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
