mcurasco8 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 This past weekend was my first visit to Big Brook so I'm alittle fuzzy about identifying any of these pieces. Most of them look like bone but I haven't a clue what species they could be from. Can anyone help? Thank you, M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 This past weekend was my first visit to Big Brook so I'm alittle fuzzy about identifying any of these pieces. Most of them look like bone but I haven't a clue what species they could be from. Can anyone help? Thank you, M Did you surface collect or screen? Just wondering... The only thing can ID for certain is the small black object at 6:30. It's a Callianassid (ghost shrimp) claw-fragment and Cretaceous in age. 2 and 4 appear to be concretions and not fossils. All the rest do appear to be bone and could be anything from a recently drowned rat to Ice Age material. The big black thing at 12 is interesting but we would need better photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyquest Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Cool- looks like bones and some concretion. Did you find them sifting the gravel bed? Any shark teeth? Looks like you might be on to something there. I'm heading to Big Brook maybe this week/end. did you stay at the bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 The bone at 5:30 could be avian; close-ups of both sides might settle it. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naze Dave Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 the bone in the top left i think is a mammal jaw of some sort, you can see where the diastema would be. Thanks Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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