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Howdy! I'm a college student currently living in Houston, Texas. I have a few fossils but I mostly collect rocks as well as bones of more recently deceased animals. I am here to learn and y'all seem like lovely people to learn from! Thanks for having me
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From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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From the album: Texas Echinoids, ERose
Heterosalenia sp. (genus ascertained by JohnJ) Bottom of Unit 2, Lower Member, Glen Rose Formation, Trinity Group Albian (Lower Cretaceous) These odd little Salenids were first noticed by JohnJ many years ago. I was lucky enough to find another slightly larger specimen. This one was hiding in my collection amongst some more common species. These are now being studied and properly described by an actual paleontologist!- 1 comment
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From the album: Texas Echinoids, ERose
Coenholectypus ovatus Whitney & Kellum Unit 6, Upper Member, Glen Rose Fm, Trinity Group Albian (Lower Cretaceous) Travis County, Texas USA-
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From the album: Texas Echinoids, ERose
Coenholectypus ovatus Whitney & Kellum Unit 6, Upper Member, Glen Rose Fm, Trinity Group Albian (Lower Cretaceous) Travis County, Texas USA-
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From the album: Texas Echinoids, ERose
Goniopygus whitneyi Smith & Rader Unit 3, Upper Member, Glen Rose Formation Trinity Group, Albian (Lower Cretaceous) Comal County, Texas USA- 1 comment
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Hey Everyone, Found this the other day at NSR. This part of NSR is in Delta County, Tx. I was curious and thought it was an artifact as it was found in the same general area as the golodrina point, quarts crystal and pendant. Artifact website is intrigue but was wondering if it could be a urchin spine. Roughly 1.5" in length. Thoughts? Any input is appreciated. Planko
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Location: South Texas Found: Gravel, sand, low water Estimated time: Pleistocene I've been searching through info on scutes, osteoderms, reptile fossils, and types of turtle shell and plastron parts because we seem to have a lot of those in our area, but I'm having a hard time telling the difference. These are my best guesses, and I'm hoping someone can educate me on the differences. FRAG 1--I think this is a large turtle/tortoise scute fragment, but I'm not sure how to tell the difference between neural, costal, central, etc. FRAG 2--I believe this is an osteoderm (because it looks like skin instead of part of a shell?), but I'm not sure the type. Maybe alligator? FRAG 3--My husband thought this may just be a rock, but I thought it looked like a fossilized shell plate of a turtle. It's relatively thin. We see a lot of these on the river. FRAG 4--This looked like another osteoderm to me because it has a similar texture on top to Frag2. But it's much thinner and the edges are more defined. Any info would be a big help! Thank you. --Brandy
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Okay. I need some corroboration so I know I'm not losing my mind over here. I go to the Waco Pit pretty often because I live close by. When I was there yesterday, the office guy told me there's a collection limit of 2 specimens. I asked for a copy of the paperwork so I could have it and it did indeed state 2 pieces. When I was a kid, there was no limit. The last time I was there - last year some time with another person who agreed with my recollection - you were allowed 2 specimens from 5 different species, so a max total of 10 specimens. Then I saw a post here from only a few days ago saying that they were allowed 3 specimens last time they were there. Would someone PLEASE tell me I haven't lost my danged mind. Have the rules changed a lot, is it the Mandela Effect, or do they size you up when you walk in and decide how much they want to let you take? By the way, I ended up with a shark's tooth and a beautiful pyritized ammonite. It was a gorgeous day and so quiet and serene that I actually ended up sitting down and taking an almost-nap.
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From the album: North Sulphur River
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My fossil hunting came to a screeching halt in mid October when I got COVID. My lungs were already damaged (13 year lung cancer survivor, lost half a lung to a surgeon), and it really hit me hard. I was in ICU for eight days, and still have disabling shortness of breath a week and a half after getting out of the hospital. But I've been itching to get out, so I decided to make a trip to Lake Benbrook. I figured I wouldn't have to walk far from where I parked, so could manage some hunting. It was still too much for me, as it turned out. What should have been a five minute hike back up the hill to the van took me twenty minutes, as I had to keep stopping to catch my breath. I'm hoping my pulmonary rehab will improve things, but it's looking like it may take a while. Macrostrat showed Fort Worth Limestone and Duck Creek Formation, undivided where I was, but Kiamichi Formation was nearby too. I knew I wasn't up to any major chiseling, so just took photos of anything big I ran across. Here are some photos I took. I really liked how those oysters and bivalve stood out in that lower left photo.
