After yesterdays unseasonably warm and windless day, today's 20 mph north winds, 50 degree temperatures, and half cloudy skies were a bit of a let down. Nevertheless, we persisted, and it wasn't as bad as we expected. A little cool to start with, which I think is the proper amount of clothing.
Considering a short walk, it wasn't bad for fossil hunting wasn't too bad; 13 in all including this nearly top shelf grade
Snaggletooth shark's tooth.
H. serra can be found in Tertiary deposits on the east coast from Maryland to Florida. These beautiful teeth are also a common find in Tertiary deposits worldwide, from both coasts of North and South America to Europe, Africa, and Australia. This shark clearly had a nearly global distribution in the Tertiary.
However as the climate changed, from the warmer Miocene into the cooler climate of today, this species became extinct. They are deemed abundant in Miocene exposures. In Pliocene exposures, they are less numerous, and in the Pleistocene, they became restricted to the tropical waters around Indonesia before finally becoming extinct.
Georgia found this moth washed up in the surf. I don't know what it is, but I wish I could have seen it live.
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