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  1. Hey y'all! I am a geology/paleontology student at Texas A&M and I am researching the Austin Chalk. I was wondering if anyone had any good Austin localities near the Waco/Temple area or anywhere near 35 all the way up to Dallas. I’ve researched a few old papers and found a couple of spots but I figured this forum could be a good outcrop resource as well. Would love some help! Thanks so much.
  2. A fossil hunting buddy informed me today that the Waco Research Pit is now permanently closed to the public. I called the Army Core and confirmed. Such a shame. Thankfully got to visit a few times. Also a real shame since the Army Core can research the same Del Rio fossils in the dam spillway area (also restricted) as they see fit. You'll be missed, Research Pit.
  3. GPayton

    Coenholectypus planatus

    From the album: McClennan County, Texas

    Sea urchin; inner view of half of the aboral (bottom) side of the test.
  4. GPayton

    Ophiura graysonensis

    From the album: McClennan County, Texas

    Brittlestar; central disc with only isolated arm fragments found in association.
  5. GPayton

    10/10/20 Haul

    From the album: McClennan County, Texas

    Selenite (gypsum) at the bottom of the photo.
  6. I've been out to the Lake Waco Research Area (or just the Waco Pit as many people call it) about nine or ten times so far this year. Over the course of those trips I've found a lot of interesting things such as several species of sharks' teeth, some very small sea urchins, fish vertebrae, and of course the common pyritized miniature ammonites. But I've also found several things that I have yet to definitively identify, such as the three finds that I'm making this post about. First is a small piece of shale with a peculiar pattern that runs off the edge. It reminded me of millipede tracks people have found in Carboniferous deposits and so I decided to keep it and do some research later, not really thinking it was anything special. But to my surprise it seems to match up with pictures of hermit crab trackways (Nereites) quite well, with the indented line representing where the shell was dragged across the ocean floor and the tiny diagonal markings on either side having been made by the legs. I'm not exactly sure why the line in the center of the trackway is depressed into the shale as a negative while the "footprints" are raised positives, however, although it does seem to look that way in some of the pictures of modern hermit crab footprints I saw online as well. The other thing I can't figure out is why the trackway (if that's actually what it is) starts in the middle of the piece of shale rather than continuing off the edge in another direction. If the crab had been dropped onto the ocean floor and then began moving I would expect to find some sort of depression marking where it had landed at the beginning of the trackway but I don't see anything like that. The second find is also crab-related and is one half of a claw. I've found other crab claws before at the pit, but they're usually much smaller and rounded with dimpled marks and come from a species of hermit crab called Pagurus banderensis. This lower half of a claw is larger than a full set of pincers from Pagurus and looks nothing like them. So which Cretaceous crab does it belong to? The last find is a fish tooth. Although fish vertebrae are incredibly common in the pit, their teeth are not. I've only ever found isolated Enchodus fangs before, and this is not one of those. It's much thicker and is proportionally shorter. My best guess is Pachyrhizodus or Protosphyraena but I'm not sure; it could very well be an Enchodus tooth, just a lateral one. Thanks for looking everybody! Any help with ID's is greatly appreciated.
  7. I am wanting to collect micro-matrix near (within 45 minutes or so of) Waco, Texas. How do I go about locating places to collect? I have collected non-micro in some of the creeks in the area, but I'm unsure how to locate potential micro-matrix. I'm thinking I might try the Brazos where sandbars are exposed. The help I'm looking for is not directions to your honey-spot (although, I can't say I would refuse that), but tips on what sort of environments might be productive and how to locate them. My only exposure to micro-matrix is from the Pennsylvanian in the Kansas City area, and I (and my grandkids) have had a lot of fun with that. Russ
  8. historianmichael

    Waco Pit ID Help

    Although the primary draw of the Waco Research Pit (Cretaceous; Del Rio Formation) is its tiny micromorph ammonites, I have also found a number of other fauna at the site, including these bivalves. These are the last fossils from the Waco Pit that I have not yet been able to identify. I was hoping that someone with more familiarity with the site or bivalves of the Texas Cretaceous might know what they are. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much! #1- ??? #2- Striarca washitensis? #3- ??? #4- ??? #5- ???
  9. I found this in a creek west of Waco, Tx. From the maps I looked at, it seems likely this is the Pawpaw formation. My guess is that the item is the ribs of a brachiopod, but I wondered what better informed collectors might say. The item is about one and a half inches long. The other pictures show the fossiliferous layer that it is still in, as I did not think I could get it out of the lateral crack that exposed the layer without shattering it. Anyway, this is my only picture of it and I look forward to your comments.
  10. Hi ya'll! I had my first real break as a newbie recently and finally reached my all time goal of finding my first shark tooth this weekend. This was at the waco pit, which I (think) is at a confluence of the del rio formation and the eagle ford formation. Over the course of several afternoons, 3 more shark teeth followed, as well as a vertebrae to wrap up a nice trip that also drew up some pyratized ammonites and shells. The daily collection limit of two per person meant that my brother and I were able to really zone in to hot spots with what we wanted rather than being distracted by the thousands of miscellaneous oysters and echinoid shards. Anyway let's get to it. Because this would be relevant to size, I've heard before that the waco pit specimens were subject to a sort of island dwarfism, just in reverse - supposedly it was a lagoon cutoff from the rest of the western interior seaway. Is there truth to this, and if so, to what extant did the dwarfism occur? Here is the first photo with everything in frame, front sides facing forward. Here is the view from the back, included because I've done no preparation work on the white specimens in fear of destroying them, and for some the back has less dirt. The tooth with enamel intact has just been wiped off with a dry tissue. My best guess would be that these belong to Cretolamna, but that's mostly speculation. On the specimen with intact enamel, here is the view from the side, included because it has the most distinctive curvature on this plane of any of the specimens. And on the same tooth, here is the view of the back again, mostly just to show off it's sheen - this was the first tooth I found over the weekend, making it my first tooth ever - I'm delighted that it's so well preserved. Lastly, the vertebrae that my brother found. My guess is that it's a fish vertebra, I just have no idea what species Thank y'all on any ID help, or advice on preparation would be appreciated! I have no idea why 3 or the teeth are white, so advice there would be handy as well!
  11. brdalrymple1971

    Need some help with this one!

    Found this in a limestone out-crop on the Bosque river near Waco. Also found Turrilite and sea urchin fossils in the same layer. The details on this piece look flesh like not like shell. Any help on ID will be greatly appreciated.
  12. 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.
  13. GPayton

    Pterosaur Finger Bone?

    I've been doing a lot of exploration in the Grayson Formation (Lower Cretaceous) exposures south of Waco lately, and so last week I was doing some hunting on a nice marly slope in the South Bosque River. I picked up lots of pyritized heteromorph ammonites and some turritella, but what really caught my eye was this tiny piece of fossilized bone. I know that vertebrate material can be found in the Grayson - I've even found some nice Cretolamna and Ptychodus teeth myself - but this doesn't seem to be fish or shark. The walls of the inner cavity are extremely thin when you look at the cross section where it is broken which is what's leading me in the pterosaur direction. Maybe a metatarsal? Or a fragment of a larger bone from a much smaller species? Any help would be appreciated.
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