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On December 28th I had a chance to do a little searching at Brownies. Spent most of the day in a gentle rain but found a variety of the usual suspects. More than anything, it was amazing to be on the water in the fog and rain. Super quiet and beautiful. In the shark department, I was stoked to find this 3.1" Meg (uncleaned) in situ. It keeps getting lighter, so I suspect it will be near white once done.

 

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I also came across some of these corals/sponges. One has a nice cup on it that looks to have been oriented upwards along with a barnacle, like a sponge. Any thoughts on ID? They look to have come from Zone 10:

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Nice finds.

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Have never seen sponges from Calvert Cliffs. Quick search, I see sponges are mentioned as fauna but no pictures or other info. Have you every found sponges before? Would be most interested inseeing pictures if other have found them. That white meg is superb. Congratulations.

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Beautiful meg:wub: congrats 

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Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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Congrats on the tooth, but I love that sponge and barnacle, though can't help with id. :)

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Life's Good!

Tortoise Friend.

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Gorgeous Meg, congratulations 

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That is an awesome tooth!

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Very nice tooth! 

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Beautiful little meg. Can you get a closeup pic of your "sponge". I think it may be a large bryozoan colony, but a closeup could tell us for sure.

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Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt
behind the trailer, my desert
Them red clay piles are heaven on earth
I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt

Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers

 

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That is a beautiful colour for a meg tooth - congrats! :wub::meg:

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On 1/4/2020 at 2:13 PM, Searcher78 said:

Nice finds.

 

On 1/4/2020 at 7:36 PM, Monica said:

That is a beautiful colour for a meg tooth - congrats! :wub::meg:

 

On 1/4/2020 at 7:09 PM, Northern Neck said:

Very nice tooth! 

 

On 1/4/2020 at 5:49 PM, hokietech96 said:

That is an awesome tooth!

 

On 1/4/2020 at 4:49 PM, RandyB said:

Gorgeous Meg, congratulations 

 

On 1/4/2020 at 3:36 PM, Tidgy's Dad said:

Congrats on the tooth, but I love that sponge and barnacle, though can't help with id. :)

 

On 1/4/2020 at 2:34 PM, jcbshark said:

Beautiful meg:wub: congrats 

 

Thanks! I have to admit that finding that tooth got me pumped up for a while. Took the edge off of a rainy cold day :)

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On 1/4/2020 at 2:33 PM, fossilnut said:

Have never seen sponges from Calvert Cliffs. Quick search, I see sponges are mentioned as fauna but no pictures or other info. Have you every found sponges before? Would be most interested inseeing pictures if other have found them. That white meg is superb. Congratulations.

Thanks! The critters pictured are relatively common at Brownies and in Zone 10. This was the first time that I took some home and prepped them. @Gizmo loaned me his awesome soda blaster outfit, so I've been putting it through its paces with a wide variety of fossil material. In this case, it really brought out a lot of detail that was hidden prior to blasting.

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On 1/4/2020 at 7:19 PM, sixgill pete said:

Beautiful little meg. Can you get a closeup pic of your "sponge". I think it may be a large bryozoan colony, but a closeup could tell us for sure.

Thanks @sixgill pete. I'll get a photo once I get back out to the barn. 

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