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I was looking for rocks to paint, and almost painted this one before spotting the markings. What would leave these impressions? It was found at a ranch in Texas between Mountain Home and Junction, in Kerr County.

Texas Hill Country; can anyone identify? small tusk like inclusions in this stone. thanks in advance.

So I’m at a point where I think it’d be best to just show you the entire thing that I’m currently looking at, aside from the tons of pieces that I’ve set aside all around this pit I’ve got now. I don’t expect this to sway anyones opinions but it’s very likely the last post I’m going to leave until I can finish cleaning around the edges of it—whatever it is, or isn’t, potentially. So I guess I’m asking now, is this also typical for limestone? Again, I’m on the far northwest edge of San Antonio, pretty much on the helotes hill country city limit—just a couple of miles east from government canyon state park. This is in my backyard, about 3 feet or so deep, though I’m unsure of the elevation, my house is right at the top of a small hill…for whatever that’s worth. I found that piece I posted earlier, the one which is decidedly (not) a skull section—near where the orange spade is sitting just further outwards, where the dirt ledge is in the picture (these pictures aren’t the very most recent, since the rains have made a proper mess of everything for the past couple of weeks). Once it finishes drying out again I’ll get pics of the result after I’ve cleaned it all back up again, since I’ve uncovered quite a bit more since these were taken. So… let me have it lol what y’all thinking? Am I just the most hardheaded limestone farmer you’ve ever seen or is it at least apparent where my current predicament…conundrum…stems from? By the way, I suspect it won’t matter but for the record, what I keep seeing or believe I am seeing, is a partially if not mostly still-fleshy fossil form…as if it were preserved while in a mostly intact or possibly a partially decomposed state…so what I continue to believe that I’m finding aren’t just bones, in fact the only real bones I’ve been thinking I have seen have been the ones visible in these photos, sticking out of the central section. Apart from those, I’ve been finding what I believe could be scutes, that partial beak looking rock, possible toe or tail bones, and possible teeth or teeth fragments. The rest of the pieces I have found which do not look like normal rock to me has looked to me on the surface like almost preserved ‘skin’ or “outer” laying tissues, with the form resembling muscular and bony shapes. Since those were in my opinion even less pronounced and even more difficult to adequately present through photos, I’d been singling out the more defined pieces, though there are dozens of others which I feel suggest something fossil in nature which I’ve not yet photographed properly and likely won’t for the purpose of posting them here depending on the overall consensus of this last inquiry. That being said, I did throw in a few I’d taken of one such piece that I thought displayed some of that type of texture I just mentioned, so that’s what those last few of the single rock are doing there. So I’d love to hear your thoughts once more and as always I’m incredibly grateful for your time and each one of your responses and feedback. Thank you all so much again.

Found this in Bandera County, Texas. Seems like teeth coming out but bone structure is present. Measures 3” long by 1.5” wide by 2” high.

Can someone help me identify this tooth please?

Found this in Bandera County, TX. It seems to be fossilized but kinda hard to tell. Any ideas as to what it’s from?

Needs more cleaning, but was hoping someone could tell me what it is. Thanks in advance!

I think this may be a broken tooth? If it is, can anyone give me any help on what it may have belonged to? Thanks in advance. 1 1/2” long by 1” wide by 1/2” thick

Hello! We found this yesterday while walking around our property in the hill country outside of San Antonio. Any help would be appreciated!

This came from San Saba County, Texas; found in fluviatile terrace deposits (Qt). I would love to know more about this fossil. Thank you for your input.

Found this today near Medina River in Bandera Tx. Is this Raninid?

found this near Boerne TX. I think the formation is Glen Rose, but unsure, might be Edwards?

Hello, I am new to the forum and know little to nothing about fossils so forgive me if my guesses are off base. I found this fossil (?) in the river bed of the Frio River in the Texas Hill Country (Real County) north west of San Antonio. It is approximately 2 inches long. Thanks to this forum and googling, I'm wondering if this is either rugose coral or heliophyllum coral? Thanks for any info.

Hello, I'm new and know next to nothing about fossils. Found in the Texas Hill Country in the bed of the Frio River. The picture doesn't show, but the shell sparkles. The opposite side of the rock (not pictured) shows only rock, no shell. Thanks in advance for any info.

Is this a fossil?

We stayed at a private ranch this weekend in Kyle, Texas (Hays County). The Blanco River runs right through the property, and tons of rocks line the shoreline. We know absolutely nothing about rocks or fossils, except for what you learn in 5th grade science and that they're pretty cool. But we found some neat rocks that have impressions of shells and some with shells embedded in them. A quick google search points to the rocks being limestone, but not sure. Any help identifying our little treasures is greatly appreciated. Photos of 2 different large rocks are below. Thanks in advance!

Hello there, my name is Cameron and i'm starting this topic to have an open page for the flow of ideas and information about the possible formation of a Hill Country Fossil Club for San Antonio, Austin, and the surrounding areas . This idea has been proposed before on the forums, but it didn't work out, so i'm doing my best to pull everyone together to form some sort of club. It could be anything from an organized monthly meetup for group fossil hunting trips, guest speakers, etc. to a simple email list for members to invite a couple tag-alongs on their upcoming trips. However it takes shape, it'd be beneficial to alot of the central Texas members of the forum to form a local fossil community. So far, my idea is to maintain the facebook page created last time (for those who prefer facebook) and make an email and phone number list so each club member gets a reminder when someone plans an open-invite fossil hunting trip, or if there is a meeting coming up, or anything else of that nature. If interested in making a list, pm me your email and texting phone number with whatever name you like to be called. If alot of people prefer to meet first, thats fine too. Maybe we can make a field trip out of it. Just reply with your thoughts and let's all start exchanging ideas. If it doesnt work long-term again at least we have a few new locals to hunt with, lol.

Hey everyone! New to the community and glad to be here...haven't quite written my hello yet, but couldn't wait to post either. I have this little unique specimen found in Llano County, TX in the hill country and while I've identified the makeup of the specimen, I haven't put a name to it yet, although I'm leaning toward beta spodumene (lithium) ore. I'd like to get everyone's input. The vast majority of the rock is feldspar with the black parts being roughly 90% biotite mica and 10% hornfels. At first I thought some type of granite until looking under scope at the formation of the feldspar. They're monoclinic vertical striations and crystalline in nature. Here is the photo, the best I could get without my scope: Thanks in advance and glad to be a part of The Fossil Forum! Brance