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AlabamaFossilFiend
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AlabamaFossilFiend is a channel focused on one thing: fossils.
Whether it be in the state of Alabama or beyond, the goal is to spread the knowledge of the US’s prehistoric past through documentation of the fossil hunting excursions we take on regular basis’.
If shark teeth, dinosaur fossils, and invertebrate fossils are of any interest to you, you’ve come to the right place. Hope you enjoy.
Whether it be in the state of Alabama or beyond, the goal is to spread the knowledge of the US’s prehistoric past through documentation of the fossil hunting excursions we take on regular basis’.
If shark teeth, dinosaur fossils, and invertebrate fossils are of any interest to you, you’ve come to the right place. Hope you enjoy.
Hidden gems: Unearthing Alabama’s Cretaceous fossil history!
Alabama is one of the top states in the US when it comes to fossil diversity. One of the states most well-known fossil records is its Cretaceous record. This was during the time of the dinosaurs, when Alabama was half submerged under a warm shallow sea called the Western Interior Seaway. Hunting for shark teeth and dinosaur material have become commonplace among the areas where the correct geology is exposed, and in this video, my good friend Kaleb and I set out to do just that.
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Exploring an ancient DINOSAUR aged sea-floor!
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84 million years ago, the entire southern half of Alabama was once a bustling ecosystem full of marine life. Things like sharks, Mosasaurs, Plesiosaurs, and even dinosaurs could be found here. A warmer climate caused sea-levels to rise world wide, causing what's known as the Western-Interior seaway to cover much of what is now North America. Join my friend Kaleb and I as we try to uncover some ...
Finding FOSSILIZED sharks teeth 100+ miles from the coast!
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About 84 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period, half of Alabama was completely under an inland sea called the Western interior seaway. Because of this, you can find marine fossils such as shark teeth, mosasaur teeth, and even dinosaur fossils here. In this video, my friend and I head out to see what kind of fossils we can find on this prehistoric seabed.
Finding a CRAZY rare fossil in this Mississippi creek!
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Frankstown, Mississippi has become quite the hotspot for fossil hunters over the past few decades due to things such as shark, Mosasaur, and even Dinosaur teeth being found here. In todays video, I went out on a short hunt to try and find some of these rarities. And let me tell you, it did not disappoint. - - Be sure to like, comment and subscribe to show your support for the channel! Many more...
(Un)professional Paleontology - Fossil hunting a Cretaceous Alabama creek
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In this video, my buddy Kaleb and I went in search of Cretaceous aged marine fossils in sweet home Alabama. This specific site is dated to be from the late Santonian stage of the late Cretaceous period, so about 84-82 million years old. AKA, the age of dinosaurs. Hope y'all enjoy the video. I hope to improve the quality of my videos going forward so stay tuned.
Dope finds man you earned my sub
Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed! If you liked this video, you should especially check out my more recent ones. I’ve improved my quality much more since this one haha
Great finds and well done video!
Thank you sir! Glad you enjoyed
Interesting
Interesting stuff indeed
Y'all are funny. Fun to watch
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS a new alabamafossiilfiend video
Awesome finds!!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.
Coming up… a HAPPY SUNDAY!
I’m a fellow Alabama native who also loves the outdoors and fossils, I would love to try to meet up with y’all sometime! I live around the Birmingham area but that spot doesn’t look like anything we have around here that’s for sure 🤣
Yea this area is a good bit south of that. Much different geology than the rock faces and outcrops of the BHM area!
I found your channel trying to find something to do with the family. I live in Birmingham and have 6 kids. If you could point us in a direction to dig up, echinoids would be greatly appreciated.
These specific echinoids are Cretaceous in age. If you can familiarize yourself roughly with the geology of the state and the ages of different layers, you can find them much easier. Specifically, the “Alabama black belt” is something you’d wanna look into. Almost all sediment in the black belt is Cretaceous. Stretches all the way from the east of the state up into northeast Mississippi. The app “Rockd” is an amazing tool to research this, I would definitely recommend it.
WildKyle bring me here and I stay for the content quality :) nice editing and adding the images is cool for those who might not know those magnificent beast.
I live in NE Mississippi. There's a creek near me that I have personally found over 200 teeth in about 4 hrs of digging and sifting in the sandbars! I've narrowed down to within 5-10 miles where the coastline had to have been at one time! You don't find any north of a certain point!
Is this on twenty mile creek near the Frankstown fossil park? That’s where I usually hunt when I pass through MS!
I’ve found over 10,000 shark teeth at the W.M. Browning Cretaceous fossil park.
great video i have been in the philippines 20 years and only found a couple fossils, new sub
Can yall please tell me what river this is ? I live in north Mississippi and I would love to have another cretaceous site to dig or sift
I found shark teeth in colorado
Nice video. Lucky run in with WildKyle. Very talented and kind man. Looking forward to more from your channel. Good Luck in your finds and success with your new channel. 🎉
Awesome, one more PALEO channel to subscribe)) Thanks to WildKyle for that)) By the way: what period this fossils from? Cretaceous with Cenomanian-Campanian ages or Eocene with Ypresian-Priabonian ages? Just try to compare with period and fossils of my home region)
Just wrote it until video end, so yeap, Cretaceous)
Yep, late Santonian to very early Campanian, Cretaceous. And thanks for the support!
