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Community Science Fossils of Belgrade myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

This booklet contains a preliminary summary of the fossil finds from the 2018 myFOSSIL community science dig at the Martin- Marietta Belgrade Quarry.

Special thanks to Martin-Marietta, Lee Cone, and the Special Friends of the Aurora Fossil Museum for helping facilitate the research trip.

Additional thanks to Mary Jane Hughes, Isaac Magallanes, Fauve Wilson, and Victor Perez for helping put this summary together. myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collectors: Project Summary: Name: On May 25, 2018, a group of museum Al DeHart Joel Hardin volunteers, faculty, and graduate students Ann Wellington Judy Fisher collected fossils from the Belgrade Bill Thompson Lee Baldwin Formation at the Martin Marietta quarry in Bob Purdy Lee Cone North Carolina. Bruce MacFadden Mark Mehle Buck Ward Merrill Mille Summary of Findings: Cindy Lockner Quent Lupton Clay Bulan Richard Bex General Fossil ID: Nature of Specimen: Dave Bohaska Rick Baldwin Don Dietrich Rob Birchfield (959) Teeth (1071) Don Muller Sadie Mills Rays (474) Mouth plates (463) Donald Ward Stuart Clayman (98) Vertebra (18) Eric Sadorf Teresa Hardin Whales (11) Earbones (1) Hunter Thurmond Theresa Muller Reptile (4) Fish spine (1) Jason Osborne Tina Campbell Rib (1) Jeanette Pirlo Victor Perez Miscellaneous (23) myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Al DeHart Eagle rays (14) Collected a total of 47 fossils (1) Including teeth, ray Sharks (32) mouth plates, and ray barbs

Carcharhinus cuspidata Taxonomic ID: Myliobatidae (14) Anoxypristis (1) (12) Carcharhinus cuspidata (4) Galeocerda aduncus (6) serra (2) (6) contortus (1) (1)

Myliobatidae Carcharhinus myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Ann Wellington Eagle rays (12) Collected a total of 30 fossils Sharks (18) Including shark teeth and ray mouth plates

Physogaleus contortus Taxonomic ID: Myliobatidae (12) Carcharhinus (9) Galeocerda aduncus (2) (1) Negaprion (3) Physogaleus contortus (3)

Hemipristis serra Negaprion myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Bill Thompson Eagle rays (28) Collected a total of 100 fossils Sharks (64) Including shark teeth, shark Fish (8) vertebra, ray mouth plates, and ray barbs.

Taxonomic ID: sp. Myliobatidae (27) Hemipristis serra (6) Aetobatus (1) Negaprion (4) (3) Odontaspis (2) Carcharhinus (28) Sphyrna (2) Carcharias cuspidata (5) Sphyraena (5) aduncus (7) (1) Physogaleus contortus (9)

Carcharias cuspidata Negaprion sp. myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Judy Fisher Eagle rays (34) Collected a total of 75 fossils Sharks (41) Including shark teeth, shark vertebra, and ray mouth plates.

Alopias sp. Taxonomic ID: Myliobatidae (31) Aetobatus (3) Carcharhinus (12) Carcharias cuspidata (2) Galeocerdo aduncus (5) Physogaleus contortus (8) Hemipristis serra (7) Negaprion (4) Sphyrna (1) Alopias (1) (1)

Sphyrna sp. Carcharhiniformes myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Rick Baldwin Eagle rays (8) Collected a total of 46 fossils Sharks (32) Including shark teeth, shark Fish (6) vertebra, and ray mouth plates.

Taxonomic ID: Carcharhinus sp. Myliobatidae (8) Carcharhinus (13) Carcharias cuspidata (7) Galeocerdo aduncus (4) Physogaleus contortus (3) Hemipristis serra (1) Sphyrna (2) Alopias (1) Sphyraena (6) Carcharhiniformes (1)

Sphyraena sp. Carcharhiniformes myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Victor Perez Eagle rays (14) Collected a total of 60 fossils Sharks (41) Including shark teeth, fish Fish (5) teeth, and ray mouth plates.

