HERE'S MORE MICRO F0SSILS

THE FOLLOWING FOSSILS ARE FROM AURORA, NORTH CAROLINA (FROM THE LEE CREEK MINE)

FORAMINIFERA The date from a penny is shown for scale. Scales shown in these pictures are in millmeters.



Rhincodon cf. typus (Whale Shark)



Dasyatis jaekeli?? (Ray crusher teeth)



Assorted sharks teeth



Drum fish teeth??



Dermal Denticle (Bramble Shark)



Shark and fish vertebra



The above pictures are enlargements of this picture; which is shown to scale for a 17 inch monitor.
I used 2 nice fossil books to identify the fossils. --CRETACEOUS AND PALEOGENE FOSSILS OF NORTH CAROLINA -- NEOGENE FOSSILS OF NORTH CAROLINA -- Both books were illustrated by John Timmerman and text was written by Richard Chandler. The North Carolina Fossil Club is selling these books now if you want your own copy. For some of the fossils, I am not sure of the exact species.







FOSSILS FROM HALIFAX COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA MOON SNAILS ARE COMMON IN HALIFAX AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES-THEY ARE ABOUT 5 MILLION YEARS OLD



CORAL CAN BE FOUND IN HALIFAX AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES, BUT IT USUALLY WILL CRUMBLE WHEN IT DRIES OUT.



TYMPHANIC BULLA (INNER EAR BONES OF WHALES) WHALE BONES CAN BE FOUND IN LARGE QUANITIES IN HALIFAX COUNTY. THEY CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE MEHERRIN RIVER IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY



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