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I found this fossil on the Brazos River after hurricane Harvey waters receded. I've found a lot of turtle shell, armadillo and glyptodont scutes over the years. But I've never found anything like this before. It is 2-3/4" L × 3" W × 3/4" thick and weighs 6ozs. Anyone know what this is? Thanks......
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Here is a prep I did of a Notopocorystes (=Ferroranina dichrous) nodule (Eagle Ford Group, Late-Cretaceous, Texas) that I got from @Suvi in a fossil trade. This particular specimen had its limitations in terms of missing legs and parts of carapace. I think it is a molt (note what looks like disarticulated ventral exoskeleton on left of top center photo). Luckily, she included several more nodules that may have more complete specimens. This was a good practice one.
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Good Morning! My wife and kids are spending a few days on the Texas side of Lake Texoma (Gordonville, Texas). Are there any places nearby that might yield a few of the famous ammonites from this region? Thanks in advance, Daniel
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It was a beautiful day at the North Sulphur River in Ladonia, Texas. The river is nearly dry, so visibility was really good for searching. I sifted around the puddles and gravel bars and I found several pieces of baculite, a small gastropod (I love those), and a small piece of tooth enamel (mastodon I believe?) I always love finding that... even if it’s a small piece!
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Barker, Chris and Nielson, R. LaRell, "Oysters and Mammoths: Fossils in Central Texas, Texas Academy of Science, 2017 Field Trip. Faculty Publications. 16. http://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/geology/16 Also, there is: Bongino, J.D., 2007. Late quaternary history of the Waco Mammoth site: environmental reconstruction and interpreting the cause of death (Doctoral dissertation). https://baylor-ir.tdl.org/baylor-ir/handle/2104/5047 Yours, Paul H.
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My friend and I found these about 55 miles due West of the far West side of Houston, TX. We are still looking for more at the location so I am being vague about the exact spot. Sorry about that. They weren't very deep in the ground and were found while digging a pond eight feet or so under the surface and the soil is sandy mixed with, clay, and bull rock. This is the only picture I have of what we found and I know it is hard to tell how large these things are but that bone fossil in the right corner is probably 24-30 inches long. I think this is mammoth teeth fossils and mammoth bone fossils but I'm no expert. What do you guys and gals think? Whatever this is its pretty cool to us since neither of us has ever searched for fossils before. We're hooked on it now!
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Just thought I'd log my rank beginner fossil hunting expeditions I'm taking with my kids this month! It'll help me be better at note taking, and taking pictures, too. My 5 and 7 year old girls are becoming pretty good little fossil hunters. Sometime in the last few months, it become more of a dedicated hobby rather than an accidental one ("oh look, a fossil!" while on a hike). They've always been interested in them (7 year old wants to be a paleontologist) but hikes specifically to find them have just begun. We are now going out about once a week, sometimes more. The kids spent much of their pre-school years romping around a farm, so sitting inside for 7 hours is not their favorite activity. I try to get them outside for an hour or two each afternoon. Fossil hunting is an easy excuse to hit the great outdoors! I printed out a geological map of our area. I've been working on map reading skills with them from the first day we set foot on a trail, so they are pretty good at it for their age. While I can read all about what fossils can be found in the Eagle Ford group or the Glen Rose formation, not only are my kids just learning to read, but even if they could read well, all the scientific language would be extremely daunting to them. So I'm going for more of an intuitive approach. We pick a trail, note where it is on the map, start a journal entry in our fossil book (trail name, formation, date, weather, etc), and head out. With only a few data points, my kids already have a good idea of where to go and I'm letting them pick the spots starting next week. Our Treasure Map! October 2: Edward's Limestone, 1.5 hours A single find on this trip. Well, lots of algae, tadpoles, POISON IVY and other fun items, but a single fossil find. My 7 yr old spotted it...and LOVES it. Worth the trip. There's a barely visible (in the shot - it's very clear in person) scallop-type imprint on the right face as well. She calls it her Candy Rock because it looks like a Reese's peanut butter cup! October 5: Glen Rose and Bee Cave Marl, 1.5 hours This was a fun learning experience. We started looking right at the junction of two creeks. We searching along one branch for probably 15 minutes without finding anything of significance. We switched to the other branch and were surrounded by fossils. Just 10 feet away from a "dry" location. The kids pointed out the differences between the creeks. They are getting better at spotting good hunting grounds! I think we found most of our specimens in the Bee Cave Marl, but I believe both are exposed very close to each other here. Perhaps not together in this exact location, but certainly along the creek within a close distance. Lots and lots of heavily weathered little stuff. We found a HUGE partial gastropod. I bet it would have been 20 cm long if it hadn't been broken. Didn't get a picture though! Lots of Ceratostrean texanum, Gryphea, gastropods and many "questionable" finds that the kids couldn't resist putting in the bucket. As I sort through them, I'll probably post a few to see if they really are something. Some of them were really neat...but could just be geological. Are we playing in the creek or fossil hunting? Either is fine! The unsorted haul. Willa's favorite find! My favorite find! More to come!
