I.D. Your Fossils
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"The ones with the ridges" are sections of stingray crusher plates (teeth). On the rare occasion that you find a complete intact crusher plate, it has several rows of crushers and is about the size of a hockey puck.
jridg
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That's kind of what I thought 
There was NO current today - so I had to be careful about stirring up the bottom.
There was NO current today - so I had to be careful about stirring up the bottom.
jridg
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Judging from the shape of the tooth, and the tooth root, I'd say the tooth on the left is a meg...probably one of the smaller back teeth. The tooth on the right has a similar root but the tooth is narrower...probably bull shark. Just my opinion, maybe fossilbabe or one of the other experts may be able to id it better.
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jridg
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Made it down to Service Club park today - found my first two bones - wanted to know if anyone had a solid idea - also found some teeth that I am not familiar with - all input appreciated.
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The long bone looks like a whale/dolphin rib bone. In picture#3 there are some visible deep gouges in the bone that are similar to gouges I've seen made by shark's teeth...maybe the victim of a Megaladon. I have no clue about the other bone. Hopefully fossilbabe can help out. As far as the shark teeth go, I see sand tiger teeth, lemon shark teeth and bull shark teeth. Also some nice stingray barbs. BTW very nice finds...it's great to see another fossil addict at work!
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jridg
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Thanks - I am hooked. This afternoon I intended to stay for about 60 minutes - ended up doing 96
There were people on the beach as the sun was going down who were starting to get worried.....
Those three barbs are the most complete I have seen so far - I would love to find a whole one....
Still looking for a Meg - we'll see. I saw some areas off of Service Club today that I want to revisit for a more detailed search - maybe tomorrow or Sunday.
- I am hooked. This afternoon I intended to stay for about 60 minutes - ended up doing 96 There were people on the beach as the sun was going down who were starting to get worried.....
Those three barbs are the most complete I have seen so far - I would love to find a whole one....
Still looking for a Meg - we'll see. I saw some areas off of Service Club today that I want to revisit for a more detailed search - maybe tomorrow or Sunday.
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