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Thought this was a burrow of some type but it didn't add up and after seeing the possible preservation of other fossil I'm thinking this might be an appendage, minus the shell, looks like where something was pulled from socket on one end and disconnected on other. I'm expecting a different explanation though
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Collected in same place as 1 and 2, I'm assuming this is Ferroranina dichrous (formerly Notopocorystes) going by the only section of carapace which is calcified. I was really confused as to what I was looking at when cleaning it and had to do a little research on crab anatomy. This one breaks all the rules and looking forward to an explanation of how this was possible. #1 showing carapace, #2 heart, #3 gill, #4 I believe is calcified flesh, #5 cardiac and pyloric stomach (I think) , 6,7,8, and the rest are open for interpretation. #5 was most fascinating and took pictures from different angles with different lighting.
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This was collected in same place as #1, half is missing but it didn't get crushed, hard to tell where concretion stops and crab starts and not sure if it's going to get ID , only two bumps and not sure what to make of them It looks like parts were pushed up into cavity that don't belong there but what are they? Im assuming mouth parts? One little piece came off when I was cleaning it.
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Hello, Thoughts on this? Half an inch long, sold as a Pliosaur tooth from Texas. Seller thinks Eagle Ford, but isn't 100%. I like the look of it, but wanna rule out croc or ichthyosaur. cheers
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Could someone help identifying what this is? Its a bit bigger than a shoebox and weighs about 30 pounds. Thanks in advance. This is from the woodbine btw as well as the ammonites ive included.
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Went to check out creek level and look for stranded fish and picked up couple things at the water line. Creek is in Eagle Ford formation, Cretateous. Don't know if there's enough bone to determine anything, it's completely mineralized, doesn't quite look like the usual turtle shell piece but thought it might be recognizable. Would the rock be banded chert? I haven't seen it except in small pieces, is this how it is formed?
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From the album: Lance's album
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Five isolated squamata vertebrae found in Central Texas Eagle Ford between 2016 and 2020 were donated to SMU and Dr. Polcyn for study. Dr. Polcyn's email response after receiving the fossils: "There is a nice assortment.... Dallasaurus, Coniasaurus, and the large vert I believe is squamate, but will need more work. I will have to set them aside for now while I finish some other projects but will come back to them at some point in the near future. Thanks for the contribution!"
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Unidentified bone fragment from the Eagle Ford-Austin chalk transition zone
Gcurtis45 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello all, I need some help with the ID on this bit of bone I found this evening in the Kef-Kau transition zone off the near the Denton-Collin County border, If anyone has ever hinted this zone/area you know that it's full off sharks' teeth, vertebra and plenty of bone fragments like fish jaws, this is the first piece of simi recognizable bone I've found in a good while that I have no idea on what to ID it as. Thanks for any help anyone can give me.
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Before and after conlinoceras ammonite collection (partial)
Shaun-DFW Fossils posted a topic in Member Collections
I finally got back some of my prepped woodbine/eagleford ammonites, conlinoceras tarrantense, and I’m really happy with how they look! I collected all of these, and my friend Mercer prepped them for me. I need to get a reminder on what he used to coat them. One of them has a lot of sandstone but most have nice calcite. First 3 pics are the same one, admittedly the last 2 pics might have 1 that is different, they came back looking different enough that I can’t tell easily 🤣. Ignore the three circled ammonites, the one that isn’t circled is pictured.More to come..- 8 replies
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I was thrilled to find 9 woodbine ammonites today in eastern Tarrant county, TX, but what made it even better is that more than half were found at a locale that I found on my own. I found 2 very small ones some months ago, but it took this latest heavy rain and flooding to wash the rest out onto a large gravel area where I found them. One looks like it came out of a concretion. My only sadness is knowing that I can’t go back every week and find the same haul! All were either underwater or laying in the open except for one that was partially exposed in loose gravel.
