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Texas Coast Pleistocene - First Hunt of 2022!

JamieLynn posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips

I started a post about my first Pleistocene Texas Coast finds and was going to add to that anything I found over the subsequent week I was at the Texas Coast in Port Aransas, but I decided they needed their OWN post because wow...I had some great finds over the next 5 days of beachcombing! I had heard there could be shark teeth found in this particular spot, so that was really what I was looing for, but quickly realized, the bone material was surprisingly abundant! As I mentioned previously, I have tried finding fossils in various spots on the Texas Coast but had not had any luck but apparently 2022 is my year for Pleistocene finds! Maybe a mammoth or mastodon is in my near future...fingers crossed! I started off finding a couple of nice turtle pieces, then a few other little random bone bits. Happily I found a really nice largish vertebra and my Dad found a really lovely small vertebra - I think I got him hooked on fossil hunting! But on the fourth day I found my "best find" - a bit of skull of either fish or turtle. If anyone can give me a positive ID, I'd greatly appreciate it! I did a major Happy Fossil Dance with this find! 1 inch And on the final day, I FINALLY found the shark tooth I was looking for! Just the one, but it's a nice big one. 1 inch The Big Vertebra - 3/4 inch the little vertebra 1/2 inch The two turtle pieces Both are 1 1/4 inch My mom found this nice little fish spine on the last morning. She loves fossil hunting too and fortunately, she is happy to let me "keep" them in my collection for her! 1 inch A couple of the interesting "boney" bits. I am fairly sure this is turtle also. It looks like maybe the final vertebral plate on the shell? 1 1/4 inch And this really lovely patterned something: 1 inch SO needless to say, it was an AWESOME week of fossil hunting. Oh and we also got to see Dolphins surfing the waves in front of a big tanker coming through the channel, so I got a couple of great dolphin pics too: Zoomed in: Full Picture: And pink waves at sunset our last day: And some beach art I did:
- January 17, 2022
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Permian Outcrop in Callahan County

TyrannosaurusRex posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips

Howdy folks! I haven’t posted a hunt in a long time, and I got a chance today to go to a very productive location I’ve discovered. This was the first time I’ve had any amount of time to look, so I ended up pleasantly surprised by what I found. Unfortunately, I don’t know the species of brachiopod, but I suspect they might be Pulchratia, though you’re welcome to correct me, I don’t know invertebrates very well yet. The site was created from being a man made pond, where the removed soil was then dumped a ways from the pond and after many years it has eroded down to expose some really nice stuff. While I’ve had a few occasions to look for things for only a couple minutes, this was the first time I found any complete brachiopods. I’m the first to have searched the site due to it being private land of a friends, and there’s a lovely variety of stuff on the site. It was about 35 degrees Fahrenheit with 45 mph wind gusts, so it was pretty bitterly cold, but a rewarding experience. My favorite discovery of the site was the inside of some of the brachiopods. Many of the inner section have become entirely quartz, and are quite striking. I apologize for the dimness of the specimen photos, my camera isn’t focusing so I had to resort to my phone. View of the embankment, where most of the fossils were found Edge of the man made pond Brachiopod on the ground Very old shell, still with the bullet, I left it well enough alone just in case. (While I know it would need the hammer of the gun to go off, I preferred to be safe since it had been in the elements a long time ) Though I will add, at this site, one needs to have some sort of personal protection due to the over abundance of feral hogs. There are hundreds on the property and they react aggressively to people. Complete Brachiopods Cross section of a broken Brachiopod with a quartz crystal Bryozoa Hash Crinoids and Bryozoa Loose Crinoids, Brachiopod pieces and Bryozoa Other/Unsure My favorite find of the day was this brachiopod in matrix, which had a lovely surprise when I looked at the broken end.
- January 16, 2022
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Texas-sized ammonites

hadrosauridae posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips

Happy Fossil Friday everyone! In today's video offering, I sneak across the border into Texas to hunt for those Texas-sized ammonites, and I met another YouTuber on the way.
- January 14, 2022
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Red Rocks from Jacksonville, TX - Any ideas of contents?

