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2/7/20- Thryptodus Zitteli rostrum. North TX


John S.

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I ventured a bit into older territory and found a bone unfamiliar to me. Hopefully someone recognizes this. This was in a creek with rocks from a shallow marine/near shore environment. Thanks. 
 

Eagle Ford or Woodbine Formation

North Central TX

90-95 mya

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North Central Texas

Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation

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I’ve heard a few suggestions:

Pic 1- Hadrosaur ankle bone

2 and 3- nose of a battering ram Cretaceous fish. 

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North Central Texas

Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation

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I can’t be of any help but it is a cool find. Someone who is knowledgeable in your area should run across this thread soon enough.

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Thryptodus Zitteli rostrum-
I believe this is what I’ve found here. Ive never heard of it, discovered in early Cretaceous rock of north Texas. Eagle Ford Group. This was the nose of a battering ram fish from 90-95 mya. Any opinions welcome thanks. 

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North Central Texas

Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation

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@John S.

 

To avoid confusion and duplication of responses, it is best to keep the discussion about the same fossil ID in a single topic.  I have merged your new topic and your original.  ;) 

 

Quite a strange and remarkable find.

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The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true.  -  JJ

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12 hours ago, JohnJ said:

Maybe @Carl can touch base with his AMNH contacts.

From Dr. John Maisey: Not one I know much about. But it certainly looks like a Thryptodus ‘rostrum’. 

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10 hours ago, Carl said:

From Dr. John Maisey: Not one I know much about. But it certainly looks like a Thryptodus ‘rostrum’. 

Great thanks!

North Central Texas

Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation

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Congrats on the likely ID of your specimen!  Thats cool that its from something rare and not well understood.  Was this found already weathered out of the rock? It would awesome if you could find a more complete skeleton.

"There is no shortage of fossils. There is only a shortage of paleontologists to study them." - Larry Martin

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2 hours ago, hadrosauridae said:

Congrats on the likely ID of your specimen!  Thats cool that its from something rare and not well understood.  Was this found already weathered out of the rock? It would awesome if you could find a more complete skeleton.

Thanks a lot. According to The oceans of Kansas page the specimen is rarely preserved. Only a handful of partial skeletons. It seems even more rare for Texas so that’s neat. Found it sitting in a creek. 

North Central Texas

Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation

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Mike Everhart and several other experts agree on this ID. Thanks for all the help. 

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North Central Texas

Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation

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