Attached are pictures of a tooth I found in Aurora, NC.  I cannot positively identify this tooth.  The closest I could find in my research was the Hump-toothed shark (Hybodus novojerseyensis).   Any assistance in positively identifying this tooth is greatly appreciated.

Found this tooth in Aurora, NC.   Can anyone confirm identification as to which sub-species of Sand Tiger shark that it belongs.  I am leaning towards Palaeohypotodus rutoti.  Thanks for your assistance.

attached are pictures of a tooth I found in the spoils pile from Lee Creek Mine at Urora Fossil Museum in North Carolina.  While the tooth does not have any evidence of missing cusplets, it could have had them at one time.  There are very small serrations on both sides of the crown.  The front top of the root is almost flat towards the back of th…[Read more]

I am just seeing this forum for the first time and wanted to add to Eleanor Gardner’s request for land mammal fossils.  I posted picture within three messages on the Fossil Horse Forum that illustrates a horse molar that was discovered February 2018 at Martin Marietta’s Clark’s Quarry in New Bern, NC.

I discovered the attached Equus molar back in February 2018 at the Martin Marietta Clark’s Mine in New Bern, NC.  The fossil was laying next to some brush and trees on a small ridge away from the spoil piles.  Due to limitation on how many attachments I can send I will send other pictures that are more detailed.  I don’t know if this helps your fo…[Read more]