It was a gorgeous day to hunt fossils, and a hot one! Fortunately for us, the site we all visited had overhanging trees over the creek providing shade and pretty much dropped the temps to a comfortable range enjoyed by all. The water temp wasn't that bad either. Lots of Cretaceous marine fossils were found, Goblin, Cretolamna, Crow, Ptychodus shark teeth as well as fish teeth (Enchodus and Pachyrizodus) and vertebrates of small fishes. Pieces of Ammonites and Baculites along with other finds that swam the seas of Alabama during the Cretaceous Period. A really nice arrowhead was found by one of our members, the creek does yield a native artifact every now and then? Several mammal teeth were found too, there seems to be a time period overlap of sedimentary stone layer where these fossil are washing out. Makes for a fascinating time line to do some research on the matter? Yours truly, most of the time brings home gravel to search for micro fossils at a later date. This round produced some really nice, tiny teeth from sharks and shellfish! It was a great day for the group of fossil enthusiast who showed up. Many fossils were found and memories of a great day were made!
Brought back a quarter bucket of micro material thinking I wasn't gonna find much. To my surprise, I found these and others... I'm halfway through the material. Tiny Ptychodus, Cretolamna, and Squalicorax with two cusps! Cretaceous Period, Eutaw Formation, South Alabama
Here's all of the Cretaceous Period micro fossils from the quarter bucket of gravel I brought home from the creek trip Saturday. Pleasantly, surprised to find so much in so lil' gravel! Definitely, obtaining more if the opportunity arises again! In the picture: Scapanorynchus (Goblin Shark), Squalicorax, Ptychodus (pieces of Ptychodus teeth), Cretolamna, Pyncnodont tooth and Enchodus Palatine jaw piece, vertebrae, Gastropod, Pachyrizodus teeth, Ptychotrygon (Sawfish teeth), and Angel Shark tooth.
Ann says: This is what I brought home today. It was a good day at the creek! Chase comment: That Paranamotodon is really cool! Very rare for the Santonian.
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