nathansaurus Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) Hello guys! Nathan here. I have a few fossils I would like to get y'all opinions about what they are or if there even fossils! Here is one rock I found outside my house in Houston Texas. Edited July 6, 2020 by nathansaurus word edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Welcome to the Forum, Nathan. This appears to be an oddly weathered piece of limestone, unfortunately, and not a fossil. Keep looking though. 4 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathansaurus Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 On 7/6/2020 at 1:41 AM, Fossildude19 said: Welcome to the Forum, Nathan. This appears to be an oddly weathered piece of limestone, unfortunately, and not a fossil. Keep looking though. Thanks dude! I have a few more. Can you help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 That one is a fossil! It looks like a piece of an ammonite. Unfortunately, I have little knowledge of Texas ammonites. @JohnJ @Uncle Siphuncle @JamieLynn 3 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathansaurus Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 54 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: That one is a fossil! It looks like a piece of an ammonite. Unfortunately, I have little knowledge of Texas ammonites. @JohnJ @Uncle Siphuncle @JamieLynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathansaurus Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 This is it after some cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 ooohh.. what a great chunk of ammonite! I'd say Mortoniceras or Texanites. I'm leaning more toward Texanites with those strong tuburcules. Did you actually find it in Houston? It must have been trucked in with some limestone. 2 1 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathansaurus Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 9:25 PM, JamieLynn said: ooohh.. what a great chunk of ammonite! I'd say Mortoniceras or Texanites. I'm leaning more toward Texanites with those strong tuburcules. Did you actually find it in Houston? It must have been trucked in with some limestone. I found a bunch on my back yard. When we got the house it came with a bunch of fossils. I also like going to state sales and buying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathansaurus Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) I was given this one by a person who knows I collect fossils for free. Edited July 12, 2020 by nathansaurus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 12 minutes ago, nathansaurus said: I found a bunch on my back yard. When we got the house it came with a bunch of fossils. I also like going to state sales and buying them. Ahhh...sounds like a fossil hunter lived there before you! www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Maybe the first specimen in question is a junction of Thalassinoides burrows, in weathered condition. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathansaurus Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Yes! There's huge geodes in my backyard as well. The last picture I posted. The ammonite has leaf like impressions on it. Is that how they looked back then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathansaurus Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) Leaf impressions Edited July 12, 2020 by nathansaurus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Although they look like plants those are suture lines. That is an awesome ammonite. Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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