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I was finally able to take a trip to the NSR in 2023. We had a good 11 foot rise so I was optimistic. My whole goal this trip was to find a point, I couldn't find one to save my life, I however did find a few cool fossils. I don't know if i just don't have the eye for it or if i am just looking in the wrong places. The last two pictures are of an item im not sure about anyone have an idea? Possibly a set of fused vertebrae with the two end ones broken off? The haul The vert The mosasaur thing The in-situ And the I don't know what this is
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From the album: Ozan Formation
Squalicorax kaupi, Fannin Co. Campanian, Cretaceous Dec, 2021 A favorite of mine from the NSR!-
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From the album: Ozan Formation
Scapanorhynchus texanus, Fannin Co. Campanian, Cretaceous Dec, 2021-
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Hello, everyone! I went hunting along the North Sulphur River yesterday (before today’s nasty weather), and I found some fossils and what I am almost positive is an artifact. Could someone please help with IDs, if possible? Pictures #1 and #2 are of the same bone; I found the circular striations in the 2nd picture particularly intriguing. #7 (the artifact) is broken at the base and is fairly thick at the point where it is broken.
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I had a good hunt at the North Sulphur River Texas. I found a nice variety and possibly the first Pterosaur limb bone ever found at NSR.
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After no rain for many months we got a big 13 foot rise last weekend. I was hoping that would wash away all the mud and uncover many great fossils. Unfortunately it was still few and far between. The mud has been halfway washed away, which is halfway to where we want it, but the fossils are still not uncovered. Here are a few of the things i found: A couple decent but small mosasaur verts. Also the in situ shots. Decent fish jaw. Not sure which species though. A cool shell from the grey shale zone. All I ever see are impressions but this came out whole with nacre. 1. Coprolite? People find it all the time but I just don't have an eye for it. However this looks like a dog just had a fresh one on the ground. 2. No idea. Looks like a modern bone but hard as a rock. Maybe it is just rock? 3. Last looks like a fossilized jaw bone but is modern unfossilized non-jaw bone. It is amazing how much it looks like the fish and mosasaur jaw i found earlier. Anyone know what part of the animal this is from?
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So a couple of weeks ago, I, along with my younger brother, decided to embark on our first field trip with the Dallas Paleontological Society. The destination was Moss Creek, a decently sized waterway on private property that feeds into the NSR. Just like in the main river, we were seeking a red layer exposure of the Ozan Fm (though I read that this red layer is different from the one at the river). This site is famous for its abundance of marine microfossils, namely shark/fish teeth. One of the people on the trip was a researcher (Shawn Hamm) who is currently finishing up a paper on this very site. I hope to read it once it's published! Anyways, the day was miserably hot as expected, but the scenery and air of discovery made up for it. My brother and I took a more secluded route, traveling downstream whereas most headed upstream. After a bit of searching, I came across a part of the creek bed that was red and, upon close inspection, was filled with tiny black phosphatic fossils. Because the matrix of the layer is so sticky, we couldn't really sift through it at the site. Instead, we, like everyone else, filled up a bucket and took it back to our car. It was a fun day and I met a lot of interesting people. One member told me to use baking soda to break up the matrix and that advice worked like a charm! I'm not sure about a lot of these IDs so feel free to correct me. If you know any species names feel free to drop those too . Here are the pictures of the highlight finds. Sorry the quality is bad... taking pictures of things this small was more difficult than expected: Fishes Lots of Enchodus Fangs and Jaw Sections Lots of Hadrodus Teeth Pachyrhizodus? Teeth Protosphyraena? Teeth. Really not 100% on this ID Pycnodont Teeth Fish Neural Spine. 2nd photo is compared to an X-Fish neural spine I found in Austin. Love the size discrepancy of the two. Fish Verts (Left) and Shark Vert (Right) Sharks Hybodont Shark Tooth. This is one of my favorites. Looks like Lonchidion? but that's just my guess. Lots of Pseudocorax Teeth Lots of un-ID Shark Teeth. Distinguishing between Scapanorhynchus, Carcharias, etc. is way above my pay grade . Trust me, I tried... Cretalamna appendiculata Tooth. By far the biggest tooth. Protolamna? Teeth Squalicorax Teeth. For some reason they all came out broken. Unidentified Tooth. Pathological? The crown is just a flat edge. Shark Coprolite? It's ringed like the ones I've seen online. Sawfish Ischyrhiza Oral Teeth Ischyrhiza? Rostral Teeth Ptychotrygon? Oral Teeth Cantioscyllium? Oral Teeth Misc./Enigmatic Finds Brittle Star Parts? Part of an Urchin? It's rounded and the center has a protrusion for where a spine once was. Kinda looks like a denticle, but may be some weird tooth? Bivalves If you would like any additional pics, let me know. Thanks for reading!
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I went to the North Sulphur River twice in October with little luck. The first time was after a rain that I thought would get a big rise but only got about a 1 foot rise. The second time saw about a 5 foot rise but each time the rain did nothing to wash away all the mud. It was easy walking because the river was so low and dry but no gravel bars as they are all covered in mud. I went to two different parts of the river as well as the feeder creeks and it was the same. Here are a few pictures of the little I was able to find: Some worn chunckasaur, petrified wood, pyrite sun (cool but common), a couple xiphactinus fangs, a decent mosasaur jaw piece, a piece of mammoth enamel, and a couple other oddities. 1. Some odd fish bone? 2. Horse Tooth? 3. No Idea. I would say fish fin but it doesn't have the flaky fish texture though. 4. Any idea what age and formation these shiny shells come from in the top left of this picture?
