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I am using a deer calcaneum for comparison. From a creek in Dallas/Ft. Worth. Am I correct about the crinoids?
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From the tip of the root ( seems it may be longer, going further in the rock ) to the tip of the crown is a little over 2 1/4 inches. Dallas County, Atco Formation What say the experts?
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Mosasaur?
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My wife and I took a trip to the Perot Museum Dallas for my birthday. Such a cool place.
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Hi all, Im new to the forum and I have seen some amazing fossils on this site, many of which have been found suprisingly close to my home .I would love to meet some new friends to go dinosaur hunting with , I have a few places to look for fossils but I am an extreme amateur, I realize this after i thouroughly looked over the website . I have always found palaentology interesting and would like to get my kids interested if anyone knows a kid friendly(easily accessible) place in the selma area to hunt fossils,i would greatly appreciate any input. We are not looking to unearth a t-rex or anything like that,just looking for someplace to share the experience of finding their first fossils. As i stated before i know a few places, but not easy to get to safely with kids.That being said i would like to carry an experienced fossil hunter to a few places to see what they could pull from the earth ,Iknow there is more there than sharks teeth ,and fossil oyster shells ,just not sure how to find the good stuff. If this peaks anyones interest let me know I'll be watching.
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Hey, I found a few shark teeth in the Eagle Ford fm in a construction site in the town of Denton, just north of Dalla. Can someone help me identify what shark species they are ? Also, there were these large shells that appeared rotated, and they were extremely common in the area. Any idea on what those are as well? Thanks
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Need help with this one. Found in the Kamp Ranch formation, in SE Dallas, TX, about 4 inches across. Geologic or fossil?
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Hello All, Wanted to ask if anyone with more experience has any idea what bone from what animal this looks like it could be from? Found it in a rocky gravel bar/streambed in the Richardson/Dallas area. Trying to ID this bone has eluded me for far too long so I'm ready to hear some suggestions!
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Hello, Does anybody know what bone from what animal this might be from? Found it in a gravelbed by a creek in Richardson. Looks to be relatively new or very well-preserved. There are four nutrient foramen on one side. It doesn't look like a typical vertebrae as it does not have a neural foramen, so I'm guessing it could be some kind of caudal vertebrae but I can't ID it although I have researched extensively. Other ideas that seem close are that it is part of a hoof or even a scute... but from what animal? Any help would be great!
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Here are some teeth I found recently. These were all found in Eagleford areas in Dallas, TX Based on pictures I have seen online, the first one of these I believe to be a Ptychodus tooth. The others, I have no idea ... Here are some close ups of the others: Then the same creek bed we found the Pthychodus tooth, my wife found this Cow/Horse/? tooth: And a couple of weeks ago while finding the shark teeth in the last two images I found this "bonus", and thought it was really cool to find something like this in the middle of the city! (creek bed, Dallas, TX) Cheers, Sergej
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We found these a while ago in an Austin Chalk area in Dallas. There were these large boulders and they were on the edge of a boulder. There was a crack and when I pulled on the piece it came off clean. I found the larger one first and then noticed the smaller one next to it. You can 'feel' there's a rater solid piece inside the chalk (not sure if that makes sense but one would expect the chalk to weigh less) What are these? The larger one almost looks like some sort of squid. The 'dome' shape is impressive and very prominent - hope it can be seen in the pictures. The chalk is very hard to remove - I have been brushing it with a toothbrush and did some scraping with a tiny screwdriver. I have had some success with that but I do not want to brush too hard and mess up what's underneath. Any tips on removing more of the chalk to reveal what's underneath? I've read about using hydrogen peroxide but don't want to damage the fossil. Cheers, Sergej
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This chunk was found in an Austin Chalk area of Dallas, Texas. Are these leaves or trace fossils, or something else? The first 5 pictures are of one side of the rock, the next ones are of the other side which has a similar, smaller fossil. Cheers, Sergej
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Here are some interesting finds from a creek bed in Dallas, TX. There are all kinds of concretions in the area, and these could very well be just that. The first one seems to be some kind of sponge or coral? The second one looks like some sort of bone, but who knows: The third one is a lot larger. It has characteristics of nodules/concretions I have found (with little nuggets that come off) but it seems to also have a larger continuous solid surface (second image) as well as a 'spongy' side. Cheers, Sergej
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Hi All, I have been trying to catalogue my collection and I came along this tooth, according to the information on its card its Ptychodus latissimus, Coniacian in age, from somewhere in Dallas Co. (dont know the exact place). But when I was looking at photo's from this species, it looked different than this one. they are more flat while this one is very raised. altough not as highly as P. whipplei. can anyone say what sp. it is? I dont know a formation where it came from, and i think Coniacian is based on it being a P. latissimus instead of it actually having been found there. Its 1 cm in length. Thanks in advance, Sander (and please check my other post, permian bones, texas because I really need help there too)
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Hi! We started looking for fossils in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area (Texas, USA) a couple of weeks ago, mainly because our daughter (7) has an interest in them. However, the bug has bitten me badly and the more cool stuff I find the more I want to go out and look for more. In the mean time, after spending 30 minutes somewhere looking for stuff, daughter-dear gets bored and starts hunting for roly polies with her brothers while I hunt for cool finds I've been browsing the forums and learned a lot already. Will post some pics of recent finds in the ID forum soon. Cheers from Dallas, Sergej
