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From the album: In-Situ Shots(various locations)
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My wife and I went to North Texas with the main lure being to collect on the N. Sulphur River. Since we were staying in Sherman we also visited Post Oak Creek. Lake Texoma was high on the list since we were so close, but prior posts about Texoma dissuaded us to " not take any chances ". At the time, people were stating the Lake Texoma Army Corp. of Engineers considered it a no-no regarding the removal of Ammonites from Corp. property. Since that time several years ago I have read multiple posts about collecting there but no caveats. We certainly have more trips to Texas from Missouri / Misery, and collecting at Lake Texoma would certainly be a destination. Set me straight...................
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I got my hand on a Crinoid calyx from somewhere in Texas (no location attached other than creek), and I’d like to know if this should be prepped any more, and if it is worth seeking professional help (I certainly can’t do it yet). It’s around four inches (I think, it’s not with me right now). Thanks for any advice!
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Found in north Fort Hood near Gatesville, TX next to the Leon River. Unsure of formation. *would love to know if anyone has that info* Resembles a fish tooth to me, but this one is MUCH larger than any I've ever found (in eastern NC where I live), plus this one seems to have a root attached. It's approximately 3.5cm standing tall, and the "root" is approximately 3cm at its widest point. Quarter is for size reference. I googled some globidens images (as someone suggested) but I have not seen any that precisely match my specimen. For instance, mine does not have any indication of a point or tip. The "enamel" is also completely smooth, and lacks any evidence of striations which were evident in the googled images. It could be, of course, that maybe my specimen is just extremely worn. Any input is much appreciated!
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I'm preparing a teacher education workshop which includes a fossil hunting and identification activity. The teachers are coming from many states across the country. I'd like to include some suggestions of sites where they could replicate the things they learn and experience during the workshop with their students in the vicinity of their respective schools. I have the Indiana schools covered. For the ones near Dallas, I'm thinking Mineral Wells Fossil Park (and maybe Ladonia for older, more adventuresome students). The ones I need help with are sites within field trip range of the following: Austin, TX ( @Uncle Siphuncle, @KimTexan, @BobWill, @erose)? Atlanta, GA Golden, CO Palm Bay, FL (near Melbourne) Naples, FL (any shell dump piles accessible to and suitable for k-12?) @digit ? Bentonville, AR Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, either posted here or via PM. I have alternative activity suggestions for them (e.g. bags of matrix to sift, etc) if they can't do a field trip, but there's nothing quite like the experience of hunting and discovery in the field... I would have done backflips if my grade school had had a fossil trip...
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Early- and Mid-Cretaceous Archosaur Localities of North-Central Texas Guidebook
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Early- and Mid-Cretaceous Archosaur Localities of North-Central Texas. Guidebook for the field trip held October 13, 2015 in conjunction with the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Dallas, Texas https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283711331_Early-_and_Mid-Cretaceous_Archosaur_Localities_of_North_Central_Texas https://figshare.com/articles/Early_and_Mid_Cretaceous_Archosaur_Localities_of_North_Central_Texas/1608173 http://chrisnoto.com/publications.html Yours, Paul H.-
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Does anyone know any good fossil sites in Denton or Wise county? I am particularly looking for shark teeth but anything will do. I have fossil hunting fever and would love some interesting new places to try.
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From the album: Other Locations
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Hello everyone! I'm taking the wife and kids to South Padre Island in a couple of weeks. Of course I'm hoping to find some fossils while I'm down there. I've read about people finding some Pleistocene fossils while on the beach. Does this seem far fetched? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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Hi all, not looking for a speciation on these, just a thumbs up or down on whether these are actual fossils or just me being hopeful. If they're fossils I'll work on getting them out of matrix and cleaning them up. My wife picked up this piece around Belton because it looks like it has an impression from an ammonite and some cool calcite crystal on it, but when we flipped it over we saw these. What are these two bumps. Are they shells or just me being hopeful? Each one is about 2 inches across. This is out of the cretaceous, I originally thought Comanche Peak, but the more I read I think it might actually be Edwards? I'm so confused on which formation they came from. Thanks!!
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Good Evening, All, My dad called me about some interesting fossils that his sister found on her son-in-law's ranch in Coleman County, Texas. They are quite strange. They are approximately 1.75 inches across, and are weathering out of hard limestone. I haven't seen them in person, only in the pictures that I'm attaching. The area is Permian, possibly Jagger Bend / Valera, though I don't know the actual location of the ranch. Anyone with any ideas? I'm stumped!
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From the album: Other Locations
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From the album: In-Situ Shots(various locations)
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I haven't had much time to hunt lately but I did manage to squeeze in a North Sulphur River creek hunt. My finds were not great but I did manage to find a nice variety. The fossil horse cannon bone is probably my favorite due to the preservation. It's solid rock. Lol my grandson carried it around the house all night when I brought it home. The Xiphactinus vert, old bottles and artifacts were a nice bonus to the usual Mosasaur material. This creek has some killer flint in it so I can see a nice arrowhead coming soon.
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And so my wife and I found our way back into the field today after the rain played out. The ground had turned to pig slop, but when chasing echinoids, I like it that way for enhanced contrast. Any advantage these old eyes can get is worth exploiting. This Phymosoma texanum was showing its good side for this photo. The other side was missing. No worries as we scored 9 high grade, perfect ones plus a score or more of high grade u-prep-m Heteraster texanus echs for gift or trade.
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Buried in my prep bin I found a marl nodule from the Corsicana Formation that I snagged for the gastropod/bivalve association. Longing for the days before the site was built over, I pulled this thing out for prep. Well surprise, surprise! Beneath the Neithea bexarensis and Gyrodes rotundus was a Dakoticancer australis carapace completely hidden. I’m lucky I didn’t run my scribe through it while reducing matrix. The movable finger from the right chela is poking out from under the Neithea, but I opted not to blow apart the other fossils exploring for appendages. Anyway, it’ll keep.
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I saw some construction in San Antonio near an old echinoid site of mine that has been covered up with asphalt and grass for over a year - Corsicana formation. I went Sunday for a hunt and got caught in the rain. I was able to score 8 nice Hemiaster wetherbyi de Loriol, 1887. Size 15.5 mm to 25.8 mm. I've never found one that small before. The cleaned up very nicely.
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Fort worth TX so really new to all this info, ive hunted worked flint my entire life and came across maybe 8 or so nice fossil,s. New piece of property and ive found about 15 really nice pieces and probably 40-60 halves that are broke, over last two days with only about 4 hours total. i know im missing a lot of stuff and time is a factor. i wish i could post more than one pic to show a few. many complete sea shells top and bottom intact, many things that i know are something that ive been picking up. i have many small items that im finding out what they are as i go but its so much and as i say time is a factor. thanks for any tips.
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I got my wife out with me today for the first time in a few months. Decent pickings in the Walnut Formation. Engonoceras ammonites in this formation are usually pretty fragmented. This one still needs 5 minutes of scribe work, but it’s a keeper. Can’t hate on those sutures.
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Howdy there everyone. I have just very very recently started collecting fossils. I've been lurking on the forums now for a month or so and decided to sign up. I absolutely love this hobby, been having the time of my life lately. Glad to be on board here
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Found this partial tooth while hunting in N. Central Texas. Clearly mammal but not sure if there is enough to get an ID.
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