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From the album: Texas Eocene
Very tough ID- but settling on a species of Callianassa, and C. brazoensis is the species found in the Crockett member of the Cook mountain fm., so perhaps C. brazoensis. Callianassa are a still extant genus of mud shrimp. Middle Eocene Texas (Whiskey Bridge)-
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My girlfriend and I found this ray tooth plate the other day at the bridge, was wondering if anyone could get a positive ID on it? Below are 3 pictures one with a ruler for scale and 2 nice pictures of it on top of some petrified wood I found in town.
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Not too often I find myself back on the ID section lately, so I guess it's a good thing I've found something that stands out now In matrix, I found a crab claw at Whiskey Bridge (Eocene, Bartonian) in Texas. I did a brief search on the crabs of the area, but can't find anything I'm happy with that in particular shares the same rugosity as my specimen. Any thoughts welcome
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Found this tooth in the vertebrate layer on my second Whisky Bridge (Lutetian, Eocene) hunt like 6 or so months ago. I just assumed it was a fish tooth, so I didn't put too much research into it at the time. Found it again while packing today and now I'm wondering what it is. I can't find any similar Eocene fish teeth in my Googling. Now that I have some marine croc teeth under my belt, I'm starting to wonder if this could be one even though I've never heard of croc material from the site. The tooth is about 9.5 mm tall and 1.5 mm in diameter on the base. It has deep striations that are densest and most uniform on the lingual side. The striations persist on the labial side, but are less dense and deep. It has a sigmoidal curvature labiolingually and two prominent cutting edges. Feel free to tag anyone who knows a thing or two about the site! @jkfoam @Jared C @erose @JohnJ Thanks!
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Last week in a thread by @WyomingRocks! about Whiskey Bridge, a Middle Eocene Claiborne Group site in Texas, @historianmichael asked about ostracods from there. I said I would post some pictures, so here I go. I brought home a bunch of matrix from the site a couple years ago and have broken much of it down and pulled out the larger fossils, but I had not really gone through the micro stuff until recently. I sieved it through a series of screens and found the ostracods primarily on the 60 mesh screen. I have only gone through a tiny amount of it, but wanted to answer his question as I tend to wander off in all fossil directions and who knows when I'll get back to Eocene Ostracods - haha. I picked over two dozen specimens from several different species out of less than 1/2 TBSP of matrix. I wonder what all is in the quart bag of it that I have!! Artusy in his thesis (see below) recognized 46 species of ostracods, I have a long way to go. A few years ago @jkfoamposted an ostracod or two from this location in this thread: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/11079-the-arthropod-that-cant-get-any-respect/page/2/ There may be other posts on the forum as well, but Eocene ostracod threads are not a huge topic! I am not an ostracod expert by any stretch, so others that are more knowledgeable (like @Acryzona) can feel free to correct or update any of my ID's. The literature that I found dealing with ostracods from this site is limited and somewhat old, but that is what I have. I'm sure there are more recent publications on portions of the fauna, but I have not tried to wade through that. I primarily used: The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part Q (1961), a thesis by Raymond Artusy (1960) Ostracoda of the Stone City Beds at Stone City Bluff, Texas, Bulletin 114 of the Mississippi Geological Survey by William Moore (1970) The Jackson Eocene Ostracoda of Mississippi I know some of the pictures are not totally focused, but unfortunately at this magnification, there is a pretty limited depth range that is in focus until I learn how to do photo stacking. I hope you can get the idea of what they look like though, some of them are really intricate and wonderful looking. The last few pictures are really intricate specimens and I'm sure with some effort, I could get a more precise ID, but the differences are all in the details of the ornamentation and subtle shape differences and I haven't taken the time yet to master that. Enjoy!
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From the album: Eocene
Ancilla staminea, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene May, 2023 -
From the album: Eocene
Galeocerdo eaglesomei, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene May, 2023 Finally found a beautiful Galeocerdo eaglesomei. Carcharhiniformes are not well represented in my mostly Mesozoic collection so I was really happy to find this guy. It came out in two pieces, but b72 did the trick for a quick fix.-
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From the album: Eocene
Striatolamia macrota, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene May, 2023 Took one last trip to the bridge on the way to help my brother move out of his dorm. It was raining hard the whole way there, but the rain stopped as I got to the spot. Super muddy, but worthwhile to find some shark teeth freshly eroding out for this quick visit. This is my best example of Striatolamia macrota.-
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From the album: Texas Eocene
Galeocerdo eaglesomi Uppermost Lutetian, 41.8 myo Whiskey Bridge, TX-
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From the album: Texas Eocene
Negaprion gilmorei Uppermost Lutetian, 41.8 mya Whiskey Bridge -
From the album: Texas Eocene
Abdounia reticona Uppermost Lutetian, 41.8 mya Whiskey Bridge -
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From the album: Texas Eocene
Belosaepia cf. ungula Uppermost Lutetian, 41.8 mya Whiskey Bridge -
From the album: Eocene
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I found a very odd fossil at whiskey bridge over the weekend and was wondering if anybody had any knowledge on what it could be, picture attached isn't the very best but I'm too afraid the remove it from the bag protecting it right now due to fragility, planning on properly preparing it once i get some paraloid in. BUT the fossil is about 4-5 inches long and 2-3 inches across, it is very fragile towards the end of it but the stem seems to be more sturdy. sorry again for poor picture and lack of scale, just don't want to risk further damage to the fossil yet. My only current guesses are a large piece of coral or some sort of vegetation. either way i know finds of this size aren't very common from whiskey bridge. thank you for any help with identifying.
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From the album: Eocene
Serratolamna koerti, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene Mar, 2023 I ended up having to take an unexpected trip to A&M this weekend to pick up my brother. Took a quick hunt at the bridge as usual and picked around the fishy layer. I'm so used to finding fingernail sized teeth, I flipped when I wiggled this out. It is now the biggest lamniform in my collection, measuring 40 mm. It's a shame it's worn, but that is to be expected as most of the vertebrate material is reworked at the site.-
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From the album: Eocene
Madracis johnsoni, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene Jan, 2023 -
From the album: Eocene
Cochlespira engonata, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene Jan, 2023 -
From the album: Eocene
Michela trabeatoides, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene Jan, 2023 -
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From the album: Eocene
Mesalia claibornensis, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene Jan, 2023 -
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From the album: Eocene
Distorsio septemdentata, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene Jan, 2023 -
From the album: Eocene
Gegania antiquata, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene Jan, 2023 -
From the album: Eocene
Protosurcula gabbii, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene Jan, 2023 -
Hi again! I found this today in Bryan Texas on the Brazos River in the area of the whiskey bridge. Is it the fossil of a crab claw? I wonder if more of it is inside? *this is the only picture I have at the moment, we’re driving home now and it’s in the back of our truck.*
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From the album: Eocene
Athleta petrosus, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene Jan, 2023 -
From the album: Eocene
Barbatia uxorispalmeri, Burleson Co. Lutetian, Eocene Jan, 2023
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