John Hamilton Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I think I have found my first cookie cutter tooth and a basking shark gill raker. If I am correct these will be my first of each one from the Lee Creek spoils. Thanks for looking! And as always if I am incorrect please feel free to set me straight. Regards, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I don't know my gill rakers, but that sure does look like a cookie-cutter tooth to me; congratulations! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hamilton Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 I don't know my gill rakers, but that sure does look like a cookie-cutter tooth to me; congratulations! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) John, I have to agree with your ID's. I am still looking for my first cookie cutter. Congrats on that rare find. I have a couple of gill raker's,none as complete and nice as yours; but even more prized to me is my basking shark tooth from Lee Creek, another rare micro tooth. Here it is Cetorhinus maximus, Basking Shark Edited March 1, 2012 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...
xonenine Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 terrific find John, congratulations! "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hamilton Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 John, I have to agree with your ID's. I am still looking for my first cookie cutter. Congrats on that rare find. I have a couple of gill raker's,none as complete and nice as yours; but even more prized to me is my basking shark tooth from Lee Creek, another rare micro tooth. Here it is Cetorhinusmaximus, Basking Shark Thanks Don. Any chance that what I have is a basking shark tooth also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I never been to Lee Creek and you have some great finds. Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hamilton Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 terrific find John, congratulations! Thank you very much. It definitely makes the eye strain worth it. :Bananasaur: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hamilton Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) I never been to Lee Creek and you have some great finds. Thanks! You definitely need to make a trip to Aurora then. The spoils piles are great fun and the museum and staff are wonderful. Edited March 1, 2012 by John Hamilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 John, with the wear on that tooth, it would be hard to say yes and be positive. It does show some of the same characteristics, so I would say it is a possibility. 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...
sixgill pete Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I never been to Lee Creek and you have some great finds. The material that John, myself and others search for micros is available at the Aurora Fossil Museum. The Lee Creek Mine, owned by PCS phosphates in Aurora, has been closed to collecting unfortunately for the last few years. 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...
John Hamilton Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 John, with the wear on that tooth, it would be hard to say yes and be positive. It does show some of the same characteristics, so I would say it is a possibility. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako-mama Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Very nice finds-and yes, you have a gill raker and an Isistius tooth. Those rather fragile fossils usually get destroyed in the long trip to the Mill-count your blessings! Congrats. Cant speak for that other tooth-sometimes there's just not enough to make a definitive ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hamilton Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Thanks! I guess 2 out of 3 isn't so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 If you can give us more than one other angle and a little more in focus, someone on the forum might be able to more definite. It is in the lower part of the size range for a basking shark. From the given angle, the root seems too thick but it is a possibility because there is a lot of variation in Cetorhinus teeth. Thanks Don. Any chance that what I have is a basking shark tooth also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Wow. I've been looking for two years for a cc shark tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govinn Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Congrats on the great finds! I would like to add that is seems that the batch of material brought in for the fossil festival has not produced as many larger and as many teeth than the normal spoils pile material, HOWEVER, it has produced a few cookie cutter teeth. This would be the 3rd one that I heard of (that is IF you got your material from the same batch). I went up there shortly after the festival just to make sure that I got a couple of 5 gallon buckets full of material just incase this was a "special" batch of spoils pile material... History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ~Sir Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Very nice finds. I guess I really need to make it by Aurora my next trip to NC. I think I've read you can take buckets of matrix from the pile at the museum, is that correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govinn Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Very nice finds. I guess I really need to make it by Aurora my next trip to NC. I think I've read you can take buckets of matrix from the pile at the museum, is that correct? Yes, Lloyd, that is correct. History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ~Sir Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hamilton Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Congrats on the great finds! I would like to add that is seems that the batch of material brought in for the fossil festival has not produced as many larger and as many teeth than the normal spoils pile material, HOWEVER, it has produced a few cookie cutter teeth. This would be the 3rd one that I heard of (that is IF you got your material from the same batch). I went up there shortly after the festival just to make sure that I got a couple of 5 gallon buckets full of material just incase this was a "special" batch of spoils pile material... The material that I have is from the new material that started arriving at the end of January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govinn Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 awesome! I can't wait to go back and check it out. History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ~Sir Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I have a couple buckets of the newest stuff, haven't checked it out yet. I also have about 5 buckets left of the last stuff, 4 or 5 of the stuff before that and a pile in the back corner of my yard from material about 3 years ago. I go through as much as I can and let the kids go at the rest. 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...
-AnThOnY- Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I have a couple buckets of the newest stuff, haven't checked it out yet. I also have about 5 buckets left of the last stuff, 4 or 5 of the stuff before that and a pile in the back corner of my yard from material about 3 years ago. I go through as much as I can and let the kids go at the rest. Make donations? Sounds like you have a lee creek bank going over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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