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I had a couple long time collecting friends roll through from out of state recently, and the responsibility of a successful outing fell on my shoulders more so than usual since our last outing a year or 2 ago was a bust. I had a full itinerary of sites to roll through, beginning with one in the Walnut Formation (Albian) where I had scored a career high of 68 Phymosoma texanum echinoids 2-3 years prior. We never made it to the other sites. I picked up the first P. texanum within the first 15 seconds on site, and over the next 2-3 hours, our combined take exceeded 100. Many were dusted with glittering marcasite, hard to see in the pics, but will be abundantly evident post prep. There were spatangoids present as well, dominated by Heteraster texanus, and including something in the Hemiaster/Toxaster group with 5 depressed ambulacra. I also picked up a svelt Engonoceras ammonite, thin and fragile, usually found in fragments. Always satisfying to hear your guests exclaim, “Now I have a lifetime supply of this species.” I think I’ll let this place go fallow for a while, then put my wife on point next round.
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Found this specimen in Post Oak Creek in North Texas. For those unfamiliar it cuts through Cretaceous era deposits. Appears to me to be a very worn jawbone fragment. Strange to me though how the "teeth" appear to be clustered as opposed to having a linear orientation. Mosasaur and Plesiosaur teeth and jawbones have been found in this area, but not sure if this looks like either. Any suggestions?
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This one has me stumped. I'm not sure if it's a pleistocene aged tooth from something like beaver or a rodent; or maybe even something marine like a coral. The "tubes" seem to run the entire length of it. I haven't even ruled out man made. It measures 1.5 inches x 3/8in. x 5/8in. I welcome all opinions. Thanks!
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Anyone have an idea of what this might be? I found it on the beach in Texas, after a hurricane. I'd appreciate any input!
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So I've gotten myself into an extremely rare deal- a mosasaur and pliosaur tooth both in the US for a great price. The goodies arrived today, and I might as well show em off. First off, we have a mosasaur tooth from the Ozan Formation of Fannin County. Knowing that the NSR flows inside Fannin County and is also part of the Ozan Formation, This tooth is probably also from the NSR itself. Although the seller didn't have time to do a full ID on the tooth and simply labeled it as unidentified, by extensive comparing with other mosasaur teeth from the area, I can promptly assume that this is cf. Tylosaurus proriger, meaning that after 11+ years of my life, I finally have a T. proriger tooth . Next, we got a tooth that has been sought out for by countless collectors- a north american pliosaur tooth. As with other Texan pliosaur teeth, this one was from the Britton Formation near Dallas. Again, the seller labeled it as an unidentified pliosaur. This time though, IDing is difficult. Based on my knowledge, the two possible candidates are Brachauchenius lucasi and Polyptychodon hudsoni, which both have been found in this area. But as its hard to tell the difference between the two in teeth, I can't make a solid pinpoint. Maybe I'll just be biased and label it as cf. Brachauchenius lucasi because brachs are more iconic to me and due to the unstableness of the polyptychodon taxon. Although not as large as other's tylosaurus teeth, this one still kicks over 4 cm which is still pretty big to me. The pliosaur tooth is just over 2 cm, making it quite small but worth due to its rarity.
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I took a trip up to Sherman, Texas today to sift around the Post Oak Creek. Here are my finds. A few good teeth and fish vertebrae, but mostly bits and pieces and tiny teeth. Do any of you know what the white tooth at the top of the group picture might be? I included a close up. Also the black tooth (?) to the right of the white one. Closeups as well. Thanks in advance!!!
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Found this little guy while hunting today with my kids. I haven't found something like this since I was young. I swore I would find one soon...and there it was! I would have just called this a "sea urchin" but I'm trying to learn more. I also don't want to simply just be told what it is, so I'm looking in books and doing internet searches. However, I'm either confronted with terrible printed images (old books) or precise scientific descriptions like "all ambulacra identical with elongate and weakly conjugate pore-pairs adapically; subpetaloid" .... So I'm sure I'll be checking here quite often on new things we find! Anyway, this was in Austin, Glen Rose formation (or similar - cretaceous limestone, no doubt). It's ~3 cm in diameter. (I need to get the lens fixed on my camera so I can do better macro shots than an iphone...) I've also never "prepped" a fossil before. This had more limestone over the top surface that I cleared off. I need some serious work in this area, but I'm willing to learn the right way!
