sometimes "potential" is more exciting than anythingOn Sunday, me and a buddy checked out a spot that I had been meaning to get to for at least 4 years. We didn't find too much but the spot has good potential. I ended up with a couple small sand tigers and a couple scraps of bone and 2 very interesting teeth. The first was a Squalicorax-like tooth that I immediately knew was something different than the plentiful Squalicorax teeth I regularly encounter. It turns out that it probably is Pseudocorax affinis, a species which seems to primarily be found in Europe. There are just a few references to it being found in the US. The 2nd tooth is a crazy pathological Cretolamna which has a detached cusp. I think it might be a "stolen" cusp from a less developed tooth in an adjacent tooth file. It's a really wild tooth that I can't believe wasn't broken when digging it out.
Location
| Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA |
ID | 2783 |
Member | toothpuller |
Date Added | 4/30/2008 |
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