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I found this at the Ladonia fossil Park, Texas, in the Sulphur River, it looks like it might be a fish in this rock towards the top but I'm not sure. I believe all findings in this water or from the Cretaceous Period. Thank you for looking and any help identifying. Laura
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2nd Item - Ladonia Fossil Park, Texas, Red-type fossil, Help
CrazyDiamond posted a topic in Fossil ID
Need help identifying. Thank you in advance for your help. Laura Location: Ladonia Fossil Park, Ladonia, Texas, North Sulphur River Weight: 13.83 Ounces
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This is from a Formation in the Eagle Ford Group of Denton County, Texas. It's only 2" X 1½" but it has a lot of fossils in that small space. I will do or get done a little more prep to make sure there isn't anything else in there but I'll keep it all attached. I think the brownish-red matrix is sandstone and it's pretty thick so I think it will hold together fine. Very little was showing when I found it. The close-ups are clockwise to the center.
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Found the following yesterday while out gathering some gravel in Post Oak Creek. I know its not million of years old but it looks quite a bit older than I am. Any idea what this may be? Thanks in advance David
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Hello! We went fossil hunting in North Texas about a month ago and found these oddly shaped rocks. Two of the three really have me scratching my head and wondering if we found something cool or just oddly shaped. Found in a shale creek bed, where paleontologists recently found a really neat fish specimen from the Cretaceous period (skull and vertebrae). We also found several ammonites and concretions (crab). they were fairly easy to pull up out of the changing creek bed, found while hunting for concretions and turning over large bits of shale and rock. I was curious if anyone had any idea of what they could be, if they are anything. The first one is round, with a knob, and a hole in either side that doesn't look like it goes through but looks like it could have been connected at some point. It's fairly smooth. The second is too defined to just be a random rock, but I have no idea how to go about identifying it. I thought maybe coral (but it's smooth) or maybe bone? The third was in the same area as the second and was picked up by my 5 year old as a "tooth". I'm pretty sure it's just a rock. I will post more pictures in comments #2 #1
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Eagle Ford,Cenomanian aged shelll or bone? Approx. 3/4" square.
claire01 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Any idea if this is bone or shell? What might this be? Any help is very much appreciated. About 3/4" square. Thanks!
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Spent a couple of early morning hours on Post Oak Creek this morning trying to beat the heat. We had a little rain the other night so I figured I would give it a shot. Someone posted a couple of weeks ago about snakes but I can tell you I saw less than usual, zero to be exact. The bigger issue is finding access. The usual spot was grown over and the only option was to go down on your rear which doesn't bother me much but once I slid down the challenge was to find a way up the slippery clay but that was something to worry about later. There was an abundance of teeth. There were tons of small foot prints that looked fresh so someone must have been out there yesterday after the Saturday night showers. They must have found the good ones but I did get a good haul of broken teeth with a couple of complete teeth for the display jars. Found a few bone fragments, a partial lobster, three gastropods and a nice bottle.
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Found these while shark tooth hunting and wondering if someone can help me with an ID. These are from North Central Texas. Thank you in advance for any help.
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I live on some property in far north east Grayson county, Texas and runs alongside Iron ore creek. It that has several places on it where we have been finding clams and gastropods. It consists of heavy red clay mostly; with some grey, yellow, orange and a little black clay. Sandstone and Ironstone is very abundant. From what I have been able to find is this property is in the Woodbine formation. These clams have me stumped. Can anyone help me identify some of these beauties?
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Any ideas what these are? they look like jelly beans and are probably geologic but I have run across three of them as I shave searched through micro matrix from the eagle ford of both Texas. They are approximately 5mm. Thank you for any help.
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Hi all. Me and hubby have been out on some exploring trips and we've come across several bones that are very dark. I want to say mineralized. They are not fossilized. Also I'm sure bovine in most cases, and maybe bison? Also, recently came across a deer skull cap and partial antlers. The area we have found some of these pieces are in a creek in Grayson county Texas (Choctaw creek) that consist of heavy red clay, grey marl and sand. I don't know even where to start on dating non fossilized bones, other than the good ole' it's darker so older method. I can understand that simply it being exposed to heavy red clay that it may darken the bone considerably, but still the dating method eludes me. Help? Here are some examples I have.
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Hello all. My buddy and I went to the NSR and Post Oak Creek this weekend. I was hoping someone could help me identify a couple of finds. The first is one was found on the bed of the NSR. It appears to be bone, but it is very heavy (perhaps from soaking up all the grey clay since it was embedded in the bed). The second was found at Post Oak Creek and appears to be bone, kind of like a finger type bone (digit). We also found some nice teeth and nice baculite. This is my first post about my finds, so any help would be much appreciated. I was also wondering if anyone could provide some advice on where to look for fossils at the NSR. This was my second trip in a month (or ever for that matter) and I am having a really hard time finding anything. The baculite is about the most identifiable thing I have found. Should you look on the bed, the cliff side (it's all grey!), mouth of creeks, the creeks themselves...? Thanks in advance. Glad to be a member.
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Hey guys and gals. My hubby and me have been tromping around in Post Oak Creek (Sherman, Grayson Co. Tx.) and he came upon this tooth... I for the life of me can't figure this one out. Is it just part of a shark tooth?
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Would love to tell a lie on how I found this Ammo.... something fancy like "I research some places to visit and it paid"... But theres no sexy story here... I bought some stuff, went to pick it up and was coming back home to Houston around 4:30 pm when going thru Mansfield in SouthEast Tarrant County saw that, were they are expanding the highway, they were a bunch of rocks in the typical "lightish brown look alike" rocks where I´ve found gastros before in Central TX... Nothing to lose since there was plenty of sunlight left..... Decided to do a stop and 5 minutes later I found this:
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Appreciate any comments! Looks like a flat Hippurites radiosus? Scientific Name: Unknown Found: North Central Texas Date Found: Summer 2014 Formation: Alluvium Qt / Eagle Ford Size: 50mm sorry for the hand and fingers!
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Baculites, Gastropods and Ideohamite in matrix1
CStewart posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Texas Finds
Scientific Name: Various Found: North Central Texas Date Found: November 2014 Formation: Alluvium Qt / Eagle Ford Size: Various -
From the album: Texas Finds
Scientific Name: Various Found: North Central Texas Date Found: November 2014 Formation: Alluvium Qt / Eagle Ford Size: Various-
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Appreciate any help with these. Found: North Central Texas Creek Date Found: June 2014 Formation: Ozan / Kau Size: 50mm and 38mm
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I have one of those two year old girls who would rather hunt dinosaurs and fossils than play with dolls... A little help would be greatly appreciated...I think these are gastropods? We are sorting the fossils we found in our backyard. These "clumps" are found all over the clay/limestone edge of the stream that runs behind our house. Cretaceous period. Especially curious about the long skinny fossils in photo#2. Thank you!
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Here is something I saw while looking through some piles of Austin chalk by a construction area in North Texas near the basal Atco. Because it was broken in at least 2 places and part of it was missing I did not collect it. I keep having second thoughts about it. It is about 12 inches long or so. There is a center core and then an outline but no bone material that I can make out. It almost looks like it had a tail on it. I figure it was some kind of plant life or possibly just a spot where roots grew into the chalk and left a stain and remains. What do you guys think?
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Ive been told that this is bison, but figured i would post it on here for opinions. I don't know alot about what particular types of bones are what except for obvious structure i suppose. I found this in east fort worth in a portion of the trinity river just laying in river deposits. A hundred people walked over it probably.