Rhizoprionodon sp. Taxonomic ID: Myliobatidae (14) Sphyrna (3) Carcharhinus (11) (1) Carcharias cuspidata (8) Odontaspidae (1) Galeocerdo aduncus (6) Negaprion (1) Physogaleus contortus (3) Sphyraena (2) Hemipristis serra (7) Anoxypristis (3)

Odontaspidae Anoxypristis sp. myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Eric Sadorf Eagle rays (46) Collected a total of 147 fossils Sharks (78) Including shark teeth, fish Fish (22) teeth, ray mouth plates, and ray Whale (1) barbs.

Carcharocles chubutensis Taxonomic ID: Myliobatidae (45) Odontocete (1) Aetobatus (1) Sphyraena (16) Carcharhinus (43) Anoxypristis (1) Carcharias cuspidata (4) Lepisosteidae (5) Carcharocles chubutensis (1) Galeocerdo aduncus (6) Physogaleus contortus (7) Hemipristis serra (3) Sphyrna (4) Rhizoprionodon (2) Unidentified shark (8)

Anoxypristis sp. Odontocete myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Jason Osborne Collected a total of 87 fossils Eagle rays (22) Crocodilian (1) Including shark teeth, fish Sharks (61) Whale (2) teeth, reptile teeth, ray mouth Fish (1) plates, and vertebra.

Isurus Taxonomic ID: Myliobatidae (22) Chondrichthyes (3) Carcharhinus (14) Sphyraena (1) Carcharias cuspidata (13) Thecachampsa (1) Galeocerdo aduncus (8) Cetacea (2) Physogaleus contortus (5) Hemipristis serra (9) Sphyrna (2) Odontaspis (1) Negaprion (6)

Thecachampsa sp. Cetacea myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Lee Baldwin & Buck Ward Eagle rays (10) Collected a total of 74 fossils Sharks (48) Including shark teeth, fish Fish (7) teeth, reptile teeth, and ray Unidentified (9) mouth plates.

Taxonomic ID: Negaprion Myliobatidae (7) Alopias (1) Aetobatus (3) Rhizoprionodon (2) Carcharhinus (20) Sphyrna (1) Carcharias cuspidata (3) Sphyraena (7) Galeocerdo aduncus (8) Unidentified (9) Physogaleus contortus (4) Hemipristis serra (5) Negaprion (1) Odontaspis (1) Odontaspidae (2)

Sphyrna sp. Rhizoprionodon sp. myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Jeanette Pirlo Collected a total of 55 fossils Eagle rays (9) Dugong (1) Including shark teeth, fish Sharks (35) Unidentified (3) teeth, reptile teeth, and ray Fish (5) mouth plates. Whale (2)

Taxonomic ID: Carcharias cuspidata Myliobatidae (7) Rhizoprionodon (1) Aetobatus (2) Sphyrna (1) Carcharhinus (8) Unidentified shark (3) Carcharias? (1) Sphyraena (5) Carcharias cuspidata (12) Cetacea (2) Carcharocles (1) Dugongidae (1) carcharias (1) Unidentified (3) Galeocerdo aduncus (1) Hemipristis serra (3) Negaprion (2) Odontaspis (1)

Myliobatidae Thecachampsa myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Dave BBohaskaohasky & Bob Purdy Collected a total of 17 fossils Eagle rays (3) Including shark teeth, ray Sharks (14) mouth plates, and vertebra.

Taxonomic ID: Carcharhiniformes Myliobatidae (3) Carcharhinus (1) Carcharias cuspidata (6) Galeocerdo aduncus (4) Hemipristis serra (1) Carcharhiniformes (2)

Negaprion sp. Carcharias cuspidata myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Don Dietrich Collected a total of 13 fossils Eagle rays (6) Including shark teeth and ray Sharks (7) mouth plates.

Taxonomic ID: Hemipristis serra Myliobatidae (6) Carcharhinus (2) Carcharias cuspidata (3) Galeocerdo aduncus (1) Hemipristis serra (1)

Galeocerdo aduncus Myliobatidae myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Don Muller Eagle rays (3) Collected a total of 15 fossils Sharks (12) Including shark teeth and ray mouth plates.