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From the album: Texas Turonian (Cretaceous)
Ptychodus marginalis Likely Turonian Texas A massive P. marginalis tooth found in float. This is my largest Ptychodus tooth find to date. Though badly worn and found in float, odds are overwhelmingly in favor of Turonian (as opposed to cenomanian) age for this specimen.- 3 comments
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From the album: Texas Turonian (Cretaceous)
cf. Pachyrhizodus caninus vertebra Middle Turonian Texas ID'd by Cretaceous shark researcher Shawn Hamm - honestly unsure how he narrowed it down but I'll trust his ID-
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While snail collecting in part of the Britton formation I ran across this amongst the bits and pieces of ammonites and some cruddy crabs. Not much to go on but I'm thinking part of a scaphite from the nodosus group maybe?
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Hi all - found a small outcrop in an area mapped as “Eagle Ford Group and Buda Limestone undivided.” I filled a plastic bag with crumbly matrix and have so far found 2 Ptychodus teeth amongst other shark and fish teeth and fragments. Can anyone help narrow down an ID on these two? I’ve also included a photo of some of the matrix I gathered. Curious if anyone can tell the age or more details based on its appearance and the IDs of these teeth. Thanks!
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From the album: Texas Cenomanian (Cretaceous)
Jaw with two teeth, cf. Goniopholididae Cenomanian Texas I initially assumed this jaw to be fish, but after failing to find any matching fish, I sent Mike Polcyn photos for his opinion too. He forwarded the photos to some colleagues who stopped their ID at reptelia indet. With the kickstarter of reptile, I got to work making comparisons to reptile micros from birds and crocs. Literature on both from the cenomanian is extremely absent, and most occurrences of cenomanian bird/croc teeth are just recorded but not described. After ruling out bird, I gravitated to crocs. The wide fluting on my tooth compared to the typical fluting/striations on croc teeth (and the absence of carinae) made it hard to find good matches, but I eventually found some good fits with early cretaceous occurrences of isolated, undescribed Goniopholidid teeth from Spain and Wyoming. Thus, final ID: Likely a juvenile Goniopholidid. This makes in interesting addition to my awareness of the diversity in the Eagle Ford formation.- 1 comment
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Hi all - found this in what I believe is an Eagle Ford exposure in Central Texas. I’m still working on my ID skills. Can anyone get it down to genus/species? @EPIKLULSXDDDDD this seems like it would be in your wheelhouse. Thanks in advance!
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Hi all - I stumbled upon this while hiking along an outcrop of the Eagle Ford (I think) in Central Texas. I believe this area is often under water but is exposed due to the drought. At first glance, this looked like a flattened skull to me. I splashed a little water on it and was able to see it a little better, and I have no idea what it is - haven’t seen anything like it in my area. Does this look like fish or reptile bones? Or just a pile of bits and pieces of shells, etc? Thanks for the help!
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I took off yesterday morning and drove to a Grayson County creek, one of my previous hunted and favorite spots. It was my first fossil hunting trip since early in the year. I haven't posted here since October of last year, and had made only a couple of trips where I didn't find much since then. And, truth be told, when I'm not hunting, I'm not browsing the forum either, hence my long absence. The multiple meniscus tears in my left knee finally became too much to allow for hiking creeks, so I stopped hunting. I finally had knee surgery May 2nd, but have not been able to kneel on that knee again until very recently. The past few weeks, I have felt like that, with a bit of extra padding, I could use my knee pads again, but with daily temperatures from 105 to 110 degrees, I have just not been willing to fossil hunt. Finally, yesterday was cooler, so off I went. Here are some in situ photos. That first photo has two teeth.
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From the album: Grayson County Creek - August 29th
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From the album: Grayson County Creek - August 29th
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From the album: Grayson County Creek - August 29th
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From the album: Grayson County Creek - August 29th
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From the album: Grayson County Creek - August 29th
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From the album: Grayson County Creek - August 29th
