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Total newbie here, hoping for some help identifying my finds. Spent the weekend digging and exploring the NSR in Ladonia. I know I have some teeth and baculite. Any info will be greatly appreciated. 20201205_161611.jpg, 20201206_153351.jpg, 20201207_081104.jpg, 20201207_081130.jpg, 20201207_081212.jpg, 20201207_081228.jpg, 20201207_081251.jpg, 20201207_081329.jpg
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Identification: Mosasaur teeth can be difficult to assign to a species. However, given the size of the tooth, it must be from T. proriger - the only Mosasaur in the formation large enough to produce this tooth. Notes: Shows feeding wear (pictured) with mostly complete enamel. Uncommon find for this formation/locality. Identifiers: This identification is supported by Michael J. Polcyn (researcher specializing in the evolution of Mosasaurs) of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA. Citation: COPE, EDWARD D., 1869, Remarks on Holops brevispinus, Ornithotarsus immanis, and Macrosaurus proriger, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Volume 21, Page 123, ISSN: 0097-3157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30466#page/149/mode/1up
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I'm a rookie. This is my second post. I've been out on two "expeditions" and made some interesting finds. When I picked up this fossil?, I noticed it was caulked on the back side, I found that perplexing. North East Texas, Fannin County, Eagle Ford Group, Ozan Formation, North Sulfur River Bed. It appears to be a vertebra. Please help identify. Thanks!
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Thanks to all of you good fine folks for taking a look what I found on my two "expeditions" to the North Sulfur River. I look forward to the next expedition. I've got some others, but this will be my last request for ID . . . no doubt it will be a rock! Thanks for a great day.
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Hey y'all, just got back from a trip to the NSR. Haven't been in a while, so it was nice to get back and find some neat stuff. I've only been 4-5 times and I finally found a sizeable vert chunk. I also found some large fish bones which I believe to be from xiphactinus. I also found what's probably a rock, but I grabbed it in case it was some worked piece of stone. I have no knowledge whatsoever on arrowheads and artifacts so someone else can be the judge of that.
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From the album: North Sulphur River
The infamous stairs...-
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From the album: North Sulphur River
Found 5/20/2020-
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Found 5/20/2020-
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You can also find worked stones from Native Americans at NSR. I'm not certain of the age. This is the first one I've found. -
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What's neat about NSR is that you can find Pleistocene-aged remains right next to the bones of marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous. The river flushes everything out of the walls and mixes it all together. -
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Baculites are abundant at NSR. These are typical specimens; some are nice with good suture lines, others are really eaten up. -
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Turtle carapace is usually flat on both sides. The middle is porous or "spongey."-
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Fish bones tend to have a "flaky" or layered quality to them.-
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NSR is known for its mosasaur material. If you know what to look for, you're almost guaranteed to find a bone. Most of the stuff you will find however will be just chunks, some of them will be identifiable like jaws or vertebrae.-
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I made a hike down the North Sulfur River bottom today, and as usual, there were fun things to be found. There are shell fragments everywhere in the shale at NSR, but most of them aren't from ammonites like this one.
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I walked the North Sulfur River yesterday. I was surprised at how low the water is. There had been a 3 1/2 foot rise at the gauge downstream just a couple of days earlier, but it's obvious there has been no rain at the FM2990 bridge. There is not much water flow at all. No fresh water made me wonder how picked over it would be, but there always seems to be interesting things to be seen at NSR, so down into the river bed I went. I found these two ammonite fragments lying, half buried in sand, exactly in the position in this photo. If they are halves of the same ammonite, there is some material missing between them. These are the largest ammonite fragments I've found at NSR.
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I went out to the North Sulfur River today and found these two bones. First one is a mosasaur vert, second one which I also think belongs to mosasaur.
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I stopped by the North Sulfur River again today, trying out a new area. I didn't bring a lot home. I was surprised to find these three Ammonite fragments. I usually don't find Ammonites at NSR, but after finding a small one Thursday, I found these three fragments today.
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I headed out to the North Sulfur River yesterday morning. It was a beautiful day, and as always, there was some good stuff to be found.
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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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I found these in a creek bed in southern Ellis County, Texas. But there are also lots of them in the North Sulfur River. What are they? They have ridges on one side and are smooth on the other, just like a shell, but they are flat. They vary in size and thickness. The top images show the ridged side on the left and the smooth side on the right. I see plenty of them by themselves, but they are also found in other rocks, right alongside what are obviously fossils, like in the bottom image.
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Just experienced my first day trip to the NSR. Beautiful location for some laid-back collecting, and we did pretty well due to the recent rain. My dad found this interesting piece. It's definitely bone, and it seems to have several notches carved into it. On the right side there are 4 distinct notches. The left side appears to have a single notch, though less distinct. The front may have 3 notches, though they are the hardest to make out. I would guess the bone is partially fossilized- it feels dense, yet a fingernail can leave a scratch mark on the back with enough pressure. Any opinions as to whether this truly is an artifact? Any guesses to age? Makes you wonder what they were tallying up back then...
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I visited the North Sulfur River for the first time today and found some great (to me) stuff. Some help with identification would be appreciated. The bones. I didn't expect to find this many bones. Can anyone tell what kind of femur that is? It's short, but very hefty. And it's flat, not round like a human femur. Standing on edge in this photo, you can see how flat it is.