Taxonomic ID: Hemipristis serra Myliobatidae (3) Carcharhinus (5) Carcharias cuspidata (1) Galeocerdo aduncus (1) Hemipristis serra (1) Physogaleus contortus (4)

Carcharhinus sp. Physogaleus contortus myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Donald Ward Collected a total of 9 fossils Eagle rays (1) Including shark teeth, ray Sharks (6) mouth plates, and vertebra. Unidentified (2)

Taxonomic ID: Aetobatus sp. Aetobatus (1) Carcharhinus (2) Carcharias cuspidata (1) Hemipristis serra (1) Physogaleus contortus (1) Carcharhiniformes (1) Unidentified (2)

Carcharias cuspidata Carcharhiniformes myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Hunter Thurmond Collected a total of 25 fossils Eagle rays (6) Including shark teeth, ray Sharks (18) mouth plates, and fish teeth. Fish (1)

Taxonomic ID: Sphyrna sp. Myliobatidae (5) Aetobatus (1) Carcharhinus (9) Carcharias cuspidata (3) Negaprion (2) Physogaleus contortus (3) Sphyrna (1) Lepisosteidae (1)

Lepisosteidae Negaprion sp. myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Joel Hardin Collected a total of 17 fossils Eagle rays (3) Including shark teeth, ray Sharks (13) mouth plates, and whale teeth. Fish (1)

Taxonomic ID: Negaprion Myliobatidae (3) Carcharhinus (3) Carcharias cuspidata (5) Galeocerdo aduncus (3) Negaprion (2) Odontocete (1)

Odontocete Myliobatidae myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Lee Cone Collected a total of 83 fossils Eagle rays (19) Including shark teeth, ray Sharks (61) mouth plates, ray barbs, and Fish (3) fish teeth.

Taxonomic ID: Odontaspis sp. Myliobatidae (19) Carcharhinus (17) Carcharias cuspidata (14) Galeocerdo aduncus (9) Hemipristis serra (7) Negaprion (1) Odontaspis (3) Physogaleus contortus (8) Sphyrna (2) Anoxypristis (3)

Carcharias cuspidata Anoxypristis sp. myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Mark Mehle Collected a total of 42 fossils Eagle rays (1) Including shark teeth, ray Sharks (39) mouth plates, fish teeth, and Fish (1) crocodilian teeth. Crocodilian (1)

Taxonomic ID: Thecachampsa antiqua Myliobatidae (1) Carcharhinus (5) Carcharias cuspidata (11) Galeocerdo aduncus (5) Hemipristis serra (4) Negaprion (8) Physogaleus contortus (4) Sphyrna (2) Anoxypristis (1) Thecachampsa antiqua (1)

Sphyrna sp. Galeocerdo aduncus myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Merril Mille Collected a total of 45 fossils Eagle rays (27) Including shark teeth, ray mouth Sharks (11) plates, ray barbs, fish teeth, whale Fish (6) teeth, and vertebra. Whale (1)

Taxonomic ID: Hemipristis serra Myliobatidae (27) Carcharias cuspidata (4) Galeocerdo aduncus (1) Hemipristis serra (2) Negaprion (2) Physogaleus contortus (1) Carcharhiniformes (1) Sphyraena (5) Anoxypristis (1) Odontocete (1)

Odontocete Carcharhiniformes myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Quent Lupton & Cindy Lockner Collected a total of 85 fossils Eagle rays (28) Including shark teeth, ray mouth Sharks (44) plates, and fish teeth. Fish (9) Unidentified (4)

Taxonomic ID: Rhizoprionodon sp. Myliobatidae (28) Anoxypristis (2) Carcharhinus (19) Archosargus (1) Carcharias cuspidata (3) Sphyraena (6) Hemipristis serra (2) Unidentified (4) Negaprion (5) Physogaleus contortus (7) Odontaspidae (1) Rhizoprionodon (2) Sphyrna (5)

