My MoM and I decided to scope out a shark tooth site on her birthday and although we nearly froze to death, we came back with a handful of amazing fossils on our first visit! During 2016, my MoM, my friends, and I have spent many hours working the sand and soil, cherishing every find!

Late Cretaceous, Campanian

Sharks

Scapanorhyncus texanus anterior teeth

Scapanorhyncus texanus lateral teeth

Scapanorhyncus texanus lateral teeth

Squalicorax teeth

Archaeolamna kopingensis

Cretolamna appendiculata

Paranomotodon angustidens

Hybodus teeth and dorsal fin spines

Heterodontus rugosus (9mm)

Heterodontus rugosus (9mm)

Heterodontus rugosus (9mm)

Heterodontus rugosus root (9mm)

Pathological Scapanorhyncus

Rays

Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis

Brachyrhizodus mcnultii

Scutes or denticles

Ray dermal scutes

Ray vertebrae (ray verts are oval)

Fin spine or barb that my Mom found on our first day!

Sawfish – Ischyrhiza mira mira

Ichyrhiza mira mira

Bony Fish

Enchodus – Sabre-toothed herring

Drumfish – Anomoeodus latidens

Drumfish – Anomoeodus latidens

Hadrodus pharyngeal tooth

Ischyodus (cartilaginous fish – and a rare visitor)

Ischyodus dorsal fin spine

Ischyodus jaw plates

Ischyodus fin spine and jaw plates

Mosasaurs

Globidens alabamaensis – a shell-crushing mosasaur

Globidens alabamaensis showing root core

Globidens alabamaensis

Globidens alabamaensis

Globidens alabamaensis

Mosasaur tooth that my Mom found

Mosasaur teeth

Mosasaur teeth

Mosasaur tooth fragments

Mosasaur teeth that my friend Katherine found!

Mosasaur teeth that my friend Katherine found!

Crocodiles and turtles

Crocodilian scutes

Crocodile teeth

Crocodile tooth

Crocodile tooth

Crocodile tooth

Turtle

Softshell turtle

Snake vertebra (side 1)

Snake vertebra (side 2)

Unidentified scute – Turtle?

Unidentified scute – Turtle?

Plesiosaur podial (paddle bone) with predation mark!

Plesiosaur podial showing predation mark

Plesiosaur podial

Plesiosaur podial

Plesiosaur podial

Fossil cartilage

Fossil cartilage

Fossil cartilage

Vertebrae

Shark vertebrae (shark verts are round and smooth)

Ray vertebrae (ray verts are oval)

Fish vertebrae

Coprolites

Shark coprolites have a spiral pattern

See what invertebrates we found at the same site!