanks
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finally got out with the wifey today at some different streams with the weather not so bad and streams frozen and found a hand full nice teeth in the first pic.......................I'm assuming the second pic is a broken worn enchodus jaw/fang if someone can confirm and also the balance of pics if someone can confirm (although) broken in half if this is reptile of fish tooth,,,,thanks
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From my first trip to the brooks a few years back. I just called it plant at the time. Am I even close on either ?
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Hey Guys needed a little help with few things I found today. I'm assuming shark or fish vert in the one pic. I'm most interested in the small...... im guessing bone not sure if its an older rodent bone or what. Funny I found a deer tooth today while sifting kinda freaked me out looked like a human tooth white. Thanks
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well before the snow comes I took off work early to do some hunting and found some cool stuff.......but this one little guy could use some help with what it is in the 2ond and third pic.......thanks
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Just got a metal detactor and thought would give the beach a try near us in south jersey....well after finding some pocket change the wifey did better then me with finding this nice little piece of horn coral......:) I found one last week on this beach but not as nice as hers
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My brother found this fossil in Pond Run in Hamilton, Nj. The rock in this area is mostly Triassic and Cretacious, with a small area of rock from the Cambrian. On both sides it has many ridges, and on the front you can see that most of the ridges start in the same area. Front Back I hope that you can identify this. Thank you in advance.
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My brother found this rock in a small area full of rocks near Miry Run in Hamilton NO. The rocck in this area is mostly form the Triassic and Cretacious with a small bit of rock from the Cambrian. Inside the rock, there is a circle that has 2 "prongs" coming of of it. My brother thinks that it is a vertebra. Here is a picture. The 2 prongs are on the bottom. I hope you can identify this. Thank you in advance.
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I found this fossil near a lake in Hamilton, Nj. The rock in the area is mostly Triassic and Crataceous exempt for a small section of rock that is from the Cambrian. I think that this is an imprint of a brachiopod because of all the ridges. Here's a picture. I hope that you can identify this. Thanks in advance.
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Hey everyone, I am wondering if anyone knows a professional microscope that can be used to photograph microfossils. I need to make pictures of fossils such as bonefish teeth, ptychotrygon teeth, etc, that are 2-3 mm big. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for any help.
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Hello, two days ago, my brother found this fossil-looking thing near his elementary school in Hamilton, NJ. I thought it was a coprolite after seeing a picture that look almost exactly like it, the same type of rock, size, and even the lines going across it. At first, I thought it was a trilobite, because of the segmented shape, a "cephalon" lobe in the front with a large "pleural lobe" in the back. But that isn't very likely (I guess), because only a small portion of my area has Cambrian age rock. The whole rock looks like it's made of even smaller rocks. This is the top view. If it was anything other than coprolite (like a fossil of a living thing), then I would say that the left side would be the front. Sorry that you can't really see the ruler. It is 1 and 1 half inches long. A better view of the segments on the top. The lobe on the left made me think it was a trilobite. I hope two pictures is enough for a start, but I will try uploading more later. Thank you in advance!
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Footprint? New Jersey Late Triassic/Early Jurassic Continued
Kurufossils posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, this is a part 2 of my last thread with some of my other finds that I've found this at a site in new jersey where some footprints have been found from the Late Triassic/Early Jurassic, I am unsure about if these are footprints of sorts, any help will be appreciated thank you!.thumb.jpg.199bfe7f0722cff28ed302cdfb98578d.jpg)
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Hello, I've found this at a site in new jersey where some footprints have been found from the Late Triassic/Early Jurassic, I am unsure about if this is a footprint of sorts, any help will be appreciated thank you!
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Found many teeth at Big brook nj. Lots of fun. I'm new to this. Any help would be appreciated. I think all the done shaped objects are just rocks but I thought I'd pass it by the forum. The object that looks like a seed is fossilized it is not modern can't scratch it, doesn't burn. Thanks in in advance. Jason. If you'd like more pics just let me know
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After hearing much excitement about Rowan University's Fossil Park in New Jersey, I finally managed to procure tickets to their once-a-year community-access dig. The park is from the bottom of the Cretaceous sea and is suspected to contain evidence of the big meteor event. They've found whole croc skeletons, beautiful full sea turtle shells, petrified wood and other beauties in this 8-acre pit. Shark teeth, shell steinkerns, and vivianite crystals are common finds. There were 1,500 tickets available for today. They sold out in 30 minutes a month ago. Wow! I have been eagerly awaiting my time in the pit ever since! We made sure to get tickets for the earliest of three sessions so we got the first crack at whatever was to be found. No lazy morning for us! We got on the shuttle bus and the volunteer asked if we were all ready for the "trip of a lifetime." Everyone cheered. She said that "almost everyone" will find something if they look hard. Hmmm. The tickets are timed. You can pay $7 per person for a 2-hour time slot or $140 per family for the whole day. We chose the 2-hour slot because two hours seemed like plenty of time. Well, it definitely wasn't. The session was from 8:30 to 10:30, but that included travel on the shuttle bus to the site, 20 minutes to get off the bus, look at the display tent and a couple vendors, and line up with 500 other people so everyone could walk in at once. We listened to a talk about the pit as a 500-person group, and finally got to dig at 9:30. We dug for 45 minutes, then spent the last 15 minutes shuffling most of those 500 people back out of the pit. I mentioned that the pit itself was 8 acres of amazing. The visitors today only had access to maybe an acre. 500 people + 1 acre of ground= stepping on each other. Not good. We also were not allowed to dig on the floor of the pit within our fenced area because it might contain something they want to dig out professionally. Fair enough, but 500 people on 3 small spoils piles and a big puddle? Hey, I spent that 45 minutes digging with my plastic toy shovel (no metal tools allowed) in one tiny spot with no reason to move anyway, at least until I hit an ant colony. My teenage daughter dug a foot away and we chatted with a guy next to us from Boston who had come down for the day. See that little black area on the right, surrounded by orange fence? That's where 500 people dug in each of three sessions. What did we find? Not much. Generally on our digs, my daughter finds teeth and I find shells or bones. Doesn't matter what we are looking for, that's what we find. Today was no different. I found one 1/2" partial brachiopod of a genus with which I am unfamilar and a couple of small vivianite crystals. My daughter found a 1/4" partial tooth from what was probably a fish. The volunteers weren't great at IDs beyond the common stuff and the three PhDs onsite were a bit busy for those 45 minutes, so we may never know. As we got back on the bus, a volunteer cheerfully complimented us on how dirty we were. *sigh*
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Found at Big Brook this summer. Can anyone tell me what these fossils are?
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I'm sure these are just rocks but looking for people to educate me as to why they look the way they do. If they appear to be anything else let me know.. these are #1 , #2 #3 #4 and #5 (two pics of each) #6 and #7 Lastly, a modern bone..probably a bird?
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I've always wanted to find my own triassic/jurassic footprints and looking for a suggestion or two. I live by the Riker Hill area where extracting dinosaur footprints is now prohibited and it's a bummer. So, does anyone know of a place nearby where I can try finding my own footprint legally?
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Well been some time since ive reported on one of our trips....blew off work early and grabbed the wifey and went hunting on a beautiful nj day and had a lot fun and thought id share with some pictures from today...... here are a few of todays finds.... some pics of today and on the way home as the sun goes down...:)
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I found this piece a long time ago in a cretaceous site in New Jersey and haven't really been able to figure out what this is since. I'm not sure if its fish, marine reptile, dinosaur, or etc. Just noticed it browsing through my collection and figured this would be the best place to get help, any help appreciated to get a label on this, thank you.
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