Team collecting Eastover: Heavy on pics. Whale, shark, fish, etc

[hokietech96]

On 10/2/2020 at 12:09 PM, sharkdoctor said:

Teeth prior to cleaning

  

 

The tooth has amazing colors!  Is that from VA as well?

[RuMert]

Cool finds! Really rich elite site

[JohnJ]

2 hours ago, hokietech96 said:

What state was this found in?

 

Excitement!  

[HoppeHunting]

Here are all of the bones currently in my possession. Mostly cetacean rib fragments, skull fragments, and vertebrae. I will be carefully examining them for predation marks and abnormalities.

[HoppeHunting]

Odontocete rostrum fragment

[Miocene_Mason]

Cetacean vertebrae of many sizes and positions

[Miocene_Mason]

Whale tympanic bullas

[Miocene_Mason]

Finger bones (calipers 6 inches apart btw)

[Miocene_Mason]

Billfish material

[HoppeHunting]

Near flawless Hemipristis serra tooth, wet and dry

[HoppeHunting]

Large cetacean epiphysis a.k.a. "cookie"

[Gizmo]

Rare Ecphora -

 

[Gizmo]

More shark and whale teeth -

 

[Gizmo]

10 hours ago, hokietech96 said:

The tooth has amazing colors!  Is that from VA as well?

Yes it is.

[Gizmo]

Artifacts including  4 logging rings, a square nail and 2 unidentified pieces that resemble oar locks. -

 

[Coco]

The first pic of Hemipristis serra is marvelous.

 

Coco

[Gizmo]

31 minutes ago, Coco said:

The first pic of Hemipristis serra is marvelous.

 

Coco

Thanks Coco!

[Gizmo]

More shark teeth, the meg is 5.45 inches.

 

 

 

 

 

[sharkdoctor]

Unidentified tooth. Whale?

[sharkdoctor]

Vertebra with callus on transverse process from a healed break or bone infection

[Gizmo]

Our great dive boat - 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Looks like you fellows had quite a productive afternoon! 

WOW ! 

[HemiHunter]

I know that boat ramp!  

 

Without revealing location specifics, of course, it would be cool to hear about your approach to collecting all your finds.  Were you guys actually diving?

[sharkdoctor]

@HemiHunter, the Eastover material that we've collected has come from sites ranging from bluffs to shallow creeks to underwater exposures. Sifting and sorting through stream gravel has yielded important finds at sites that are constrained to the Eastover. Looking in falls and known stream bank horizons has resulted in material that has better stratigraphic control. Underwater sites are tough, but it is possible to use the same approach and maintain stratigraphic control by working sites that are constrained to the Eastover OR collecting directly from the beds of interest.

 

[Gizmo]

A nice selection of fossils after a day of diving -