MGS Fossil Gallery 2008
send me your pics at: dkjjserafin@comcast.net
Submitted by Matt Wojtko: Check out awesome 5 3/4" Meg that Matt unearthed on his recent trip (Oct.4th) to Lee Creek. The tooth was split in half but fits back together nicely!
Submitted by Chris Ryan:
Below are some really nice specimens that Chris has collected from the Chespeake Bay and Lee Creek.
Some awesome Mako's
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Some really nice Megs, Chubs, Angustidens ...
Nice cowsharks...look at those symphyseals!
Some really nice Lee Creek specimens...
Submitted by Daryl Serafin:
I had fun on Sat (Oct 4) collecting in the mine. I was really excited when I heard that the area had received over 3 inches of rain earlier in the week. That meant the old footprints from the first weekend would be washed away, and new fossils exposed! Well, I'm not so sure that was the end result. I covered an aweful lot of territory, stopping frequently at what looked like really awesome Pungo hills which normally have loads of smaller teeth - but I just didn't see the volumes I was expecting. That being said, I did find a nice variety of the usual teeth - no big megs, no parotodus, no hexanchus, nothing really rare. During my travels in search of the elusive Yorktown piles I did cross over several areas or pockets of James City formation. I slowed down long enough to see if I could spot a potential great white. I don't know if it was the heat that got to me, but all of a sudden I found myself mesmerized by some strange looking shells. I picked a couple up, some I've never seen before, and kept picking them up one after another. I got a decent sand dollar, a shell I think is called a tea-cup saucer, and several really thin, twisted, spiral, and other oddly shaped shells. It's always fun to expand ones collection, even if it is with shells. I'm particularly interested in the one pair of shells that are shown below in the separate pictures. These are the first I've ever seen. If anyone knows what they are or if they are rare please let me know.
I must also mention that I stumbled upon a bright green frog about 2 inches long. I startled him, and vice-versa. I was hoping to find a Meg in the "Weed", but found an amphibian instead.
The pics below reflect my nicer finds. You'll also see a couple shots of the mine this year, and in particular the "rocky - ramp" entry way into the collecting area. This is the same ramp that got washed away a few times last season. It seems a bit more solid this season and will hopefully hold up through the end of the season. As many of you already know, the quantity of fossils dwindles from week to week unless there is substantial rain in between. Nevertheless, there is always the infamous Pungo crawl that I think many will resort to soon, so I bet we'll start to read about more smaller and rare stuff like brambles being found.
View of the mine looking down the ramp.
Here's some of my best finds from my day in the mine ...
Submitted by Mark Bennett: The pics below show the sequence of events as Mark's eyes catch a small piece of Meg root lobe poking out of the formation - Lee Creek Spring 2008.
At last a nice gem is unearthed!
Submitted by Michael Delozier: Below are some pics of fossil shark's teeth, vertebra, popoise material, etc. Michael stumbled on to these fossils at his job site. Below are some finds from his recent outing with his son. 
Submitted by Daryl Serafin: A few nice "blue" teeth from a Paleocene site in Maryland.
Submitted by Dan Pierson and his son Dillon: Below is the total take for Dan and his son Dillon from a combined Green Mill Run and Aurora Fossil Museum spoil pile hunt.
Submitted by Charley Shyab: These are some rally nice finds from Charlie's Green Mill Run trip. Check out that Great White in the upper left.
Submitted by Dan Pierson: Below are some pics that Dan sent in from some trips with his son Dillon.
Anyone know what this jaw piece is from?
A really cool tau-tog fish jaw segment.
Submitted by Robert Walsh: Look at that nice Meg just sunning itself on the beach!
Submitted by Daryl Serafin: Below is a pic of a really super tiny tiger shark tooth, and a nice hemi with perfect serrations.
Submitted by Tom Breen: Below are some pics of a nice giant thresher tooth from Calvert Cliffs.
here it is waiting to be picked up...
Submitted byDaryl Serafin: Below are a few pics of my finds from Lee Creek this year. The last pic is of a few nice squalicorax teeth from Green Mill Run.
These are from Green Mill Run (North Carolina)
Submitted byRobert Walsh: Pics showing some recent finds from Calvert Cliffs.
Submitted byDaryl Serafin: The picture below is that of what I believe is an eel jaw. It's only .5" long and comes from the Palaeocene of MD. The image in the middle of the pic is the surface of the jaw that once held the tiny needle-like teeth. You can just abrely see the tiny tooth sockets
Submitted by Bruce Hargreaves: Below is a picture of a really nice stingray mouth plate that Bruce found along the Potomac River. Note that it has been glued back together. Bruce said he had to dig this one out with his screening tool.
Submitted by Fred Plumb: Below are some pics of an absolutely enormous size Mako shark tooth found by Fred Plumb during his trip to Lee Creek during the Fall of 2007. Well over 3+ inches, it is by far the largest Mako tooth I have ever seen.
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