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Ernst Quarry Sharktooth Hill: A Cautionary Tale My wife and I just returned from a trip out west (western USA for our international friends) which featured a trip to the famous Miocene site near Bakersfield; Ernst Quarry or Sharktooth Hill, whichever name you prefer As most of you know this site it well known for the rich fauna of sharks teet
Twilight Zone from Sharktooth Hill, Bakersfield, California The shark teeth from Bakersfield are quite special thank you! oftentimes when i pull colorful teeth out of the ground, it's hard to tell how they end up looking after oxidizing over a few days, but will try to post a tooth called "zephyr" shortly, it's got a really rich dusk purple on the labial side even after oxidizing
Shark vertebrae question - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum I recently found a nice shark vertebra on Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina It's about 1 5" in diameter and 3 8" thick Are there any identifiable differences between shark species' vertebrae or do all shark vertebrae pretty much look the same? DD
Sharktooth Hill - The Fossil Forum This is a category showcasing member collectionsSharktooth Hill is located in the arid, rolling foothills near Bakersfield, California It's one of the most productive Miocene bone layers in the world Fossils of various Sharks Cosompolitodus Hastalis Planus, Carcharocles megalodon,Galeocerdo Aduncus,Squalus Occidentalis to name a few rays,fish and various mammals are some of the items
Shark Tooth Hill And Other Sites In Bakersfield The fungus causes especially large outbreaks in seasons that are abnormally wet, followed by very hot and dry conditions as are typical in Bakersfield (Shark Tooth Hill is practically ground zero for the stuff) and the tar seeps around McKittrick and elsewhere
Blue Hill Shale - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum Hey everyone Just wanted to share last weekends outing Kind of funny, but in the course of two weeks I went from have never found a shark tooth to finding a dozen and now possibly hundreds I went to another place in the Blue Hill Shale in Osborne county Kansas on an unexpected day trip with my
Shark Vert Vs Fish Vert - Questions Answers - The Fossil Forum Shark vertebrae tend to be preserved as just the centrum (the hockey puck-like disk) with two openings on top and two on the bottom where the hemal and neural arches were attached The arches were cartilaginous in life and disintegrate quickly after death The centrum sometimes survives as a fossil because it is at least partially ossified Because they aren't solid bone, they are fragile
Why the English common name change of great white to just white shark? It was recently pointed out in a TFF post by Grimlock that extant shark researchers now use "white" shark as the more accepted English common name for Carcharodon carcharias instead of "great white" shark I've looked through my recent books on extant sharks and see where "white" shark is now bei
Michigan Shark Teeth - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum I don't know Michigan was high and dry from the Mesozoic and later, the ages for these types of teeth (except for the great lakes which are fresh water) These look like shark teeth that are found in coastal areas,Tx, La, Fla, the Carolinas and California
Summerville trip, Summer 2025 - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum Went on a weekend trip to south Carolina this weekend for an annual shark tooth hunting trip It went very well, especially after are last trip where the best thing we found was a desori with a broken root We found two larger megs which were both broken, but the best find was an Angustidens in n