Hemipristis serra Sphyrna sp. myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Richard Bex Collected a total of 23 fossils Eagle rays (7) Including shark teeth, ray mouth Sharks (15) plates, ray barbs, and fish teeth. Fish (1)

Taxonomic ID: Carcharias cuspidata sp. Myliobatidae (6) Aetobatus (1) Carcharhinus (4) Carcharias cuspidata (4) Carcharocles (1) Hemipristis serra (2) Physogaleus contortus (3) Carcharias cuspidata (1) Anoxypristis (1)

Myliobatidae Carcharocles myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Rob Birchfield Collected a total of 42 fossils Eagle rays (13) Including shark teeth, ray mouth Sharks (27) plates, ray barbs, fish teeth, and Fish (2) vertebra.

Taxonomic ID: Carcharhiniformes Myliobatidae (13) Carcharhinus (5) Carcharias cuspidata (2) Carcharocles (1) Galeocerdo aduncus (1) Hemipristis serra (7) Negaprion (5) Physogaleus contortus (5) Carcharhiniformes (1) Anoxypristis (2)

Carcharocles Physogaleus contortus myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Sadie Mills Eagle rays (3) Collected a total of 6 fossils Sharks (1) Including shark teeth, ray mouth Fish (1) plates, fish teeth, and whale teeth. Whale (1)

Taxonomic ID: Sphyraena sp. Myliobatidae (3) Carcharias cuspidata (1) Sphyraena (1) Odontocete (1)

Carcharias cuspidata Odontocete myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Stuart Clayman Eagle rays (55) Collected a total of 99 fossils Sharks (40) Including shark teeth, ray mouth Crocodilian (1) plates, crocodilian teeth, and vertebra. Unidentified (3)

Taxonomic ID: Thecachampsa sp. Myliobatidae (55) Carcharhinus (9) Carcharias cuspidata (6) Galeocerdo (1) Galeocerdo aduncus (7) Hemipristis serra (4) Negaprion (5) Physogaleus contortus? (3) Sphyrna (5) Thecachampsa (1) Unidentified (3)

Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinus sp. myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Teresa Hardin Sharks (33) Collected a total of 35 fossils Fish (1) Including shark teeth, fish teeth, and Whale (1) whale teeth.

Taxonomic ID: Odontaspis sp. Carcharhinus (14) Carcharias cuspidata (4) Galeocerdo aduncus (5) Hemipristis serra (4) Negaprion (1) Odontaspis (1) Physogaleus contortus (4) Anoxypristis (1) Cetacea (1)

Anoxypristis sp. Hemipristis serra myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Theresa Muller Eagle rays (5) Collected a total of 30 fossils Sharks (23) Including shark teeth, ray mouth Fish (1) plates, fish teeth, whale ear bones, and Whale (1) vertebra.

Taxonomic ID: Carcharhiniformes Myliobatidae (3) Aetobatus (2) Carcharhinus (8) Carcharias cuspidata (7) Galeocerdo aduncus (3) Hemipristis serra (1) Negaprion (1) Physogaleus contortus (2) Carcharhiniformes (1) Anoxypristis (1) Cetacea (1)

Anoxypristis sp. Physogaleus contortus myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade

Collector Report General Specimen Summary: Name: Tina Campbell Collected a total of 126 fossils Eagle rays (48) Including shark teeth, ray mouth Sharks (63) plates, fish teeth, and vertebra. Fish (15)

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Aetobatus sp. Myliobatidae (46) Sphyrna (2) Aetobatus (2) Unidentified shark (1) Carcharhiniformes (2) Sphyraena (14) Carcharhinidae (2) Archosargus (1) Carcharhinus (30) Carcharias cuspidata (5) Carcharocles (1) Galeocerdo aduncus (12) Negaprion (2) Physogaleus contortus (3) Rhizoprionodon (3)

Archosargus sp. Carcharhiniformes myFOSSIL Community Science are Mammals of Belgrade myFOSSIL Community Science Fossils of Belgrade Thank you to all the Belgrade volunteers!