Let the holiday fossil feast begin! Lowcountry Geologic has added a wide variety of new items to the website this week. Since this was such a broad post, we've adopted a new format for the newsletter in hopes that it can better summarize the update. We hope you enjoy browsing the new fossils and we wish you a happy holiday season and a prosperous new year.
New additions to our Fossil Shark Teeth catalog:
1 Megamouth Shark Tooth - Megachasma pelagios from Chile
1 Giant Thresher Shark Tooth- Alopias grandis from Charleston County South Carolina
1 Pathologic Dusky Shark Tooth - Carcharhinus obscuras from Ridgeville, South Carolina
1 Carcharocles megalodon from Summerville, South Carolina
2 Crow Shark Teeth - Squalicorax kaupi from North Carolina
3 Goblin Shark Teeth - Scapanorynchus texanus from North Carolina
2 Smalltooth Sand Tiger Shark Teeth- Odontaspis ferox from Aurora, North Carolina
3 Hybodont Shark Teeth - Hybodus sp. from North Carolina
5 Sympheseal Goblin Shark Teeth - Scapanorynchus texanus from Lowndes County, Mississippi
1 Extinct hybodontoid shark - Lissodus sp. from Lowndes County, Mississippi
New additions to our Fossil Ray Teeth catalog:
1 Extinct Ray Tooth - Ptychotrigus sp. from Lowndes County, Mississippi
Dinosaur Teeth
6 Dromeosaur Raptor - Deltadromeus agilis from Morocco
New additions to our Fossil Insects catalog:
2 Dragonflies - Aeschnogomphus buchi from Solnhofen Region, Germany
1 Dragonfly - Cordulagomphus tuberculatus from Ceara Province, Brazil
1 Water Strider - Propygolampis bronni from Solnhofen Region, Germany
New additions to our Echinoids catalog:
6 Sea Biscuits - Jacksonaster depressum from Hurghada, Egypt
New additions to our Fossil Trilobites catalog:
2 Flexicalymene Meeki from Mt. Orab, Ohio
1 Paralejurus sp. from Anti-Atlas Mountains, Tafilalt, Morocco
1 Crotalocephalus gibbus from Anti-Atlas Mountains, Tafilalt, Morocco
1 Phacops speculator from Anti-Atlas Mountains, Tafilalt, Morocco
2 Asaphus raniceps from Wolhow River, Russia
New additions to our Plant Fossils catalog:
8 Tree Ferns - Titea singularis from Araguaina, Brazil
5 Fossil Fern Fronds- Neuropteris from Johnson County, Missouri
5 Fossil Fern Fronds - Pecopteris from Johnson County, Missouri
2 Fossil Fern Fronds - Annularia from Johnson County, Missouri
New additions to our Fossil Crabs catalog:
1 Horseshoe Crab - Eryon arctiformis from Solnhofen Region, Germany
New additions to our Fossil Fish catalog:
1 Angel Fish - Aipichthys velifer from Hjoula, Lebanon
2 Seahorses - Hippocampus ramulosus from Rimni Province, Italy
New additions to our Reptile Fossils catalog:
2 Shell Crusing Mosasaur Teeth - Globidens aegyptiacus in matrix from Morocco
1 Mosasaur tooth - Mosasaurus beaugei in matrix from Morocco
1 Mosasaur tooth - Mosasaurus anceps in matrix from Morocco
New additions to our Fossil Crinoids category:
Multiple crinoid species including Agaricocrinus americanus, Onychocrinus ulrichi, Parisocrinus crawfordsvillensis, Macrocrinus mundulus, Platycrinites niotensis, Sarocrinus granilineus, and Lanecrinus depressus. Several multiple species plates.
Click here to see the entire list of new fossils on Lowcountry Geologic.