@@AlabamaFossilFiend Are you finding fossils only on Cretaceous site or Eocene too?
@@gabrielmorte1636 strictly Cretaceous. As far as I’m aware, there is no Eocene overlap in the strata of this site. Could be wrong, but haven’t seen any whatsoever.
@@AlabamaFossilFiend uhh, sad for me((. So, what's a point: I'm living on south of West Siberia region and I found tons of eocene shark teeth regarding to Bartonian age (sorry if my english is bad tho). And some species I couldn't identify by my own. But I've reed Biostratigraphy of elasmobranchs and bony fishes in Claiborne group by David Ward and Jun Ebersole and I noticed that the most part of shark species are similar and identical to our local species. The problem is few of those species was never registered in our region or quantity of teeth was too low to be sure in identification. So I trying to find some help with all this staff, but was need someone from Alabama. Big excuses for this gigantic text))
Wow, that land was once under the sea. 😅 You found the sharks' tooth but you have not find sea monster fossils yet.
Not quite yet, that’s always the goal though! Thanks for stopping by!
You have alot a ton a humongous amount of potential you might become the next paleo Chris or digging science (and wyldkyle ofc)
Thanks!
Just watched WildKyle video with you in it. I like your format with the photos you are posting. Looking forward to more videos.
I appreciate the support my friend. Many more to come!
Awesome finds. Is there anyway to send you pictures of this fossil I have .Wish I knew what its from. It's petrified vertebrae.
Sure! Email the pictures to me at alabamafossils251@gmail.com
nice teeth, and I shot you a sub
I appreciate the support my friend!
Are those echinoids like the sea biscuits they are finding at Holden Beach? Where in Alabama is this? I’m near Birmingham and would love to find some!
They’re not quite sea biscuits, think more like sea urchins. Definitely related though. And this site is near Montgomery!
Wild Kyle sent me over. Nice video.
Welcome to the channel! Glad you enjoyed. Many more to come.
Cool finds
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.
Awesome finds guys! I came here from Wild Kyle's channel. I'm in SE Alabama. Maybe we'll see y'all out there one of these days.
Who knows, we may see each other eventually lol. We pretty much exclusively hunt this site at the moment, but we hope to expand our range soon. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Nice vid From the forbidden app🙂
🙂 you know
Some great finds here guys, lot of similar fossils to what I get up in NJ
Thanks! And yea, lots of the same genera here that you find up north. Big fan of your channel btw! One of the reasons I started mine is because of yours.
@@AlabamaFossilFiend wow thanks!
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Every video always keeps me interested! Keep the good work up
Thank you! Really appreciate the support
Nice!
Love these videos keep the good work going ! First tooth can’t be cretalamna.sp if it has striations on the crown
Thanks for the support! And I see what you’re saying, although I would argue said “striations” are just wear on the enamel. Most common species with striations here are some sand tigers and obviously the goblin teeth, but the tooth has way too distinct of side cusps to be either, plus the supposed striations are much further towards the tip than usual in goblin and there’s no visible start to any striations near where the crown/root meet.
Amazing video! We look forward to the next one! 😊
Thanks for the support!
Keep it up man, the quality improves every time!
That's the plan!
This has to have been filmed on a HAPPY SUNDAY, especially with all of those amazing finds! 🎉
Well boy do I have good news for you. It was, indeed, filmed on a Sunday.
@@AlabamaFossilFiend🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
you know its gonna be a good day when you post a new video
It’d be even better if he released it on a HAPPY SUNDAY🎉!
Where I live, all of the pea gravel contains shark teeth.
Nice! Gotta love being able to find teeth without even having to sift.
@@AlabamaFossilFiend The problem is that you have to buy a load from the quarry because the gravel layer is under about 20 foot of sand.
Where’s this at? If you don’t mind me asking. Sounds interesting
I'd love to know where that's at. I want some of that fossilized coral that's along that creek bank.
Very cool!
Thanks buddy! You oughta come out hunting with us next time
Symphyseal might be Archaeolamna
That’s along the lines of what I was thinking too
Great video my friend, keep up the awesome work
Thank you sir!
I hope this was filmed on a Happy Sunday!
Lookin criiiiiiisp
Cwispyyy
You think they came from the same shark?
It’s definitely possible, seeing as they’re both about the same size and from the same species. Though we’ll never 100% know
@@AlabamaFossilFiend Odd, you did not find the sharks' fossils yet but you found a lot of tooth. 🤔🤔🤔
@@catholic3dod790 since sharks are made up of cartilage instead of bone, they don’t fossilize very well at all. Which is why you mainly find shark teeth instead of the full shark.
Okay, it's pretty damn cool
Oh you ain’t seen nothin’ yet!
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The smiley app is how I discovered you, and now you’ve got a new subscriber on CZcams because of it.
You have made a wise choice my friend. I appreciate it!