Late Cretaceous, Mississippi

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 (9 mm)

Heterodontus rugosus showing the root (9 mm)

Pathological Scapanorhyncus

Rays

Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis

Brachyrhizodus mcnultii

Scutes or denticles

Ray dermal scutes

Ray vertebrae

Sawfish – Ischyrhiza mira mira

Ichyrhiza mira mira

Bony Fish

Enchodus

Anomoeodus latidens

Anomoeodus latidens

Hadrodus priscus pharyngeal tooth

Protosphyraena

Protosphyraena

Ischyodus (cartilaginous fish – and a rare visitor)

Ischyodus fin spine and jaw plates

Ischyodus bifurcatus jaw plates

Ischyodus bifurcatus dorsal fin spine

Splinter of an Ischyodus bifurcatus dorsal fin spine that my Mom found on our first day!

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

Crocodile scutes

Crocodile tooth

Crocodile tooth

Crocodile tooth

Softshell turtle

Unidentified scute – Turtle?

Unidentified scute – Turtle?

Plesiosaur podial (paddle bone), broken, with possible bite mark!

Plesiosaur podial with possible predation mark

Plesiosaur podial

Plesiosaur podial

Plesiosaur podial

Fossil cartilage

Fossil cartilage

Fossil cartilage

Vertebrae

Shark vertebrae

Ray vertebrae

Fish vertebrae

Coprolites

Shark coprolites have a spiral pattern