strochim posted a topic in Fossil ID

These pieces of "red" rock (I don't know the geologic terminology yet, sorry), have some unique features. Hopefully someone can help identify one, two, more, or all of them for me, if they are anything. If they are nothing, I'd like to know that also. These came from Jacksonville, Texas (south of Tyler, TX) in east Texas. Thanks in advance. 1) Is this an orthoceras nautiloid? 2) What is this impression? Ammonite? 3) Worm tube? Anything? 4) Worm tube? Rudist? Anything? 5) ?? No idea. Anything? What are the brown lines? 6) What is the "K" impression? Anything? 7) What is this impression? Anything? 8) Anything? Rudist? Plant? Or just wonderful coloring? 9) What is the yellow? Anything? 10) What about this yellowing? Anything? Or is it the brown lines? 11) Last one. Anything at all? Or nothing? Thanks
- January 14, 2022
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2nd Texas fossil hunting trip

strochim posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips

Here are some photos of my 2nd ever fossil hunting trip on Saturday January 8th, 2022. On Friday Jan. 7th, was my first fossil hunting trip, which I posted a few days ago, obtaining mostly exogyra oysters from the North Sulphur River. So I went out the next morning in the rain to Jacksonville, TX, about an hour from me. I stopped along Hwy 69 just north of Love's Lookout, where there are steep rocky cliffs on either side of the highway. I only stayed an hour, as I was soaking wet. But I managed to chip away at several of the red rocks in the area (sorry, I don't know the geologic ages), trying to separate layers and see what could be exposed. I brought 13 samples home, just based on some indentions, bumps, or various colors. One of the samples looked like maybe a clam. It wasn't until I got home and cleaned them up a little did I start noticing what I found. Two of them have crabs in the matrix (it wasn't a clam). One of these with one crab also has 2 scorpions on the reverse side. Another rock sort of looks like it has an orthoceras nautiloid in it. All the others I'm not sure if anything or not. See my photos and comments below. I'll post more photos with close-ups and ask for help with ID in the "Fossil ID" section. All in all, I'm very excited and pleased with the two fossil matrix rocks for sure with the crabs, scorpions, and an insect. Worth the trip. 1) Total take: 13 Photo#1: 2) Four crabs and one large insect (not sure what kind). Unfortunately, I think I knocked off the largest one's arm when I was chiseling on the larger rock. Also, I need to know how I can seal these cracks. This piece is extremely delicate/fragile right now. I don't want it to fall apart. I'll ask this question in the question section also. Photos # 2a, 2b, Biggest one, missing an arm. Can still see its pinchers/claws. Photos # 2c, 2d (you can see the smallest one to the front right, with the insect hovering right behind him, can also see the pointy spikes on the insect's arms.) Small crab and insect, from different angles. Photos # 2e, 2f, 2g, 2h Small crab to right of big one (mama), in middle, (or below mama in this next photo). I didn't get a real good photo of him up close. Photo # 2i Crab near the back. Still covered with some rock matrix. I could use some suggestions on how I could uncover him some more, or should I not even try? You can see one arm and pincher, and part of the body. Photo # 2j And here is the underside of this matrix. Photos # 2k, 2l 3) Crab on top side, and 2 scorpions and a crab (or crab arm and a leaf?) on the underside. Photos # 3a, 3b, 3c from top side. Crab on far left. Any idea what the yellow lines are? Underside. Full scorpion on left side. Smaller scorpion on right front edge, with a crab pincher to the right of it. Photos # 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h, 3i, 3j, 3k, 3l 4) Strange streak pattern on front, with large insect (?) on underside, left of center, with what looks like a long tail. Photos # 4a, 4b, 4c 5) This one sort of looks like an orthoceras nautiloid buried. From the side view you can see a cylindrical bulge on top. From the edge view, I can't really tell if the cross section of the nautiloid is showing. Any agreement? If so, what would be the best way to remove more rock and get more of it exposed? This is something I don't know how to do yet. Photos #5a, 5b, 5c, 5d 6) And finally, here are the remainder of the rocks. I'll ask if they might be anything in the Fossil ID section. Photos # 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6h, 6i, 6j
- January 14, 2022
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Post Oak Micros

Thomas.Dodson posted a topic in Fossil ID

I've been sorting micro-matrix I collected during my recent trip to Post Oak Creek (Eagle Ford, Turonian stage). Overall I've had great success identifying everything (even what I believe to be a Coniasaurus tooth) but I have run into some difficulties with some small shark teeth. I've tried taking some pictures through my scope although I don't have a mounted camera for it yet. #1. This one is kinda smoothed over so it may be hopeless but the weird roots throw me a bit so I wanted to post it. 3 mm in length. The nutrient groove on this one throws me as it resembles species that wouldn't have it. Also 3 mm in length. Not 100% sure if those are enamel folds or wear. Then these little teeth. I suspect Scyliorhinids based on the lingual shelves and lack of other fits but the sources I've read also suggest that nutrient grooves are generally absent on Scyliorhinids. The one on the left is 2 mm. I suspect these are the same as the first one but are more worn. The one on the right is 1.5 mm. Here's a bad picture trying to show the huge lingual shelf. It's much more massive than it appears in the pictures. This one is standing up on it. These are the best I can do at the moment but I have a mounted scope camera at my workplace so I can try and get better pictures there at some point.
- January 12, 2022
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Texas NSR fossils, need help

