New Members Jack5587 Posted April 1 New Members Share Posted April 1 Hi everyone! I’m a high schooler who is very interested in paleontology and archeology. I visited Calvert Cliffs in Maryland and found these fossils. The first photo contains teeth and I’m interested what creatures they may be from. The second photo is full of random things that could be something but may just be pieces of shells (I think there may be a fossilized crab pincer/claw). Take a look! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Jack5587 Posted April 1 Author New Members Share Posted April 1 I tried to edit the post but it didn’t let me. The bottom left tooth in the first picture has a ridge running down the back to the top behind the front face of the tooth. Here are some more angles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted coulianos Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 top photo: top row= shark teeth, bottom row right= shark tooth, bottom row left= looks like a fragment of barnacle bottom photo: center= crab claw pincer, top row right= sting ray crusher pavement; other three unsure, possibly bone or shell fragments. Hope this helps, and welcome to the forum! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted coulianos Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 6 minutes ago, ted coulianos said: top photo: top row= shark teeth, bottom row right= shark tooth, bottom row left= looks like a fragment of barnacle bottom photo: center= crab claw pincer, top row right= sting ray crusher pavement; other three unsure, possibly bone or shell fragments. Hope this helps, and welcome to the forum! bottom left "tooth" looks like a fragment of shell from the hinge line 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 (edited) 7 hours ago, Jack5587 said: Hi everyone! I’m a high schooler who is very interested in paleontology and archeology. I visited Calvert Cliffs in Maryland and found these fossils. The first photo contains teeth and I’m interested what creatures they may be from. The second photo is full of random things that could be something but may just be pieces of shells (I think there may be a fossilized crab pincer/claw). Take a look! Top row: both teeth are from the genus Carcharhinus. Unfortunately, specitating is difficult even on perfect teeth of this genus, and yours are weathered. However, based on size, general morphology, they could be C. falciformis (silky to soupçon shark), or C. brachyurus (copper or bronze whaler shark), as they are the most common teeth in that formation Second row, right Physogaleous contortus tooth. The other item looks like part of a barnacle.. Edited April 1 by hemipristis 1 2 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automech Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Without a closer look, of both sides, the top left could be a lemon. And, the top right could be a baby Meg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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