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I only had a couple of hours so I stayed right below the creek bridge. I had a couple of cool finds.
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From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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My hunting partner cancelled on me so I decided to try out some new spots alone in Northeast Texas. My luck was bad! I started off my day with a leaking boot in 35 deg weather. At my next stop I had three dogs across the creek growling and barking at me. I figured they would go away. I was wrong! They came barreling down into the creek aggressively towards me. The largest of the three was determined to bite me while the others growled. I went to war with my 5 ft hickory walking stick. After a couple of solid hits I won the battle and they retreated. They climbed back to the top of the creek bank and growled and barked at me for another 30 minutes or so. I found a few items and walked a mile back to my truck only to realize I had lost my phone. I started to give up and just report my phone lost but decided to look for it. I hiked the mile back through the woods down into the creek and somehow managed to find it. I did manage to find a nice size shark vert, fish vert and a couple of artifacts. My Brazos hickory walking stick has saved me more times than I can count from hogs, dogs and waist deep mud. It's a little heavy but worth it.
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My name is Gary L Thompson I am the sole discover of the Mosasaur Prognathadon stadtmani that currently resides at BYU, This specimen was found in Cedaredge, Colorado in 1975. It took over 40 years to get the complete casting of this mosasaur. I thought maybe this might be a story of interest for you since this is an extremely rare fossilized specimen from about 85 million years ago and the fossilized marine reptile is the only one ever found on the western side of the prehistoric sea that once covered an area ranging from Utah to Kansas and Nebraska. It was a ferocious creature approximately 35 feet long. The excavated skull bones remain the property of Brigham Young University’s Paleontology Museum." I just wanted update every one on some misleading information regarding the find and to send the most current information updates. It appears that the Genus name is probably going to change to a brand new Genus, the scientific community is still discussing this one, will try to update when that happens. BYU has now completed the entire skeleton and now have it up as of the beginning of the year. I have included current photos of it along with "My true story" and all corresponding credits for the find, scientific research and preparation of the specimen. I just thought these might be of interest to you. The photos are from the BYU webpage. My true story finding a mosasaur.docx Order of Contact and Credits.docx Original_article_1975.docx