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It is always fun for me to read the fossil hunting trip stories . . . ~ So, I’m goin’ through the after fossil hunt pictures. I’m takin’ a long look at a fossil in this one picture. I figure it’s not a fossil, but next to it may be a real one. I thought . . . no way. I’d found a similar fossil on an earlier hunt, so I compared it to the fossil in the photo – dead match. What luck. I told self, “I’m goin’ back in and I’m gonna find it.” I rested a day, geared up the next, dropped back in day three. I had an idea where it was. Searched all over, couldn’t find it. Mowed the grass, still no luck. Out of dead silence, I hear a raptor chirpin’, I look up and see it flappin’ its wings, bouncin’ up and down and carryin’ on (I can still see it in my mind). I didn’t think anything of it. I looked down and there it was, the fossil. I didn’t know it then, but that would become a pattern. Raptor chirp, fossil. Not all the time, but enuf times to think, this is kinda spooky. I looked up and thanked the raptor for its chirp. Same creek (I’ve named the creek Spooky Creek). I’d found a fossil or two on this day, so I was headed back with a quick pace. It was oh, so . . . quiet. Then, a raptor chirps. I took another step or so, then stopped dead in my tracks. I took a step back, look down and see a partially covered fossil. I uncovered it and there it was, a vertebrae. Nice one. Rare. I’d walked right past it. I thanked the raptor for its chirp. So, I’m huntin’ a near-by creek. Biota in this creek is different. It was loaded with fossil oysters, some seven, eight, nine inches across; a ton of em’. No way was I gonna be humpin’ a backpack full all the way back to the truck. I told self, “let someone else have em’.” Self agreed. I go most of the way down the creek, turn around and head back. Dead, thick silence all day long; not a sound. Then, a raptor chirps. I was onto it by now. I knew the sound when I heard it. I stop, look down and see a nice little fossil. I thanked the raptor for its chirp. I’m still workin’ on my fossil inventory. Over 70 fossils. What luck. I must give credit where credit is due. Thank you, thank you, silence. And the Raptors. I'm goin' back in. I don't expect to find anything.
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North Sulfur River 9/12 - Tylosaur Jr. andthe Kingdom ofthe Wild Hogs
Metafossical posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
My last fossil hunt was May 23, so it had been a while. I was hopeful that with all the time, some fossils might show, but I never think I’m gonna find em’. Monday (9/12) was shapin’ up to be a perfect day. High temp of 84 degrees, dew point and relative humidity in the 40s with a slight southern breeze . . . nice. River height less than one foot. If the weather held, I was goin in. Fossil huntin’ isn’t “fun” for me. It’s a mission. It’s remote. It’s a long hike in and a long hike out. I train for it. I hike several days a week. The training is mission critical and gives me confidence I can cover the ground with a heavy pack. Safety is my main concern, I wanna get in and out of there in one piece. The weather is holding, so I’m goin’ in. I gear up, fuel up, leave the next morning at dark-thirty and arrive at Checkpoint Charlie at sunrise. I shake down the gear, take a compass bearing and set out for the ridge line. This ain’t no game. I’m ready for it. It had been a while and the biota was overgrown, waist high grass, deep thicket. I had flagged the way in on a previous mission, so when I got through the initial thicket and saw the tape, I was in business. The flagging sped up the hike. Before long, I was at the creek bank. I had traversed this drop-in many times, but I take nothing for granted; every step is an important one. I touched down on the creek bed. I paused and looked around. Dropped all the gear. Took a long swaggle of water. I tightened the belt, righted the gear, geared back up and set forth down the creek. It was good to be back with the silence and the raptors. I thought, after all this time, no one has found “Spooky Creek.” I figure they’ll find it soon enough. The creek bed was covered with dirt, in some places dry caked mud. It was dry for the most part, making it easier to cover the ground. Along with the dirt and mud, early fall leaves sparsely covered the bed making it tricky to see any fossils. I thought, this ain’t gonna be easy. I see wild hog tracks everywhere. I could see where they were wallowing in the mud. Spooky Creek had become their playground. I’d crossed paths with these beasts on a few occasions, they represent a chief safety concern. I see an old creek bank slump, another major safety concern. I found it disconcerting to see the hog tracks and the slump side by side. I kept on. The further I went the deeper the dirt. I thought about it . . . and reasoned there had been just enough rain to deposit, but not enuf rain to wash the sediment away. It never crossed my mind. I kept on. The fossils were scarce. I passed fossil wood, fossil oysters and I collected a nice little ammonite frag and a large baculite. I knew I was in a fossil rich environment, I knew they were there, but they were covered by sediment and cloaked by the leaves of early fall. I kept on. I found a fossil I thought might be a Tylosaur humeri – wasn’t for sure. I don’t remember picking it up. I do remember taking a look at it, saw it had a familiar morphology and I remember tucking it away deep in the pouch. I got to the end of the creek and sat down in the shade to eat lunch. It was good to be back with the silence. I considered my options. I figured I’ll come back after a couple good rains, no doubt I’ll have better luck. I, told self . . . “you’ve had a good run here, you’ve found a lot of fossils and you’ve learned what it sought to teach you. The hogs, they own that creek now, that’s their kingdom; it ain’t safe . . . time to let this fossil huntin’ thing go and find a new adventure.” The next day, while hosin’ off the gear, I saw a fossil tucked away in the pouch. I’d forgotten all about it. I dug it out. When I got back to the desk, I looked at it under magnification; indeed a fossil. I compared it to the first Tylosaur humeri; indeed a Tylosaur humeri. I thought what luck . . . again. It was slightly smaller and not as robust as the first humeri with a different color and density. I call it Tylosaur Junior. Attached are some pics.- 41 replies
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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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From the album: North Sulfur River - August 29th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - August 29th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - August 29th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - August 29th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - August 29th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - August 29th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - August 29th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - August 29th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - August 29th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - August 29th