MGS Gallery: Recent Finds

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: My first ever Paratodus benedini, along with some pics of the other stuff I found at Lee Creek.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below is an image of a really nice upper cowshark tooth that I found down along Calvert Cliffs some time ago. I had been sifting for a while, several 5 gallon buckets worth of material in fact, and then hit "pay dirt" on my "last bucket". This tooth was in my screen. I can't tell you how many times I've said "just one more bucket", only to repeat it about 10 more times. However, this time it really was my last bucket because I was tired and sore. It paid off!

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: I decided to pull out some teeth and scan them for the website. My favorite one is the large porpoise tooth. I've only got three like this one in over 8 years of collecting. If anyone knows what species this belongs to let me know.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below are a couple images of two small teeth I found a while back and I finally got around to scanning and processing the images. Both teeth are in good condition, and the houndshark tooth has some nice colors.

Submitted by Don Miller: Below is a pic of the snout of a mosasaur (Tylosaurus). It was originally found in South Dakota and measures 22" long and has 23 teeth.

Submitted by Jayson Kowinsky: Below are a few pics Jayon's recent trip to Lee Creek. Included are some nice mako's, and a nice Meg that was found in matrix. See the prep'd result. Looks nice!

Submitted by John Adams: I received a request to post some additional pics of Squalodon teeth, so my friend John was gracious in sending along the following pics of a few he has found over the years here in MD.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below are a few pics from my recent trip to Lee Creek. I didn't finmd much this time, but I did find a few mako's a my first large 6" whale tooth. The first pic is a "panoramic" view that I assembled from 5 pics.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: The tooth below I purchased at an antique shop. It's originally from Chile and measures 2.64 inches. It's looks huge in person. It seems like everything from Chile is "gi-normous" as my sons would say.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Here's a picture of something that someone told me belonged to a "box-fish"? I'm really not sure if it's a mouth plate, or some type of armor. If you know, could you please email me. I found this along the Potomac River - Paleocene site.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Here's a picture of a few more nice smaller shark teeth that I found at the Muddy Creek location in Virginia a few years ago.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Here's a picture of a few of the nice Hexanchus sp. teeth that I collected a few years ago at the Muddy Creek location in Virginia. Pictured are two upper laterals, two lower laterals, and a lower center or symphyseal.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Here's a picture of two whale teeth that are associated. I have two, and my friend has two as well, all from the same animal. I believe these type of whale teeth with enamel on the crowns are fairly rare. Unfortunately, I don't know what species they belong to.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Keeping with the trend, here's another pic of a neat shark tooth from my collection of teeth from a Paleocene loation in MD. I'm not sure exactly what species of shark it belongs to, but my best guess at this point is some sort of Triakis? If anyone out there has a better guess please let me know. I hate having teeth that have no firm ID.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Well, as promised, here's another pic of a neat shark tooth from my collection of teeth from Calvert Cliffs. It's taken several years of hundreds of trips to find all that I have. It will be fun to share as many images as I can make. The image below is of a pathological Angel shark tooth - Squatina subserrata. The crown is bent over backwards and leans way over towards one shoulder.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below is an image of a nice Nurse shark tooth from a Paleocene site in MD. It's the only one I have so far with two cusps on each side of the main crown.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below is an image of a neat double-crown Sharpnose shark tooth that I found some time ago along Calvert Cliffs. Little by little I will continue to scan in some teeth from my collection and post them here for others to see. If you would like to show some of your collection as well, simply send me a pic/image.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below is an image of another really nice Hemipristis serra shark tooth. The tip is really sharp and has a slight twist to it. The second image below is of another Hemipristis, but this one is an upper. I wouldn't normally scan such a common tooth, but of the thousands of these that I have found, the tip on this upper points almost straight down and the tooth appears to be very symmetrical, something I don't think I've seen before in an upper hemi. The third image below is of a 12" piece of "modern" horse jaw that I found a couple years ago along Calvert Cliffs. The teeth have some sort of hardened "plaque" on them which I couldn't scrape off. Even though it's not a fossil, I thought it was really intriguing to find such a thing out in the water. My guess is that someone's horse fell off the cliffs many many years ago and I happened to find part of its jaw. What's funny is that in almost 8 years of fossil colelcting in many places, I've never found a fossil horse tooth, yet I found a modern one with all 6 teeth in it Kind of neat to see what the teeth look like.

Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below is an image of a really nice reddish-brown lower lateral Hemipristis serra shark tooth. The second image is a 2" jaw section of Peccary with almost 3 complete molars.

24-Jul-2005: Submitted by John Adams: Below is an image of what we believe are two associated pieces of Peccary jaw. The piece in the top left is the lower front jaw section - missing the teeth though. The other jaw section has three teeth and another that is broken. John found these within just a few feet of each other from a freshly fallen section of cliff material. (Clavert Cliffs in Southern MD).

20-Jul-2005: Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below is an image of a Triakis type tooth that I found in a Paleocene exposure in MD a couple years ago. I finally got around to scanning it in multiple views. It's about 4mm tall.

19-Jul-2005: Submitted by Steve Glorious: Below is an image of a squalodon (atlanticus?) molar found years ago by fellow collector Steve Glorious. Steve found this awesome specimen somewhere's along Calvert Cliffs, MD.

17-Jul-2005: Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below are images of two really nice teeth I found this year down along the Calvert Cliffs in Southern MD.

07-Jul-2005: Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below is a picture of a really neat little tooth I found down along Calvert Cliffs recently while sifting for micro's. It stands about 5mm tall. I'm not sure what species it is though? Sharpnose? Weasel?

25-Jun-2005: Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below is a picture of some cowshark teeth I found on Father's Day this year! They're almost as nice as the cards my sons made for me that day.

09-Apr-2005: Submitted by Brady Hamilton: Below are a couple nice specimens that Brady found on his recent visit into Lee Creek on 09 April 2005. Tooth on the left is a nice Carcharocles megalodon, and the tooth on the right is a nice Mako - Isurus oxyrinchus. Photo was taken by fellow MGS member Pat Hayes.

19-Mar-2005: Submitted by JohnAdams: Below are a couple nice specimens John found on his recent visit into Lee Creek. Jim Bourdon assisted in putting these images together for John. The large Meg is 4 1/4". The great white is a little over an inch.

28-Feb-2005: Submitted by Daryl Serafin: On a day that I thought I wouldn't find much along Calvert Cliffs in southern MD, I came across this little gem of a Meg.

22-Feb-2005: Submitted by Don Miller: Below is a picture Don took while at the Tucson show a few weeks ago. The photo is of a really colorful fossil called Placenticeras meeki from the cretaceous bearpaw shale in southern Alberta, Canada.

09-Feb-2005: Submitted by Mel Hurd: Below is the picture of a nice 2" Otodus with some beautiful coloring in the enamel.

09-Feb-2005: Submitted by MGS member: Below is the picture of a really nice stingray mouthplate found by one of our MGS members. I believe it was found in a Miocene exposure in Maryland.

06-Feb-2005: Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below is the picture of a nice small juvenile Meg that I found along Calvert Cliffs almost two years ago. I believe it is a juvenile because it is so small at only 7/8". When I found it I actually thought it was a great white (carcharias) instead of a Meg. These juvenile teeth are quite rare for some reason - at least for me. I've only found two like this in the many years I've been collecting. The views in the image going left to right are: labial, lingual, and lateral.

21-Jan-2005: Submitted by John Adams: Below are two views of a really nice dolphin vertebra that John found a while back along Calvert Cliffs. The is the most perfect one he has found in almost 5 years of collecting.

Parotodus & Squalodon Collections from Lee Creek

16-Sep-2004: Below are images of some really awesome Parotodus and Squalodon teeth that are in the collection of Dave Seigert. Dave brought these to one of our last MGS meetings and was gracious in letting me take a picture of them for others to view and enjoy. You can click on the images to see them up close.

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