Think you’ve found every fossil in the underwater dive site?
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Did you find all 26 shark teeth on the bottom of the seafloor?
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The heavily worn external earbones (tympanic bullae) of a fossil baleen whale
A message in a bottle discovered by Curator Ben Francischelli. Inside was the message (written in Mandarin): "May all your wishes come true. Starting from the heavens, may everything go peacefully for you. Move with force in 2015!"
Two shark teeth, possibly belonging to Carcharodon hastalis (an ancestor to the Great White shark)
Three chunks of unknown fossil whale bone - maybe part of a rib?
One large and one smaller shark tooth - possibly belonging to the ancestor of the Great White shark
Two fossilised sand dollars
A chunk of the fossil seafloor, with a small shark tooth embedded inside of it
Two shark teeth, one imbedded in fossil sediment, another loose in the sand. Possibly from the ancestor of the Great White shark
The backbone of a fossil shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae (which includes Tiger and Bull sharks)
The modern egg casing of a ray (or skate?)
The modern egg casing of a Swellshark.
A fossil cone snail
Two chunks of fossilised stony coral
Two more shark teeth, likely from the ancestor of the Great Wite shark
Another tooth from a fossil Great White shark ancestor
An unknown chunk of fossil whale bone, possibly from a section of vertebra (backbone)
Three fossil solitary corals
An unknown chunk of fossil whale bone - possibly from the jaw of a Baleen whale
Two more fossil shark teeth, likely from the ancestor of the Great White shark
The two thin fossils are Dentalium, a fossil tusk shell. One of them has a hole in it, from a predatory snail. The white shell above them is recent, and was also eaten by a predatory snail - an interaction that has been happening for millions of years. The shells next to them belong to two recent herbivorous snails and a fossil one.
The "test" (skeleton) of a recent sea-urchin. Next to it, is a small fossilised shark tooth.
Two heart urchins (known as Lovenia) are preserved in the fossil sediment. Next to them, are two more fossilised heart urchins.
To the left, a 5 million year old bivalve shell. To the right, a recent shell that was found on the beach.
Three small chunks from a fossil whale epiphysis - a portion of the backbone
Two MORE shark teeth, likely from the the ancestor of the Great White shark
MORE SHARK TEETH?? Two more from the ancestor of the Great White shark
A portion of fossil fish jaw
The back bone (vertebra) of a large bony fish, possibly a large tuna
A fossil vertebrae from a small whale, possibly something like a small dolphin
Rubbish. There is rubbish everywhere in Bayside, and we can all do our part to pick it up when we see it.
Three small chunks of sea-glass
Three pseduofossils (bits of ironstone). Ironstone is everywhere in Bayside, but these are not bits of fossil bone.
Another shark tooth, and a piece of modern tile
A small Megalodon tooth. Do you notice the serrations along its blade?
Another shark tooth?! Likely from the ancestor of the Great White shark
Two fossilised grinding plates from an ancient porcupine fish
Two small fossilised Tiger shark teeth
The fossilised grinding plate from a prehistoric Elephant fish
Two more shark teeth? One loose, another embedded in the fossilised sea floor.
Two small "jelly-bean" like teeth from a fossil Port Jackson shark, and a modern egg from a recent Port Jackson shark. These sharks specialise on eating hard shelled prey such as sea urchins.