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New Jersey Mosasaur Tooth


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The highlight of two days of collecting with my older son was this mosasaur tooth. He and his wife headed back to Rochester, NY this morning with a labeled riker mount and a decent size bag of NJ Cretaceous shark teeth.

John

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It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling. - Mark Twain

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Excellent Mos tooth. Congratulations!!

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

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Most worthy! Very pretty, too :wub:

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Nice tooth---Tom

Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!
"Don't Tread On Me"

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awesome mosasaur tooth for nj.... as well known as our cretaceous is, these are not easy to come by.

---Wie Wasser schleift den Stein, wir steigen und fallen---

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awesome mosasaur tooth for nj.... as well known as our cretaceous is, these are not easy to come by.

Definitely not. I still need a really good one. And I've been out A LOT this past year

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Can you find those in South Carolina? I want one, too!! :)

Just need a Cretaceous deposit. We find them here in NC, but not sure about SC

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

 

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In the late 80's a fossil dealer had Late Cretaceous fossils from somewhere along the Intracoastal Waterway. I think it was near Myrtle Beach. I saw Scapanorhynchus teeth, including a couple near 2 inches and a mosasaur tooth.

Can you find those in South Carolina? I want one, too!! :)

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Very cool - and pretty. Same size as my black one from the North Sulphur River last week! Congrats.

What is geology? "Rocks for Jocks!"

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Hey, my birthday is jan 9th heres my address .... NJ is not that far from VA... send it in the mail.. :D VERRY NICE ....

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Just need a Cretaceous deposit. We find them here in NC, but not sure about SC

Looks like I've got some research to do. Thanks for the response!
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In the late 80's a fossil dealer had Late Cretaceous fossils from somewhere along the Intracoastal Waterway. I think it was near Myrtle Beach. I saw Scapanorhynchus teeth, including a couple near 2 inches and a mosasaur tooth.

I've got it on my bucket list, Myrtle Beach isn't too far.
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Wow! Now thats a tooth :wub: Thanks for sharing. When they are that nice your relations don't look at you as funny as when I drop a 10 mm broken, worn tooth on the table with a goofy grin :D

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Yeah, rub it in some more, frigging texas!! :> Most collectors never will find a mosasaur tooth like that in NJ. But we can get hordes of sharks teeth!

Very cool - and pretty. Same size as my black one from the North Sulphur River last week! Congrats.

---Wie Wasser schleift den Stein, wir steigen und fallen---

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Thanks everyone,

Life seems to move at an incurable speed and in this rush we sometimes overlook what is truly important.

The real treasure was spending time with my older boy, the tooth was just icing on an otherwise perfect cake.

john

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling. - Mark Twain

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