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Fossils found in Post Oak Creek, Sherman, TX. Identifications are primarily done by myself, so don't hesitate to correct them.
The Cretaceous fossils are washed out of the Eagle Ford Group (~ 90 Ma), and mammal material from the Pleistocene or younger.
Vertebrate Faunal List (work in progress):
Rarity (purely subjective):
Abundant, Common, Uncommon, Rare
Sharks:
Cantioscyllium sp. ('nurse shark')
- Cantioscyllium decipiens
Cretodus sp.
Cretalamna sp.
- Cretalamna appendiculata
Cretoxyrhina sp. ('ginsu shark')
- Cretoxyrhina mantelli
Meristodonoides sp.
Ptychodus sp. ('crusher shark')
- Ptychodus whipplei
- Ptychodus mortoni
Scapanorhynchus sp. ('goblin shark')
- Scapanorhynchus texanus
- Scapanorhynchus raphiodon
Squalicorax sp. ('crow shark')
- Squalicorax kaupi
- Squalicorax falcatus
Fish:
Amiidae?
Enchodus sp. ('saber-toothed herring')
Hadrodus sp.
Ischyrhiza sp. ('sawskate')
Pseudohypolophus sp. ('guitarfish')
- P. mcnultyi
Ptychotrygon sp. ('sawskate')
- P. triangularis
Rhinobatos sp. ('guitarfish')
- Rhinobatos incertus
Reptile:
Coniasaurus sp.
Mosasauridae
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