strochim posted a topic in Fossil ID

OK, I posted about going to the North Sulphur River on Friday (Hwy 24 bridge), and now I could use some help to identify some of these specimens. I know these are oysters, but in this first photo of 12, these shells all look different. 1) Are they all different species, or just variations of the same species? Photo #1: 2) Is this a clam, or an oyster? Photos #2a, 2b, 2c, 2d 3) Clam, oyster, other bivalve, or just a rock? Photos #3a, 3b: 4) What about the red one? Clam, oyster, bivalve, or awesome rock? Photos # 4a, 4b: 5) Is this an Ammonite impression, or something else? Photos # 5a, 5b: 6) I know I'm stretching this one, but are these shinier, or round ball spots, possibly pearls? Photos # 6a, 6b, 6c: 7) Tooth, claw, or shell fragment? Very small. What possible creature could it be from? Photos #7a, 7b: 8) These dark gray markings were inside the rocks when I split them open. Is this anything? Photos # 8a, 8b: 9) And finally, is this red spot anything? Photo #9: Thanks in advance to everyone who might respond. I appreciate it.
- January 11, 2022
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First ever fossil hunting trip huge success!

strochim posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips

Is "The Fossil Forum" worthwhile? Absolutely. I've only been a member for about a month. I'm new to collecting. Up to this past weekend, I had only bought a few fossils, or had some given to me. I had not even thought of going on a "hunt". But I've read many posts in the past few weeks, and got excited to try it myself. I even purchased some tools, thanks to recommendations on this site, and prepared a backpack of essentials. Then, I researched posts from Texas (where I live) to see where the recommended spots were. Post Oak Creek and North Sulphur River were common themes. I decided to give the North Sulphur River a try for my first trip. I figured even a beginner should be able to find something, even just one. Due to some posts saying the Ladonia spots (Hwy 34 and 2990) were over-utilized, I settled on going to the Hwy 24 bridge north of Cooper, TX, which is a 2-hour drive for me. I went Friday afternoon, January 7th, and spent 2 hours there before starting to lose daylight. I was the only one there (except for my wife, who stayed up at the top, as the cliff down to the river was way too steep for her). I only looked under the bridge, on both sides of the narrow creek at that point, and maybe 100 feet to the east of the bridge, to the end of the first gravel bar. I did not get far at all due to the abundance in this one small area. I split open many rocks hoping to find things inside. I found oysters by the dozens just laying around in the gravel. Some were partially buried, but it was easy enough to tell what they were. I had to make 3 trips up the steep bank to bring my samples back to the car. The final total was 104 specimens. I'm sure most of them are fossil oysters. But some I am not sure of. I'll be posting photos in the Fossil ID section later. I'm also not sure if there are several different species represented. I'll be asking that question also, with photos. Also, I'm not sure if I got a few clams, or if they are oysters, or just rocks. I'll be looking for more input from you guys. Mainly, I wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to this forum and for all the posts that helped me get started. I realize I'm just a "taker" (and not a "giver") at the moment, but it's a thrill to actually have such a fantastic day in my very first try. Probably beginner's luck. In a few days, I'm going to post my second trip, which was the next day, on Saturday the 8th, in the rain. Not even close to the numbers, but a few that I'm very excited about and look forward to sharing. Hopefully my photos are clear and helpful. Here is the smallest and the largest. The big one is almost 7 inches, and pretty heavy. There were 2 in a rock matrix. This particular one is my favorite of the entire lot, and is really the main reason in my mind that this trip was a total success. This one I found as part of a larger rock that had been split into several pieces. It was actually partly in the river. It appears to be an ammonite impression, although I'll ask about it later in the Fossil ID section. Here are some small samples. I'm guessing the first one is a tooth or claw?? The 2nd one kind of looks like a tooth, but I'm guessing it is just a piece of oyster shell, like the 3rd and 4th ones. The 5th one, the red one, is either a bivalve of some sort, or just a pretty rock. Not sure. And finally, a few unique shapes that I think are all very cool. Please pitch in and let me know your thoughts on what any of them might be. I'm just saying "oysters", as I have no idea of specific species at this point. Thanks again.
- January 11, 2022
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Texas Baby Ammonites?

