Oftentimes when i pull colorful teeth out of the ground, it's hard to tell how they end up looking after oxidizing over a few days, but will try to post a tooth called zephyr shortly, it's got a really rich dusk purple on the labial side even after oxidizing. My wife and i just returned from a trip out west (western usa for our international friends) which featured a trip to the famous miocene site near bakersfield Ernst quarry or sharktooth hill, whichever name you prefer As most of you know this site it well known for the rich fauna of sharks teet. The fungus causes especially large outbreaks in seasons that are abnormally wet, followed by very hot and dry conditions as are typical in bakersfield (shark tooth hill is practically ground zero for the stuff) and the tar seeps around mckittrick and elsewhere. Great trip with socal paleo to a private dig in a miocene era deposit near sharktooth hill
The owner joe found a well preserved megalodon tooth in a matrix with whale fossils Also found many shark teeth from relatives of modern great white sharks, mako sharks, tiger sharks, angel sharks, blackt. Starting the 2024 season at big brook preserve, nj big brook preserve cretaceaous marine fossil cretaceus marine fossil new jersey ramanessin shark tooth I have only primarly hunted shark teeth from the beach, saint augustine and venice beach I am looking at taking my boys 8 and 15 and girlfriend to the peace river for some fossil and shark tooth hunting. Michigan was high and dry from the mesozoic and later, the ages for these types of teeth (except for the great lakes which are fresh water)
A quick trip to green's mill run with a few surprise finds (and a very brief aurora, nc visit) belemnite cretaceous gmr greens mill run north carolina peedee formation pliocene shark teeth skolithos yorktown formation I'm new to this forum and very grateful to have found such a wealth of knowledge here I'm preparing for my trip to venice beach and peace river in late january, with the primary goal of fossil hunting/shark tooth hunting I've been reading all the threads related to thes. The arches were cartilaginous in life and disintegrate quickly after death The centrum sometimes survives as a fossil because it is at least partially ossified
Because they aren't solid bone, they are fragile.
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