Ramanessin brook NJ summer 2024 trip

[SharkySarah]

Went up to New Jersey a few months ago and it was pretty good! Over all, we have great weather and it wasn’t too hot or cold. We explored the stream for the day with hopes of a nice find. We found over 100 shark teeth (most broken), a lot of ghost shrimp burrows, a baculites, my first Cretaceous ammonite pieces, various fish teeth, verts., bone fragments, shell impressions, ray teeth and so much more!  There’s still some I’m stumped on but here’s some of my finds! I hope you enjoy!!! 
 

SP 3- Anomoeodus sp. fish teeth 

 

FB A, FB B. FB G 3 - Enchodus teeth and other bits 

 

SP5- the smallest bone fragment I found 

 

MGA 9  Ischyrhiza mira

 

SP 7 - my little ray teeth. Not sure which ray yet but I’m so happy with them! 

 

SP 8- another great find! Angel shark teeth Squatina hassei 

 

Squalicorax sp. 

 

TG A and TG B- Scapanorhynchus texanus ? 

 

 

TG C - goblin or sand tiger 

 

TG D - mackerel sharks Cretalamna sp.? 

 

TG E- not sure on these teeth but they’re cool! 

 

Various vertebras - 2 is either a bowfin or ray and 3 is a shark 

 

The ammonite fragments! 

[Atoothsatooth42]

Awesome finds! I definitely want to get up to the NJ creeks some day soon.

[Andúril Flame of the West]

Looks like you had a great trip! Love the Squalicorax teeth.

[SharkySarah]

The trip was fantastic guys and the Squalis are so pretty from this site! @Atoothsatooth42 you should head up there and check out Big Brook as well. It’s the same age and covers the same stuff but it has more belemnites, gastropods, bivalves and I’ve even pulled urchin spines out of there. 

[Jeffrey P]

You must be using a very fine screen to collect those tiny shell crushing fish teeth. Congrats on some excellent finds.

[SharkySarah]

On 8/11/2024 at 12:44 AM, Jeffrey P said:

You must be using a very fine screen to collect those tiny shell crushing fish teeth. Congrats on some excellent finds.

Yes I love micro fossils so I used 40 mesh 

[Carl]

Some clarifications:

 

SP7 is probably Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi and Rhombodus laevis

SP8: The complete one (at least) is Cretasquatina americana

Edited September 3 by Carl

[Masonk]

Great finds!

 

I think FB B - 8 may be a Beaver tooth. Could be Pleistocene in age or modern. 

 

TG E - 4 looks to be Protolamna borodini. Nice find! The others on this sheet are likely Goblin.

 

 

[SharkySarah]

@Masonk thanks! Here are so extra photos of FBB-8. I’m super proud of that little mackerel shark tooth! 

[Masonk]

1 hour ago, SharkySarah said:

@Masonk thanks! Here are so extra photos of FBB-8. I’m super proud of that little mackerel shark tooth! 

 

Oops, I actually meant FBB-3. 

[SharkySarah]

@Masonkheres FBB-3 

[Carl]

39 minutes ago, SharkySarah said:

@Masonkheres FBB-3 

This appears to be a shard of a fish vertebra.