Planko posted a topic in Fossil ID

Hey All During my prep of another ammonite I found these two small guys. Are they infant ammonites or gastropods? Planko
- January 9, 2022
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Texas Coast Pleistocene

JamieLynn posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips

I am on the Texas Coast for the second time this year!! My husband and I stayed in the Tarpon Inn in Port Aransas for New Years, just for a couple of days and now, this week, my parents rented a house in Port A so I am here for the Second time in 2022....more beach time in the last two weeks than the last two years!! I love the Texas Coast in the winter. Right now it is 74 degrees and I'm hanging out under the tiki cabana writing this. Tomorrow will be cool and possibly rainy, so I am getting my fossil (and shell) hunting in today. So, as for the fossils. They may not seem like much, but I am SUPER excited because they are not only my first beach fossil finds, but also my first Pleistocene finds! (Aside from a vole molar I found in some Post Oak Creek matrix, but that wasn't really IN the field). On New Years Day I was beachcombing hoping to find shark teeth, but found this instead, which actually is even better, in my opinion! A small bit of turtle shell!! 1 inch My first find of the year! So now today, now that I know that fossils can be found here....I'm looking HARD for them! Not finding anything washed up, I scooped up a bucket of shell hash and looked through it when I got back to the "cabana" and was happy to find a little albeit broken vertebra. Yay!! It's not much, but it's at least something! And just because these are awesome, a picture of the crab claws I found. Not fossils, sadly! Big one is the size of my thumb! So I shall continue my beach fossil hunting and hopefully have some more to add in a few days!
- January 9, 2022
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Mammal bone in SE Texas

johnnyvaldez7.jv posted a topic in Fossil ID

I found this bone in Southeast Texas. I don't know what it belongs to but it's pretty heavy and it definitely seems to be fossilized. I'm hoping someone can tell me what species it was a part of and how old it might be?
- January 9, 2022
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cold front creek stomping in central texas

Jared C posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips

Recently I've been researching a late cretaceous texas shark that I've never even heard of until two nights ago. I'm already a bit of a night owl (as you might see by the timestamp, I'm writing this well past midnight already ), but these last two nights spent researching and investigating potential spots have been LATE ones, around 3 AM - I guess I've really been bitten by the bug here. The shark in question is Pseudomegachasma, specifically Pseudomegachasma comanchensis (for my area). It's thought to be a roughly 15-20 foot filter feeder, related to sand tiger sharks of all things (family Odontaspididae), and its small teeth bear an extreme (yet superficial) resemblance to those of the modern Megamouth shark, Megachasma. Pseudomegachasma was only described in 2015. Its teeth are very rare, but specimens existed already for years - it was simply assumed that they were beaten up specimens of a related shark, Johnlongia (which I also never heard of until lately). What really excited me was finding that a tooth used in the paper came from Eagle Ford strata (Bouldin Flags member, specifically) in Williamson county, of all places. I actually obtained coordinates eventually, but those coordinates were only specific to two decimal places, and so not as useful as I hoped. There used to be a massive Eagle Ford bonanza in Round Rock (just north of austin), but it was covered up by construction... so was hope lost? No! I actually knew of one permanent, super isolated exposure of what I'm 95% sure is Eagle Ford, in Williamson county. Furthermore, those vague , blanket coordinates made reasonable sense with this exposure. So now, my mission was to investigate this exposure in a new light, looking for both the tiny (8 mm ) teeth of Pseudomegachasma and also for ammonites for their use as index fossils, to determine if I'm really in the late Cenomanian/early Turonian Bouldin Flags member like I'd need to be. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today was absolutely frigid (for texas standards at least), and way too cold for creek stomping. Nonetheless, I donned many layers and threw on my sandals. Walking through the water was quite painful - probably not a big deal up north, but here that's an uncommon experience. After a stretch of sharp inhales and curses, I finally waded out onto my first gravel bank. It produced a small Ptychodus tooth - I still need to look closely at it to try and pry a more specific ID. Soon after, on the next bank, I noticed a bovid tooth. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be bison, much to my surprise. All of the many bison teeth I've seen from central texas came from one specific creek - this was my first time seeing one elsewhere in the area. I also saw two more shark teeth soon after - a small Cretoxyrhina mantelli and what *may* be Ptychodus anonymous, I'll take a closer look at it as well soon. The cold was starting to weigh down on me, and I had work coming up soon, but then I thankfully a caught a break with at least one of my goals - finding an ammonite, washed out from the stumpy exposure, to make use of as an index fossil. My ammonite ID skills are among the worst on the forum I'm sure, so I'll be putting it up on fossil ID shortly. My hope is that this partial and impression will be enough. This was the last of my finds of note today. If this exposure is indeed bouldin flags, I will be back with a microfossil vengeance. Oh - and just to put into perspective how absurdly inappropriate my outfit was for wading in this weather today: The three layers and beanie couldn't compensate... well worth it though.
- January 8, 2022
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Sorting Out Tetragramma

