sixgill pete Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 OK folks, from my new found Eocene pit. Castle Hayne Formation, Comfort Member. Some sawfish, Pristis lathami verts and rostral spines. And a possible piece of dorsal spine. Verts, including one huge one measuring in at 1.48 inch or 37.6 MM. more verts and rostral spines; the possible piece of dorsal spine is under the row of 4 verts across the top the longest spine measures in at 3.20 inch or 81.4 mm Seen this guy still in full velvet on my way to the pit one day. 4 5 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 May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Impressive verts and rostral teeth! That buck seems to be giving you the "stink-eye". Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokietech96 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Very cool finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: Impressive verts and rostral teeth! That buck seems to be giving you the "stink-eye". Don I'll be keeping my eye out for him. October is coming quickly. 13 minutes ago, hokietech96 said: Very cool finds! Thanks. There are 15 verts pictured here and I probably have 20 more smaller ones. They seem to be a common find at this site. Edited August 20, 2021 by sixgill pete 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 May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 15 hours ago, sixgill pete said: And a possible piece of dorsal spine. Does this piece look like normal bone on the inside? If so, I would guess it belongs to some other animal like whale or turtle. Modern Pristis don’t have hard parts on their fins. Have you found any whale bone or teeth at this site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 Eric, looking closer at it, you may be correct. I have found chunks of bone probably whale. I do have one tooth that has been tentatively I.D.'d as archeocete by @Boesse 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 May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipockets Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Can we see the archeocete tooth? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 44 minutes ago, Hipockets said: Can we see the archeocete tooth? i will try to post it later today. 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 May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 If someone passed that fossil to me and told me it was a whale rib fragment, I'd immediately believe them, for what it's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 On 8/25/2021 at 9:56 PM, Boesse said: If someone passed that fossil to me and told me it was a whale rib fragment, I'd immediately believe them, for what it's worth. Interesting Bobby, I never would have thought rib fragment. Thanks. I have a decent amount of bone from there now and besides the possible tooth which I had sent the pics to you I have one definete fragment of a tooth and another possible. 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 May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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