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Hi Everyone, I am going to be going on vacation to Texas for the holidays this year. I will be spending time in San Antonio, the texas hill country, and Austin. My favorite kinds of fossils to look for are shark teeth, but I like all kinds. Any insights into fossil sites and what I can find in any of these places would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matt
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I'm pretty dang sure this is a crustacean pincer. I'm wondering if I can get any other information about it. Also whether or not it is a rare find. I've hunted fossils in Austin since I was a kid but mostly just picking up the many many oysters, brachiopods, etc that are a dime a dozen around here, with the occasional "big find" (sea urchin, etc). I've never seen anything like this, but a little research at least shows that are known to occur. I found this in NW Austin, specifically in Great Hills park on the edge of a stream bed. The area is limestone. I'm finally getting around to actually learning the names of fossils/rocks/ets that I've seen my whole life. So I *think* this is Glen Rose limestone, but don't hold me to it! The limestone there is marly (new word for me!) and very clayey.
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@GeschWhat, Do you think this is a coprolite or gut contents? This is from a very soft shale and was said to have been collected from the "Kamp Ranch Formation" near Dallas, TX (although I think it must have been another member of the Eagle Ford Group based on the composition and nature of the matrix) (If anyone is familiar with these Prionocyclus-rich shales and has suggestions on which member they likely came from, please chime in). In this image, I have pointed out 2 of the fish bones (there may be more). You can also see bivalves. The fossils in this layer are isolated, so it's not like a "hash plate". Most of the fossils are Prionocyclus hyatti (?). But I found this discrete concentration of bits, and I wonder if it is a coprolite or gut contents. Maybe from an ammonite... Scale in this photo is mm. Here is a picture of a piece of the shale showing the abundant ammonites. (scale in cm/mm) Thanks for any assistance!
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Post Oak Creek July 2017 - teeth and miscellaneous finds
Styles posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Brand new to the forum, but learned about Post Oak Creek from you guys, so figured I'd share some of my finds from the two trips I've made out there so far. Not pictured are ptychodus teeth and various bone and/or shell fragments. If you wouldn't mind, I would like some help identifying some of the non-shark teeth as well as one shark tooth in particular. Those will be directly below this in the thread due to size limits. Thanks in advance! Ps. for those who aren't local, Post Oak Creek is in Sherman, TX and cuts through a Cretaceous (?) formation. First, here's a shark tooth that was particular thick and blunt. Not sure how to ID it...
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I found these bone pieces, at least I think they’re bone, in the shallow water of the North Sulphur River of Ladonia, Texas. Any ideas of what type of mammal they belonged to? Thanks in advance!!!
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Moon snail, fish vertebrae, and some sort of tooth (shark????) that I found in the North Sulphur River in Ladonia Texas. These were found around the gravel bars. Any ideas of what the tooth is? Thank you in advance!
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I found a nice little assortment of micro shark teeth today in the North Sulphur River in Ladonia, Texas. These were found about 3 feet up in the wall of the bank. Anyone know what type of sharks these are? There’s also a little round black unidentified object. I thought it might be a tiny fish very, but unsure about that.
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Good afternoon I found this after a recent flood in a central Texas creek that regularly produces shark teeth. I have found a much smaller but similar tooth in a neighboring creek that resembles a herring tooth. Thanks in advance
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Can you please help me identify these? I found them in my backyard in Fort Worth (Dallas), Texas, and approximately 15in diameter. Are these things that i should find someone to give them to or are they okay to throw away? thanks!
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Brachauchenius lucasi finds are more based in Kansas, but examples in Eagle Ford Texas have been found, most notably Willison's 1907 second B. lucasi skull which has been found in the same area. There is a possibility that this tooth could actually be Polyptychodon hudsoni which have been also found in Eagle Ford, but based on the morphology of the tooth (especially the root part near the crown), I think it is more likely B. lucasi.
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A few weekends ago I went to Texoma with the family and found a bunch of crushed Echinoids. Looking at them today, I noticed that one has what appears to be the spines still remaining. That leaves me two questions: Are these spines? And how common is it to find them with spines if that is indeed what they are? As always. Thank you for the insight.
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