erose posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion

So once again the question of what species are valid and which are not has come up. In particular I am trying to sort out the species Tetragramma taffi versus T. malbosii. William Morgan in his book on Cretaceous Echinoids of Texas (2016) suggests that T. taffi are just mature T. malbosii. Those of us who have found large T. taffis will see a big difference (or is it just that they are in deed "big"?). T. malbosii is well known in Europe and I have seen many postings of them that look just like what we find here in Texas. But I have yet to see an obvious T. "taffi" from anywhere other than here in the USA. So can any of our fellow European echinoid collectors shed any light on the subject? Do you have anything there that resembles our T. taffi? I'm attaching two photos of what I have identified as a T. malbosii and a T. taffi for reference. There are more photos in one of my albums here on the FF. Tetragramma taffi Tetragramma malbosii
- January 5, 2022
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Let's see your Southern Midcontinent (USA) Cambrian fossils! Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, bring it.

pefty posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion

Hardly anybody ever talks about the Cambrian fossils of the southern midcontinent (USA). They're super-underappreciated. Show us what you've got! Here's one to start us off: Thorax and pygidium of a trilobite, possibly Orygmaspis, typically referred to as "Orygmaspis cf. Orygmaspis llanoensis" but probably a different species altogether. Note the two pairs of macropleural spines marking the final thoracic segments. Davis Formation (late Cambrian: Furongian), south side of Highway 8, St. François County, Missouri.
- January 5, 2022
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a hunt with friends

Jared C posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips

I recently took two of my friends out fossil hunting, both for the first time. We've actually found a cool fossil together before, a large partial from the ammonite Oxytropidoceras (by complete chance, we were just creek stomping for fun that evening), but this is the first time they've ever been fossil hunting with intent. It took about 30 minutes to get warmed up and start finding things - Annika was the first to see something, a point in this instance. My knowledge of points is significantly lacking, since they aren't my immediate interest, but I suspect its probably a Darl. Our next find was a bison metatarsal, sitting plainly on the bank - I'm glad, because a metatarsal is literally the only bone where I can differentiate between bison and cow. A few feet away sat a vertebra, and I think it can be same to guess that they're associated, despite the fact that they sat in flood gravel. This whole time, I was leading them to get to an enormous cretaceous exposure, one that I've mentioned before in a trip report. Right before rounding the corner to get there, Siri, Annika's sister, found this bizarre bone covered in pyrite - it's currently in the Fossil ID section. We got to the exposure, which, I should mention, is far away into the middle of nowhere (or about as close as you can get to the middle of nowhere in central texas), plopped down on the bank, and made some hot cocoa with a little butane burner. Sitting among that beautiful geology, far away from anything while having a hot drink with old friends.... that's what it's about. Finishing our hot cocoa, we got up to poke around a little more before heading back. Annika found another bison tooth, and I should mention that despite the enormous, conspicuous late cretaceous shale exposure, I usually find Pleistocene and Holocene stuff here. I then heard Siri casually say "oh, that's cool", from the little gravel island she was looking at in the middle of creek. I looked over and almost collapsed -in her hand was the largest artifact I've ever seen, later ID'd as a Friday Biface, and between the ages of 1,500 and 4,000 years old. This, I should remind you, is the first artifact she's ever found. Here it is in my hand: It was a crazy day with great finds, needless to say.
- January 3, 2022
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Beginner's luck

Jared C posted a topic in Fossil ID

Recently I took two friends out to go fossil hunting for the first time. It was a fun trip with cool finds, and one of those finds is a little bizarre. It's a late cretaceous bone (Ozan formation) from central texas, covered in pyrite. It almost reminds me of a broken scapula. Any thoughts? Sorry for the lack of measurements, I only have field photos.
- January 3, 2022
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Places in Texas to look for Acrocanthosaurus material.

