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I went out to the North Sulfur River (NSR) again today. I have a few things I have questions about. I think this is a concretion, but I've never seen one quite like this before and I've certainly never seen one remotely like it in the NSR. All the Red Zone stuff is pretty solid and monochromatic for the most part. This little piece is kind of pretty and cute.
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This is also from the North Sulfur River today. I think they are some type of cast of a worm tunneling, but it's only a guess. Anyone care to educate me a little more about what they are?
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Can anyone tell me what type of animal or species this vertebrae is from? I found it in the North Sulfur River near Ladonia, TX, which I think is in the Ozan Formation.
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Recently donated a coral found in the N. Sulphur River along with an Eocene Periarchus lylli echinoid to the University of Mississippi museum. Fossils sent to George Phillips for study and display.
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Went to North Sulphur river yesterday. Found couple bone fragments, not sure if there is enough for a positive ID, but hopefully someone will recognize them. Thanks in advance. 1. rib? are those teeth marks? 2. ? 3. Bony fish centrum? 4. ? 5. ? 6. Coral?
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What a great time of the year. The spring rains come through and clean up the rivers/creeks so that we can go out and explore and enjoy our passion for fossil hunting. The past two Friday's I've met up with @Jakuzi in our search for anything and everything Cretaceous. Last weeks 5 ft. +. rise didn't offer up much on the fossil side but it did provide for some point finding. This weeks 12 ft. + rise didn't offer much of either. We both found a few pieces but nothing like we had hopes for. We just weren't in the right place at the right time. Either way, it made for a good time in the great outdoors. This past Thursday I was out by myself at a location that Jakuzi and I have hit a couple of times and while there weren't many fossils to be had, I did find some a couple of cool items. My favorite finds are the San Patrice point (black point), the small mos tooth, the semi-flattened vert and what appears to be the 15 fish vert & bones.
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Finally made it out to the Sulphur. It's been 9 months so I was eager to get a big hunt in. Pulled an all dayer, 10 miles in the mud. Was quite a workout and I'm still sore. We haven't had a big rise in a while so I wasn't expecting much but I ended up with a decent haul. Favorites are the jaw sections and coprolite. Looking forward to spring storms hitting soon
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I was excited to see the 4 ft rise this past Monday so I took the day off. Little did I know that when I woke up this morning, there had been an even better water level rise last night. I got into Ladonia as the sun was just coming up so I went ahead and hit 3-4 bridges to check the water level at each before I made up my mind which one I was going to hunt off of. I ended up at my favorite spot and I'm glad I did. The water level looked like would be about waist deep but there's so much silt/mud underneath that the deepest parts were just above my knees. In fact, at one point, I was deeper in mud that any water level the whole day. I hit a patch of mud that went half way between my knees and waste. To get out, I went over elbow deep in that same mud to crawl out. Needless to say, when I walked back through that area, I chose a different path. The rain we had this week cleaned the gravel bars pretty good. What we really need is a good spring cleaning to clean the bottom. I had plans on going back out tomorrow to try a different bridge but to be honest, after 7 hours of walking through all the gunk, I'm exhausted. I know there are a few of you that are planning on going out tomorrow and I wish you all the best. If ya have someone to hang with, you'll be better off.....especially if you find your self in a very muddy situation. Here's the finds. Some mossy verts, few boney fish pieces and a little ol' point that had the tip broken off (looks like an beat up Gary).
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Here's the haul from my last trip to the North Sulphur River. The riverbed was covered in a LOT of broken shale from back-to-back heavy rains sending the river level on a roller coaster ride. Made it hard to spot stuff, but once that rock dries out & starts breaking down, a light rain will show some stuff, I'll bet! The first thing I came across in a side creek was this little Scaphites in matrix. Next, in the same creek, I found this little gastropod with classic Ozan formation red coloring. Same creek, another find: This odd little bivalve cast, with some contrasting matrix on the inside. Even though it was broken, I picked it up because the contrast was rather cool looking. Next up, the find of the trip! (Continued... )
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Made another foray to the North Sulphur River last Sunday. After a couple of wasted stops, I finally found an area that had promising-looking gravel bars. Wasn't as productive as I had hoped, but it was still worthwhile. The first find was this. The consensus among the Dallas Paleo members that responded to my ID request was "possible turtle plastron fragment." (Continued... )
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I tried hunting the NSR last Sunday. The water was still so high, I couldn't see anything but water from the bridge at my originally-planned stop, so I went upstream to Pete Patterson Fossil Park at Ladonia. The water was still a bit deep even there, and very fast-moving. Still, gravel bars were visible, so I took a shot at it. Not too productive, shale & mud were covering a lot of what was there. A chunk of petrified wood (Continued... )
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Wife and I spent the day at the sulphur on Saturday. We didn't get the rain we expected the week before but still came out okay. Fav was probably the mosasaur tooth, has a nice yellow tint to it. Good day for enchodus jaw fragments got 6 of those. Found a nice bird point in a nearby creek as well.
