Eastern US Plesiosaur Hunt

[Carl]

Hi All,

I'm not sure if this is the best place to do this but I am putting out a call to collectors of the Atlantic Coastal Plain for plesiosaur specimens. A project is starting to address the taxonomy and stratigraphy of this poorly known but iconic and widespread group in the eastern US. We are starting by trying to document everything that exists in various collections, including private. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated! Please spread this around to anyone you might think could add to our tally. Please PM me with any information. Happy Holidays!

 

@non-remanié @jpevahouse @wetwilly @Trevor @njfossilhunter @Darwin Ahoy @erose @frankh8147 @bucky

[JarrodB]

I'm interested to see this. I have a few nice pieces I found in Texas.

[sixgill pete]

Carl what type of material are you looking for and what would be the disposition of it? 

[frankh8147]

Hey Carl,

 

Happy holidays! This sounds really interesting, I'm sending you a message.

 

For the folks coming to this topic to see Atlantic Coastal Plesiosaur material; here is some of mine. All of these have been confirmed except the top right vert. Also, that vertabrae slightly in the picture on the far right is Mosasaur - it photo-bombed my picture and I didn't notice it until now.

 

 

[sixgill pete]

Here is a link to a caudal vert I found here in N.C.

 

 

[garyc]

Here's a broken plesiosaur vert from the North Sulphur River, TX. edit: just saw you're looking for Atlantic coastal plain, so if you don't care about my feelings being hurt you can disregard this 

[Jeffrey P]

Another New Jersey plessy vert. This one is from the Ramanessin. 

[Carl]

On 12/21/2017 at 8:18 PM, sixgill pete said:

Carl what type of material are you looking for and what would be the disposition of it? 

We are looking for anything that can be IDed as plesiosaur. At this stage of the project we haven't worked out disposition yet.

[Carl]

19 hours ago, sixgill pete said:

Here is a link to a caudal vert I found here in N.C.

 

 

Thanks for that, Pete!

[Carl]

18 hours ago, garyc said:

Here's a broken plesiosaur vert from the North Sulphur River, TX. edit: just saw you're looking for Atlantic coastal plain, so if you don't care about my feelings being hurt you can disregard this 

Beautiful, Gary! But, sadly, out of our range.

[Carl]

17 hours ago, Jeffrey P said:

Another New Jersey plessy vert. This one is from the Ramanessin. 

Thanks for sharing this one, Doc!

[frankh8147]

On 12/22/2017 at 9:14 PM, Jeffrey P said:

Another New Jersey plessy vert. This one is from the Ramanessin. 

Nice one Jeff!

[non-remanié]

Carl, I talked to Ralph.  I will bring material to MAPS when the researcher visits.   The more interesting pieces are far from perfect and would likely need to be seen in person anyway. 

[Carl]

15 hours ago, non-remanié said:

Carl, I talked to Ralph.  I will bring material to MAPS when the researcher visits.   The more interesting pieces are far from perfect and would likely need to be seen in person anyway. 

Fantastic! Thanks, Doc!

[FossilDAWG]

Carl, is eastern/central Alabama outside your area of interest?

 

Don

[Carl]

Not sure, any more, Don. I suspect that will get absorbed into this thing now, too!

[fossil_lover_2277]

On 12/21/2017 at 9:43 AM, Carl said:

Hi All,

I'm not sure if this is the best place to do this but I am putting out a call to collectors of the Atlantic Coastal Plain for plesiosaur specimens. A project is starting to address the taxonomy and stratigraphy of this poorly known but iconic and widespread group in the eastern US. We are starting by trying to document everything that exists in various collections, including private. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated! Please spread this around to anyone you might think could add to our tally. Please PM me with any information. Happy Holidays!

 

@non-remanié @jpevahouse @wetwilly @Trevor @njfossilhunter @Darwin Ahoy @erose @frankh8147 @bucky

I recently found a small plesiosaur tooth in North Carolina’s Black Creek group if you are interest in documenting it. It’s small but a complete crown.