AJ the Tyrant posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips

I know that Acro stuff is quite rare and hard to come by, but I was wondering what the best spots in Texas are to find such fossil material. I live in the state, so it would not be too much of an issue to travel to a spot or two to hunt for these theropod fossils. To sum it up, my question is: what are the best spots in Texas to legally hunt for and collect Acrocanthosaurus fossils/teeth (preferably without heavy duty tools or machinery)? If there are any, it would be much appreciated if you list the formation and location.
- January 3, 2022
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Mammal incisor ?

Rockwood posted a topic in Fossil ID

Found in a small tributary creek in the Fort Worth area of Texas. The bedrock there is Woodbine formation, but I think some Pleistocene material shows up in these creeks. It looks fossilized to me.
- January 2, 2022
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Is this fossilized bone?

Brad1978 posted a topic in Fossil ID

This was found in a cave in Vance. It has a mineral growth on it that glows a neon yellow color under a uv light. The camera makes it appear green but here are some photos. Tell me what y'all think.
- January 2, 2022
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Petrified tooth identification

Brad1978 posted a topic in Fossil ID

I was wondering if somebody could help me identify this tooth found on the Nueces River in Southwest Texas.
- January 2, 2022
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Post Oak Creek - December 27th

BudB posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips

I went back to Post Oak Creek yesterday, and hunted yet another part of the creek I hadn't seen before. The water is still really low, so there is less wading than usual although, with the temperature in the low '80's that afternoon, wading wouldn't have been a problem. I torqued my bad left knee first thing as I climbed down into the creek, and was hobbled the rest of the day. I found everything on the gravel bars yesterday, though I did look at some interesting outcrops too. Post Oak Creek is as fossiliferous as any place I've ever seen. I called it after around three and a half hours of hunting. I always manage to get dirty and muddy, crawling the gravel bars and climbing in and out of the creek, and I must have really looked like a homeless person, as I hobbled back toward where I parked, backpack on and walking stick in hand, because a woman in a white SUV stopped, got out of the vehicle, and asked me if I needed a coat. I said no, and she asked me if I was sure. I assured her I didn't need a coat. She looked unconvinced, and did not move her vehicle until after she watched me cross the road and climb into my brand new truck. Some in situ photos.
- December 28, 2021
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Bear tooth...but from what?

johnnyvaldez7.jv posted a topic in Fossil ID

Found this today in Southeast Texas Pleistocene alluvial deposits. I'm not sure if it's a tooth or a claw and to what it might belong to or the age...can anyone help?
- December 26, 2021
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Various Texas fossils (most marine), need help identifying

spike posted a topic in Fossil ID

Hello! I’m back from a trip to Texas, and while there I did quite a lot of fossil hunting. I’m not going to be uploading everything here (because I found quite a bit and I feel a bit bad putting so many), but I figured I’d post the ones I’m most stumped on. I’d really appreciate any help. I’m on mobile, so I’m not sure if these will upload in order (they should, but if not I’ll fix it on PC soon). 1: Not sure what this is, but I really like how it’s intact on both sides. Found at Benbrook Lake, Fort Worth to the left of the marina. 2: My dad is mostly interested in this one. Maybe it’s just a rock, but I do think its formation and little cracks are interesting. Also from Benbrook. 3. Looks pretty cool (though I’m not confident in any guesses I could have). Benbrook Lake. 4. I actually got this one identified before at a museum, but I want to hear everyone’s thoughts without influence (because it ended up being pretty cool and I’d like to know for sure). Found in Paluxy by a river that another fossil hunter recommended. 5. This has a teeny little imprint, if you can see that. Maybe some little wormy thing? Not sure! Found in Benbrook. Again, I’d be so thankful for any help and I had lots of fun collecting everything. Will probably upload all the rest at some point.
- December 24, 2021
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Aguja mammal tooth

Opabinia Blues posted a topic in Fossil ID

As I continue to sift through my bag of micro matrix from the Aguja Formation, I came across this interesting little mammal tooth. It looks to me like an incisor but I suppose it could also be a canine. I am completely unfamiliar with Mesozoic mammals and I’m not even sure how far down this tooth is distinguishable, but I thought I’d post it anyway. Super excited as this is my first Mesozoic mammal tooth. Size: ~0.5cm Magnifier 20X from three different angles: Thanks for any information/resources you can point me to. As always, I deeply appreciate everyone taking the time to help.
- December 24, 2021
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New collector ftom TX

strochim posted a topic in Member Introductions

New to fossil collecting and this forum. Looking forward to finding out helpful information from more experienced collectors.
- December 24, 2021
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