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Howdy! My dad got lucky in a road cut that I *think* is Upper Glen Rose near Bandera, TX. Would love help IDing the vertebrae. Found among Porocytis, Heteraster, Hemiaster, DeerHearts, Tylostoma, etc. Thank you in advance!

Got me some matrix from a couple of sites in the Cretaceous Glen Rose Formation- one of my favorite (and closest to me!) formations. So much tiny stuff!! It's too dang hot to hunt in Texas (we are on day 58 of 100+ F degree ). So, hunting from home is my preferred pastime! Here are some of my recent nice finds. My best thing I found, which I was quite excited about is a little madreporite - part of a starfish cirulatory system. I found one big one (1/2 inch) at this same site a few years ago but had not found one since, so was happy to find this little one. It's only 1/4 inch. Here's the big one and the little one: Found quite a few little starfish ossicles. Not many Glen Rose starfish have been found "whole" or even partly whole. If I remember correctly @JohnJ is one of the few who have found them at least partly whole. My favorite are these bumpy ones. There are two found in this formation - a larger more robust smooth with tiny dimples and these smaller, skinny bumpy ones. Another treat to find are these floating crinoids - a relatively rare thing in the Cretaceous. I was happy to finally find this mostly whole one....often they are missing a section. I think this is a Solanocrinites sp. This one preserved a little better, but as you can see, has a chunk missing. But that Star!! And more crinoids - the variation in the Isocrinus annulatus amazes me: And don't forget the Echinoids! I found a lovely Pygopyrina hancockensis size 1/4 inch a nice sized Hyposalenia phillipsae 3/8 inch a small one: 1/8 inch and a juvenile! 1/16 inch Also found this interesting spine - possibly a Cidarid spine. Some decent tiny crab claws (unknown) and finally, a Foraminifera Orbitolina texana which you can see some of the structure of. I thought that was pretty cool

Greetings, this is my first post on this forum! I can typically identify most of my finds using google, but I found an interesting / poorly formed cast, or maybe concretion?, in a shape I hadn't seen before and I have no idea what it is or how to potentially clean it. It seems pretty fragile, and with no idea what I am looking at, I haven't attempted any cleaning. Hoping to find some ideas here! Found in Hays county, TX, presumably part of the Glen rose limestone formation. Came out of a small cliff made from an old small quarry dug out of the side of a hilltop. The limestone it came out of is yellow / gray and crumbles easily, it frequently breaks apart to reveal poorly formed "clam" cast clusters (the entire hilltop is basically an ancient 'oyster' bed), periodically produces some nice specimens though! Could have come out anywhere from ~5-12 feet (~1.5-3m) beneath the cliff face (I am presuming in the lower range since it was still intact, a higher fall may have split it). Crab? Coral? Cluster of 'clams'? Stingray?? Lol, I am utterly stumped on this one. If I left out any useful information or if any more photos are desired, just ask and I'll do my best to provide it! Thanks!

I just found this in Medina County Texas. Glen Rose Formation. I am pretty sure it is a rudist fossil? Please let me know what y’all think. Thank you.