NJ: Monmouth County

[wetwilly]

Hi,

Was curious to know if anyone could get a positive ID out of any of these late cretaceous finds.

A pincer of... ghost shrimp? (3/4")

Tooth...? (1/2")

Concretion...? (1/2")

Thanks in advance,

Bill

[Ptychodus04]

Last pic is a crustacean claw. I'm no use on the others.

[Troodon]

Agree on the crustacean claw. Guess, Turtle claw on the other? No guess on the other

[Mike from North Queensland]

Not positive IDs but

The top object in the photo of all three is the infill from the end of a fish vertebra

Yes that is a crustacean claw unsure of what

The other photo is blurry but the end in focus may be bone but also could be sediment infill of something not a tooth as no enamel present. Turtle is possible

Mike

Edited May 5, 2016 by Mike from North Queensland

[Carl]

I agree crustacean claw part (the dactyl). The cone is more likely to be the inside view of a shattered fish (likely shark) vertebra than the infilling of one. The last one is very hard to read but I'm pretty sure it is a root from a shark tooth, likely Scapanorhynchus.

[wetwilly]

Thanks to all for the replies.

I'm going to have to let the fish vertebra information sink in a little (a lot), I'll try and look that up for some comparisons.

I can't seem to get a better pic on the questionable root/turtle item... here are two more pictures that I hope show the surface detail better.

Bill