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Jon Thele posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 1 month ago
3 years, 1 month ago3 years, 1 month agoJon Thele has contributed specimen mFeM 94833 to myFOSSIL!
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Melissa Harrison posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 5 months ago
3 years, 5 months ago3 years, 5 months agoMelissa Harrison has contributed specimen mFeM 88130 to myFOSSIL!
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Jack Parker-Tyreman posted an image in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoPotential tooth? #fossil
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Char Strother posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 9 months ago
3 years, 9 months ago3 years, 9 months agoChar Strother has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Kristen Cotiaux posted an image in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoOne of my favorite things to do in the world is fossil hunt. I can spend hours combing through rocks and shells.
My favorite place to hunt is on Shark Tooth Island, NC. This 175m island is in the Cape Fear River and accessible by kayak. Boat launch is from River Road Park. The kayak over is a quick and easy 10-15min.
If you’re ever in W…[Read more]
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Thanks!
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@colefossilfinder-blitz If you go to the island I can’t wait to see what you find!
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When I lived in Wilmington, I enjoyed visiting this spot! I also had good fossil hunting luck on nearby Keg Island and North Topsail beach.
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@sadie-mills I’ve been to Keg Island once for exploring but I’ll definitely have to go back to fossil hunt! What kind of specimens did you find on Keg?
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Shark tooth island in the lower Cape Fear River is a combination of two formations dredged from the river channel. the turritellite (turritella rock) is the Bald Head Shoals Formation of late Paleocene age. The Castle Hayne Formation is also on the island and is mostly the new Hanover Member which has an abundance of shark teeth concentrated by…[Read more]
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@don-clements Amazing, thank you!!
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Hi, @Kristen-Cotiaux! For the eMuseum, we require specimen entries to be individual specimens. If you are interested in contributing these to our eMuseum, you will need to upload each tooth individually. We can work together on this if you would like!
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Most are broken and not very nice specimens. Would it still be worth it to upload individually? I can remove photo if it’s not good for the eMuseum.
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Amazing teeth
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@colefossilfinder-blitz thank you! It’s great that sharks keep on losing them throughout their life so there’s an endless supply of teeth to be found!
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Hi @Kristen-Cotiaux, I am unsure if this is a fossil or just an interesting erosional pattern. I will tag in @jbauer
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@samantha-ocon thank you for the feedback. If it is an erosion pattern I wonder how it was formed?
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@mackenzie-smith might also be able to help with ID here.
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Hi @samantha-ocon @kristen-cotiaux . Coral is a good guess but this could also either be a sponge or bryozoan.
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I have something like this too I’ll post the pic
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@santino-diaz can’t wait to see it. What part of the country did you find it in?
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I’m trying to find someone to authenticate my stuff I have a very cheap phone these are real
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thank you Samantha I really have this it is real I had it rapped in a bag can’t trust no one when I get home I’m gonna take pictures of them sticking out the ground I have a lot in the woods hidden
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I have a fossil acorn it’s very beautiful complete
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This is a tricky one, @kristen-cotiaux. There is certainly a pattern, my immediate thought was it could be an octocoral, it could be a different type of scleractinian coral -they come in many shapes and sizes but it also could just be a cool weathering feature like @samantha-ocon said. =/
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Hi, @Kristen-Cotiaux! This limestone is probably from the Oligocene if it is from Sharktooth island. Based on this map: https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/Energy%20Mineral%20and%20Land%20Resources/Geological%20Survey/NC_Generalized_Geologic_Map.pdf; it is probably from the River Bend formation. Would you be able to update the information on this specimen…[Read more]
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I looked at the map and I found [all my fossils] in New Hanover county. Specifically where the “H” is in Hanover on the cape fear river. The light orange looks like this might be in the “Comfort Member” – whatever that is.
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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This is also probably from the River Bend Formation. Can you update the specimen information, @Kristen-Cotiaux?
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Under geological context would I put “Comfort Member” or in Member put “Comfort”. Please bear with me, I’m pretty new at this. Thanks!
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@samantha-ocon see question on filling out the geological context above. Also, would this be a trace fossil?
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Absolutely no problem, @Kristen-Cotiaux! Just “Comfort”. I do not believe these to be trace fossils. I think worm burrows are ichnofossils, but since tube worms secrete their calcareous shells, I think they count as body fossils, @Sadie-Mills.
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Same here with the geological formation and age, @kristen-cotiaux.
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Hey @samantha-ocon ! Looks like much of the strata around Shark Tooth Island is Eocene. They are principally from the Castle Hayne Formation.
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Possibly Comfort or New Hanover Member. Both of which are of Lutetian Age.
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Hey, @matthew-gramling! I saw that at first! The reason I think it is New River is because I looked at the North Carolina Geological Survey map https://images.app.goo.gl/GdbdE57bXxQcNXZK8. To be quite honest, I’m not super well versed on the
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area so it is very possible you are correct. the main reason I strayed from the Castle Hayne is because it was said to be echinoid and gastropod dominated
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but, like I said, I am not super familiar with this area and I can’t use my forams to date it lol
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I am seeing now that I got the oranges confused as well!! thank you for pointing that out, @matthew-gramling
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Greetings @samantha-ocon! No worries! I was basing my estimation on macrostrat and Rockd. Here is the Macrostrat link:https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicCollectionSearch?a=basicCollectionSearch&collection_no=187644
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@samantha-ocon @matthew-gramling When I looked at the map I was thinking Comfort as well. The island is situated in the cape fear river near the ‘H’ in New Hanover. There were many gastropod ‘unicorn horns’ on the island as well and that’s also where I found my sea biscuit fossils
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Hi @kristen-cotiaux, same as the previous post! For an accurate identification, all uploads should be of just one specimen, with pictures taken from multiple angles and with a scale for reference! If you could do that for all of these wonderful specimen that you’ve uploaded, we can get this IDed!
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Kristen Cotiaux posted a new specimen in the group Coastal N.C. from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoKristen Cotiaux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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