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What a day on the river. The 'trail' into the riverbed is shale for about half the way down, and with all the recent rain, it turned into slippery mud. I landed on my butt 3 times while climbing down into the riverbed, once almost ripping off a fingernail in the process. The heavy rains last week had taken the river up to within 10 feet of flood stage a few days ago, and it showed. Collapsed banks, one HUGE cavern high up on the bank just below a soon-to-be-doomed tree, and washed-out shale chunks covering most of the riverbed. Couldn't see much for all that wreckage, but once that shale dries & crumbles a bit, the next moderate rain will REALLY reveal a lot of good stuff, I'm sure! As a result, a couple of hours of wandering the riverbed (and almost slipping & landing on my butt in the water a couple of times) only yielded 2 pieces worth taking home. This one tried to hide from me under some shale. (Continued... )
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Made my first fossil foray of the year. The North Sulphur River turned up a few nice pieces for me. Baculites sections Ammonite pieces. The one on the left retains a lot of the original contours. I haven't run across one this nice before in the Sulphur. (Continued ... )
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I found this large piece of bone at North Sulphur River Texas. The area is Cretaceous Ozan Formation. It's very worn but I wanted to see what everyone thought it was. Thanks
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Perfect 60 degrees on the river. Didn't find anything too spectacular but I did find a point which is always a nice surprise. Saw quite a few cars out there, hope everyone did well.
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Thought I was gonna DIE in the North Sulphur River last Sunday. Seriously overdid it, hiking over a mile through patches of thick, sticky mud. Gave up when I hit a patch that almost fossilized ME. This is all I came back with, partial ammonite & 2 bone scraps. No more long-range hiking in that place for me, unless the riverbed & mud is BONE DRY.
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North Sulphur River - 10-11-15 - My second mosasaur find!
DinoMike posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Well, I almost ran myself down to nothing thanks to the heat, hiking MUCH further along the riverbed than I had planned, not bringing enough water as a result & having to ration it on the way out... but I came out with some pretty nice stuff! That includes my second-ever mosasaur fossil find, this nice vertebra!
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On Sunday I followed up on a tip I found in my research on the North Sulphur River. The riverbed near my entry point. Lots of exposed limestone. You can follow the limestone layers as they drop down out of the bank & into the riverbed.
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This strange bit was found (like most of my other finds) in a stream environment in Central Texas. Likely from the Ozan formation. From the end it has a triangular profile, thinning toward the top in these photos. The two largest faces have radial lines from the top. It seems preserved similar to the mosasaur bits I've found, but the triangular shape and radial lines are new to my eyes. What might this be? Thanks for your time and consideration.
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Fossil Day In Ladonia Texas And More Fossils From The North Sulphur River
wfrr posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Some finds from my October treks on the North Sulphur River in Fannin County Texas. OZAN FORMATION. Here are some weathered Mosasaur verts along with a fish vert and more bone frags. I am starting to lock in on some of the the smaller things. These are a bit taller than the penny that I forgot to include for size reference. My wife found this cool fish fin, its about 2 inches in length Some worm tubes and starfish parts A few more verts and frags Trentonmon and I went to the fossil day workshop in Ladonia Tx. We brought some fossils with us that we wanted an opinion on. Everyone was very nice and they put on a good show for us. We each were given a copy of the Louis Jacobs book..LONE STAR DINOSAURS. I'd been thinking about buying it for a while. So nice swag!! We appreciate everyone who was involved in doing the event. It was a good learning experience. Having said that we didn't follow the long caravan of vehicles headed for a guided hunt at the ever picked over Fossil park entrance. We hit the river for a short hunt at a spot we had not gone before. It was very muddy and well picked over but I got out of there with a few decent finds. I found this very tiny vert, Im not sure if its a shark or fish vert. I was really seeing small when I saw that one right? Its been a few months since a really good rain. I can't complain about what I've found during the summer and fall, but I know a good rain might uncover the one that didn't get away.... One thats been there millions of years waiting for me to find it It keeps us coming back
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