Life 42 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 My desire to build a sea monster is not subsiding… so Friday and today, Mike and I hit up the creek again. I’m still finding a lot of vertebrae, though not as many associated pieces as I’d like. Found an almost perfect shark vert today! The varieties of teeth have me constantly hypothesizing on what this creek may have been more than 15 mya. Another croc tooth, a cetacean tooth, a lot of bone material and several sharks rounded out the weekend. I was also pretty excited to find our second Notorynchus lower symphyseal tooth. All in all two great mornings exploring a passion that continues to grow. ...I'd rather be digging...Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffie Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Love the Notorynchus lower symphyseal! Great finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life 42 Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 and a few more goodies - btw.. thinking the last pic is poop, any other thoughts? ...I'd rather be digging...Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Foilist Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 wow Fossil Foilist -----)---------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 You're probably right about the age of at least some of the fossils (perhaps more than one layer having eroded?). You have some Carcharocles teeth with weak lateral cusplets and teeth of that form are most commonly found in Early-Middle Miocene layers. You found these in a Virginia creek? The croc tooth also indicates a warm climate and the Early-Middle Miocene was the warmest time in the Cenozoic Era since the Early Eocene. I would assume croc teeth are either very rare or absent in Late Miocene-Pleistocene deposits in Virginia. My desire to build a sea monster is not subsiding… so Friday and today, Mike and I hit up the creek again. I’m still finding a lot of vertebrae, though not as many associated pieces as I’d like. Found an almost perfect shark vert today! The varieties of teeth have me constantly hypothesizing on what this creek may have been more than 15 mya. Another croc tooth, a cetacean tooth, a lot of bone material and several sharks rounded out the weekend. I was also pretty excited to find our second Notorynchus lower symphyseal tooth. All in all two great mornings exploring a passion that continues to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Nice finds as usual... that's a really great spot you have there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyersfan805 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Thanks lloyd, Siteseer there are several strata layers that we dig through to find this material. And in one spot I believe it is deep enough we are hitting Cretaceous. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Wow again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 That's a good hunt in anyone's book, thanks for sharing---Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiehunter Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 That is one of the nicest symph teeth I have seen. Beautiful root and overall shape. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govinn Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Amazing finds! Thanks for sharing. 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...
MikeDOTB Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Yep, you definitely never fail to impress. That symphesial is absolutely stunning, congratulations!!!! The number of cow shark teeth that comes out of your creek is amazing. You really had a good couple hunts, chubetensis, makos, hemis, and an awesome shark vert among other things. That symphesial is definitely the trip maker. I agree about your layer. I would definitely say Miocene but we have seen teeth from your posts that are much much older, paleocene-cretaceous (remember the cretolamna). Great finds all around, I always look forward to your posts! Mike DO, or do not. There is no try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 That is the nicest Notorynchus lower symphyseal I can recall ever seeing! "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...
sixgill pete Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Wow!!! That is a beautiful symphyseal. 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 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...
Life 42 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Thanks guys - weather is crazy here. Snow today then up to the seventies by end of week! I know where I will be by Friday! ...I'd rather be digging...Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trempie4 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 VA was never that good to me....... Lucky you! Joe... (evolution ROCKS....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel59 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Life you and Mike leave me almost speechless. Never fail to amaze at what yall pull out of there. Please keep sharing and saving these beautiful fossils. :) We should have a cow shark dance icon on here for you both Thanks for sharing Jeff/Tarheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Amazing teeth, Life! I've always wished to find a cow shark tooth here in SC, but it has yet to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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