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 Sharks (959) Teeth (1071) Don Muller Sadie Mills Rays (474) Mouth plates (463) Donald Ward Stuart Clayman Fish (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 Sawfish (1) Including shark teeth, ray Sharks (32) mouth plates, and ray barbs Carcharhinus cuspidata Taxonomic ID: Myliobatidae (14) Anoxypristis (1) Carcharhinus (12) Carcharhinus cuspidata (4) Galeocerda aduncus (6) Hemipristis serra (2) Negaprion (6) Physogaleus contortus (1) Sphyrna (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) Hemipristis serra (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: Odontaspis sp. Myliobatidae (27) Hemipristis serra (6) Aetobatus (1) Negaprion (4) Osteichthyes (3) Odontaspis (2) Carcharhinus (28) Sphyrna (2) Carcharias cuspidata (5) Sphyraena (5) Galeocerdo aduncus (7) Chondrichthyes (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) Carcharhiniformes (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) Rhizoprionodon (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) Carcharodon 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)