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Found in South Texas 1. 2. and 3. are the ones I need help on. I have a few ideas but my main specialty isnt vert bearing critters.
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Post Oak Creek, Texas - Part Two: Verts Crabs Etc..
JamieLynn posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Part Two of my Post Oak Creek matrix finds. A fossil friend sent me 5 gallon bags of gravel and I have been slowing making my way through (one and a half bags done so far!) and here are some of my best finds. The previous post (Part 1) were all teeth - shark and sawfish and fish etc... This post is ALL THE OTHER STUFF. Here is a link to the first post in case you want to see the TEETH. My favorites- Crab Claws! Two sides of two claws - Size 1/4 inch More claws and maybe a fragment of carapace? Size: Claws - 1/8 inch and fragment 1 inch Vertebras - So many little Verts! These are my favorites: Shark Verts (Mostly?) Not completely sure about Top Left one...anyone know? It's oddly square. It's also larger - 1/4 inch The rest are 1/8 inch Fish Verts Size 1/8 inch Some neat Dermal plates. Pretty sure Top Left and Bottom Right are Turtle. The others are maybe fish and shark.... Size Turtles are 1 inch and the others are 1/8 inch More Dermals - Size 1/16 inch Sawfish Rostrals Except Bottom left...not sure what that is. Perhaps a tooth? Size 1/16 inch Other various things: Top Left I think if a Pycnodont tooth, (1/8 inch) Top Right is maybe a Sclerorhynchus tooth or rostral? (1/4 inch) I really don't know! But it is interesting! These two are each 1/8 inch
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Scapanorhynchus texanus Lateral Tooth Blade (in-situ)
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From the album: North Sulphur River
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Cretolamna appendiculata Anterolateral Tooth (in-situ)
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From the album: North Sulphur River
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From the album: North Sulphur River
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From the album: North Sulphur River
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Hi everyone. Today I had this surface find on a Brazos River mound. Striated face looked like wood, but turned around and looked similar to bone(?). The cross section is whitish. [LxWxT] 1.250” x 0.500” x 0.125”. Could it be a scale/scute or actually wood? Thank you.
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Houston Gem and Mineral Society's (Virtual) Annual Show, Tomorrow, November 14th
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Rocks & Minerals
Saturday November 14 is the start of HGMS's annual show. This year, due to the pandemic, their annual show has gone virtual. Those who want to who want to attended click the link below and participate in the virtual show. Please check it out and tell your friends. https://hgms.org/2020-virtual-annual-show/ https://www.facebook.com/events/324815001950722 https://mailchi.mp/hgms/hgms-annual-show-is-virtual-for-2020-note-the-new-date-2891638 Videos about rocks, minerals and fossils are currently available for viewing. For example, there are: Learn About Collecting Fossils at Whiskey Bridge with Neal Immega https://hgms.org/2020-virtual-annual-show/whiskey-bridge-texas-fossils/ Identifying petrified wood with Scott Singleton – Part 1 & Part 2 https://hgms.org/2020-virtual-annual-show/petrified-wood-identification/ Yours, Paul H.-
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I found this partially covered in sand and very shallow water at the edge of a sandbar in a local stream. I cleaned it up with vinegar and a toothbrush when I got home. The fossils in the river near me are supposed to mostly be Pleistocene, but I've also heard that there may be some Cretaceous period marine fossils. I tagged this as a possible turtle piece because that's what it resembled to me, but I couldn't really find anything like it when I searched the internet and this site. I have more pictures, including pictures from before I cleaned it, if those would be helpful. It weighs about a pound. Any information would be great. Thank you! --Brandy
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We found these bones laying in sandy gravel in a sandbar in an area that has Pleistocene mammals and reptiles. I've read threads that joke about chunkosaurs when there is too little bone to identify, and these may fit that bill! I know they don't have a lot of identifying characteristics. I'm hoping to at least rule out a few things or get a few possibilities. My young niece and nephew have come out with us some to look for fossils, and it would be neat to tell them a little bit about these since at their age they just think all fossils = dinosaur. :-) I'm also testing out editing the pictures to cut down the file size so that I can post more, so I apologize if that's a little messy. There are three different bone fragments with six pictures apiece. The first fragment was smaller than the others and darker. The second was the largest and had a sort of compressed oval shape. The third was a chunky more rounded bone. Thanks again for any help.
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Hel everyone. I have been here watching and learning like always. Haven't posted in awhile as I have been able to identify most items. These two were found end of last month in the NSR, Delta County, TX. Sorry for the shiny spots. Just washed them off with water. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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