New Members coasttosea Posted July 25, 2023 New Members Share Posted July 25, 2023 Hello all....new to the forum. I have been roaming beaches for years and picking up random objects. Always a fan of the unique and interesting. I was on Holden beach in North Carolina recently doing the normal shark tooth hunt. I came across something I'm not familiar with. At first I was hoping it was a tooth...someone said super croc..except it really wasn't cylindrical enough. Then I moved to maybe a dino tooth of some sort based on the top. Well I have searched all I can, and my best guess is I may have come across a nice piece of coprolite. Thank you in advance for taking a look. I am amazed by all the knowledge here... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 5 hours ago, coasttosea said: my best guess is I may have come across a nice piece of coprolite. Here is a similar one from Holden Beach. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/134837-holden-beach-pee-dee-formation-cretaceous-id-help/&tab=comments#comment-1434306 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Looks like shark poop to me. @Carl @GeschWhat 1 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) Absolutely a fish bromalite (which includes coprolites and cololites). There is some debate about whether or not these were intestinal contents or ejected material, which has some interesting implications. Either way, it's feces. And although a shark is by far the most likely culprit, rays, sawfishes, sawskates, chimaeroids, coelacanths, gars, amiids, paddlefish, lungfish, and sturgeons would have also produced spiral feces. No matter what, you found a beautiful example! Edited July 25, 2023 by Carl 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members coasttosea Posted July 25, 2023 Author New Members Share Posted July 25, 2023 Thank you for confirming.... Very happy to have it part of the collection...this is a great forum. Much appreciated!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 On 7/25/2023 at 9:31 AM, coasttosea said: Thank you for confirming.... Very happy to have it part of the collection...this is a great forum. Much appreciated!!! Welcome to the forum! I 100% agree. This forum is absolutely THE best. On 7/25/2023 at 8:23 AM, Carl said: Absolutely a fish bromalite (which includes coprolites and cololites). There is some debate about whether or not these were intestinal contents or ejected material, which has some interesting implications. Either way, it's feces. And although a shark is by far the most likely culprit, rays, sawfishes, sawskates, chimaeroids, coelacanths, gars, amiids, paddlefish, lungfish, and sturgeons would have also produced spiral feces. No matter what, you found a beautiful example! I couldn't have said it better myself! Great find. 1 3 Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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