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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Coral, Forams, Bryozoans and More
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I took off early last Wednesday morning and drove to the North Sulfur River. I hadn't been there since early in the year and wanted to see it again, even though I knew that after such a long dry spell, it might be tough finding much. That thought proved to be right. The stretch of river bed I walked was completely dry, and had obviously seen lots of visitors. I hiked quite a distance, slowing down in all the areas that had been productive in the past, but picked up nothing. So I put on the kneepads, and began searching for smaller fossils. I've always had a tough time hunting NSR for small stuff. There are Hamulus worm tubes everywhere, and I always have to pick up some, but finding anything else small is always hard for me, and Wednesday was no exception. It was slim pickings. But I did have questions about a couple of the things I did find, so I'll post this report. Here are some in situ photos.
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Coral, Forams, Bryozoans and More
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The North Sulfur River finally got some rain last week, and I headed out there yesterday morning to see what I could find. I was hoping there had been enough sun that it wasn't still a muddy mess, but that wasn't the case. It was a tough slog, hiking through all that mud. It made fossils tough to spot too, and I didn't find a lot. But I still enjoyed my day in the river. This photo shows what much of the riverbed looked like. Are those footprints from a large bird or small dinosaur?
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From the album: North Sulfur River - August 29th
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I made a trip to a different spot on the North Sulfur River this morning. I had been to this spot one time last year, but an unforecast rain shower showed up and turned the river into such a muddy mess that I turned around and left without finding anything. With a 100 degree high forecast for today, I didn't figure rain would be a problem. I found some of the usual things you expect to find at NSR, Hamulus worm tubes, a gastropod, a perfectly preserved complete bivalve, some interesting bones, and lots of bacculites. The only bacculite I brought home was the one in this photo, with the great suture lines.
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From the album: North Sulfur River - June 15th
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I drove down to the North Sulfur River Friday morning. It was my first trip to the new temporary fossil park. This part of the river was my favorite even before the new park. But it looked very different in 2020 than it does now. It's a muddy mess right now. There were clean washed gravel bars everywhere in 2020, but now the gravel bars are all covered with dried mud and clay pieces. I wondered if the diggers and sifters had the better plan Friday, but I didn't bring my sifter, so I made a long hike away from the bridge, and spent my time searching gravel bars. With so many clay pieces covering everything, it was harder to spot fossils, but I still had what I thought was a great day. I'm going back and bringing my girlfriend tomorrow morning, for her first fossil hunting trip ever. She has always been fascinated by the stuff I bring home, and will finally get the chance to try it out herself. We almost certainly won't hike as far as I did Friday, and after a holiday weekend of fossil hunters picking over the gravel bars, it seems unlikely that we'll find nearly as much as I did Friday, but we'll see. Some in situ photos from the day.
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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From the album: NSR - May 27, 2022
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I made a trip to the North Sulfur River yesterday. I went to a different part of the river, and spent too much time hiking and exploring, and not enough time looking. But there's always interesting stuff to find at the river. I could use some ID help on some of this. Here is what I brought home.
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Decided to assemble some of the odds and ends I have that have yet to be displayed on my desk. Thought I would share. Shark teeth were not collected by me but were from foul weather days fossil hunting on ebay.
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