TNCollector Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Here is my next stop. Cochliodus sp. Tooth Bangor Limestone Mississippian East Tennessee ~1.0 cm Psephodus sp. Tooth Bangor Limestone Mississippian East Tennessee ~1.0 cm Psephodus sp. Tooth Bangor Limestone Mississippian East Tennessee ~1.0 cm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Cont... Harpacodus sp. Tooth (This is a new genus for me!) Bangor Limestone Mississippian East Tennessee ~1.0 cm This is from a different trip that I haven't posted: Assorted Cochliodontidae (Not sure of genus, these teeth are incomplete and odd in shape) These teeth from this site are extremely fragile... Early Mississippian Kentucky, USA Chondricthyan Spine Cross section (may be ctenacanthus) Early Mississippian Kentucky, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Cont... Fish scale Early Mississippian Kentucky, USA That's it for now. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 18 hours ago, TNCollector said: Got a few more! I have been really busy as of late, but devotes one weekend to fossil hunting. These first ones come from the Pennington Formation, which is known for its small, but generally good quality teeth. Cladodus sp. Tooth Imprint (What it could have been!!!) Late Mississippian Pennington Formation East Tennessee ~1.5 cm Cochliodus sp. Tooth Late Mississippian Pennington Formation East Tennessee ~1.5 cm Cladodus sp. Tooth Late Mississippian Pennington Formation East Tennessee ~1 cm Cladodus sp. Tooth Late Mississippian Pennington Formation East Tennessee ~0.7 cm Fish/Shark/Tetrapod Tooth (still determining what kind, it could be a strangely-mineralized cladodus) Late Mississippian Pennington Formation East Tennessee ~0.8 cm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Oooohhh! Wow! You keep adding species, don't you, Jim? Thanks for the posts. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Awesome finds as usual! The pink conical one appears to have an acrodin cap, so I'm thinking palaeonisciform fish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 7 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Oooohhh! Wow! You keep adding species, don't you, Jim? Thanks for the posts. Thanks Tim! The Carboniferous had a huge diversity of chondricthyans, more than most people realize. I always love finding new genera that I have not seen before. 3 hours ago, Peat Burns said: Awesome finds as usual! The pink conical one appears to have an acrodin cap, so I'm thinking palaeonisciform fish. Ahh nice! Thanks for this very helpful information, I can now put an ID to it! I have one other tooth like this hiding in my storage somewhere, so I have only found two. Best, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgehiker Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 15 minutes ago, TNCollector said: Thanks Tim! The Carboniferous had a hue diversity of chondricthyans, more than most people realize. I always love finding new genera that I have not seen before. True. Its important to understand the wide expanse of time represented by the Carboniferous. There's about 450 shark species that exist today...a moment in time. We likely all find new genera when collecting Paleozoic teeth...as in not studied. There are so many variations in shark tooth position, a few feet of sediment may represent a couple million years, etc. I give my specimens a general label and aware that many of the identifications are tentative. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Outstanding finds, wow! And such a diversity of types. To my chagrin, I have somehow missed this thread before today, what a lovely collection and really great reference, since I collect similar Carboniferous teeth in my area. That first Cochliodus at the top of the page is very reminiscent of the one I posted in the ID forum that you helped with. Again, you have some incredible stuff here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Some really nice additions to a very impressive collection! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Outstanding thread you've got going here...kudos. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 On 4/23/2017 at 7:42 PM, Canadawest said: True. Its important to understand the wide expanse of time represented by the Carboniferous. There's about 450 shark species that exist today...a moment in time. We likely all find new genera when collecting Paleozoic teeth...as in not studied. There are so many variations in shark tooth position, a few feet of sediment may represent a couple million years, etc. I give my specimens a general label and aware that many of the identifications are tentative. You are absolutely correct. This is one of the main reasons why I find these teeth so interesting. There is so much to learn and discover, and there is a lot of room for the imagination in thinking about how these creatures looked and lived. I have several teeth that even the experts cannot definitively place in a genus. On 4/23/2017 at 10:42 PM, deutscheben said: Outstanding finds, wow! And such a diversity of types. To my chagrin, I have somehow missed this thread before today, what a lovely collection and really great reference, since I collect similar Carboniferous teeth in my area. That first Cochliodus at the top of the page is very reminiscent of the one I posted in the ID forum that you helped with. Again, you have some incredible stuff here! Thanks! I would be interested in seeing the ones that you have found. Cochliodus is one of the more enigmatic types of teeth that can be found. Many teeth often attributed to Cochlidus are likely Deltodus or Poecilodus, or vice versa. 23 hours ago, ynot said: Some really nice additions to a very impressive collection! Thanks Tony! 18 hours ago, PFOOLEY said: Outstanding thread you've got going here...kudos. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Awesome finds Jim love the Harpacodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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