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Ancient cat fossils, paw prints recovered from beneath Texas Hill Country by: Eric Henrikson, KXAN News, Nexstar Media Inc., Texas, January 13, 2023 https://www.kxan.com/news/science/ancient-cat-fossils-paw-prints-recovered-from-beneath-texas-hill-country/ Yours, Paul H.

Howdy. I found this gastropod in Comal County, Upper Glen Rose formation, and I'm drawing a blank. I'm unable to find any sources that show or describe a species with this ribbed morphology. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Hi all I have found quite a few of these recently In Comal County,Texas they are faily common on this particular site but the one on the left is the biggest one I have found with most being in between sizes of the right and up to half the size of the left one. Do y’all know what genus and or species they are? Sorry I read y’all prefer things in metrics, I didn’t have a fully metric tape with me at my house but figured it was better than nothing and centimeters and mm are there just not labeled. The large one was found yesterday. Thanks I’m advance!! Happy hunting! Connor.

Hi all! Brand new member here but long time geological fan and rockhounder. I am new to Texas and my job site has quite a bit of echinoid and bivalve fossils, and I was out rummaging around in the woods looking for some fossils when a “stone” on the soil surface stood out like a sore thumb to all the geological type base material in the area. In one little pocket in the under brush of cedar I noticed crystalline formations on material that was unique to the whole area. I am new to the whole geological formations but I was assuming it was in the glen rose formation type area. Anyone based on look have any idea? It does not immediately resemble cycads fossils I have seen which thought was the only common large petrified material in that formation. The material is solid crystalline almost agatized with the largest piece weighing 40lbs At first I thought I had hit a jackpot of sagenite. In an hour brought out 100lbs of the material. This stuff is completely set apart from base formations and material fossilized snail, bivalves are found in only with this being 100-200ft away down a small hill. Sorry I don’t have anything to Mark scale I can take pictures with coins or ruler tomorrow for y’all. This is the most pictures I can add for now let me know if you would like more or better photos

Near New Braunfels, Texas, (Comal County US)would be guessing any more specifics on location...scale reads 5.8 pounds measurements 18mm x 11.5mm x 10mm prolly found about a year ago so details are fuzzy but this thing is amazing. Close up of one of the golden sparkly crystals edit- sorry picture stinks had to get new phone and yeah....I will redo later no time no time late for an important date!

I found a 7mm thick layer of sediment which has a different coloration and is hard to break. The layer was running all the way through the hill which was a road cut. I found it near Natural Bridge Caverns in Comal County. I'm not sure if it really is the K-T boundary. I think it is because I found a Turritella Vertebroides which lived in the Latest creataceous period. Please help me Identify it. Photo of Kt boundary quarter for scale ,Thanks