New to fossils, need Maryland help

[Jacob_K.]

Howdy fossil lovers.

 

I am new to this and was directed here by a local AZ fossil hunter. I found a box when cleaning out my father’s estate. This box was labeled “Severn Frm. MD USA 1953”. I’m getting up there in age and want to off load some dust collectors including these. Looking for help naming them to put them up on online auction site or something. 
 

I couldn’t find a ruler in his house but 4 squares = 1 in. 
 

thank you for any help you can offer 

 

I’ve been calling these flat cigars but to be fair the one is round: 

 

 

 

 

 

Snail 

 

 

Some kind of teeth, kinda flat and compressed like a knife 

 

 

Uh… 

 

 

 

 

Wavy shells 

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3.

 

shells 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are some kind of teeth but they’re quite round 

 

 

I know these are shark teeth 

 

ohno. This looks like poop…. 
 

[Fossildude19]

Wow. That is a lot of fossils in one post.

 

Please edit your post, and number each one, so that we can more easily assist you with ID's.

 

I see belemnites, Baculites, ammonites, bivalve steinkerns, gastropod steinkerns, and oysters, as well as several types of fish and shark teeth.

[Fin Lover]

Agree...it's hard to respond when we can't refer to a picture number or something.

[PaleoNoel]

Crocodilian osteoderms:

Enchodus teeth, a type of bony fish, sometimes referred to colloquially as "saber toothed herring" although they were not closely related:

Fragment of shell from a softshell turtle:

Sections of coiled ammonite shell, I believe these belong to the genus Sphenodiscus:

Section of the straight shelled ammonite Baculites:

This is what is called a belemnite guard, the calcitic interior hard structure of a squid like cephalopod. This is likely Belemnitella americana, which is the state fossil of neighboring Delaware, which has similar Cretaceous marine beds. 

[PaleoNoel]

I am confident that these are marine reptile teeth, however I'm unsure if they belong to plesiosaurs or crocodilians based on these pics alone. 

[Andúril Flame of the West]

Nice lot!

 

These fossils do appear to be from the Severn formation, a late Cretaceous marine deposit in Maryland. From what I can see you have quite a nice assortment of material here. You appear to have some Baculites ammonites among others (possibly Sphenodiscus). You also appear to have some Exogyra costata oysters, some bivalve steinkerns, crocodile osteoderms, and some marine reptile or crocodilian teeth.

 

Also, PM sent, if interested. 

 

Edited August 8 by Andúril Flame of the West

[FranzBernhard]

Nice!

One of the rarer cases with formation and rough locality given, incl. year. This saves the life of these specimens.

Any idea when the box was last opened?
Franz Bernhard

[Brandy Cole]

The item that comes right after 'uh' looks like a tooth or small tusk to me. I think I can make out enamel.

 

Your father had a really interesting and varied collection!

[Fossildude19]

15 minutes ago, Brandy Cole said:

The item that comes right after 'uh' looks like a tooth or small tusk to me. I think I can make out enamel.

 

This one: 

 

 

 

looks more like a Hamulus worm tube. To me, at least.

[automech]

I wasn't aware of ammonites being found in Maryland. Very interesting. I guess 70 years ago it was possible.

[patelinho7]

Amazing lot!! Some really nice ammonites. I don’t know if you’ll ever have the chance, but come show these to Dinosaur Park in Laurel, MD if you’re ever in MD. 

Edited August 8 by patelinho7