Lrutherford Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Total newbie at fossils and to this forum. Husband and I spent the weekend exploring the NSR in Ladonia Texas. Had so much fun and think I found some cool stuff. Definitely some teeth, some baculite? Maybe some petrified wood? Thanks in advance for anyone who is kind enough to respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Ok, giving this a shot. Top left red - Burrows of some sort Top middle tan - Burrow also but different time frame Top right - Oyster shell but really beat up. Species might be Exogrya ponderosa but someone might have a better guess Top right next to oyster - better pic might help Bottom left - petrified wood pieces Bottom tan - geological Top bottom - Gastropod fragment but would like a close up pic or two of the top middle piece Middle bottom - Baculite pieces Top right bottom - Worm tubes Bottom right - Baculite pieces and maybe one razor clam piece. Better pic of the left one Teeth - they will probably need closer pics and I am no help with those. Now, I am just am armature so we will let the specialist see how close I got. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrutherford Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 Thanks so much, here are a few closeups of the pieces you pointed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 @Planko nailed most of these but I'll expand on a few points. I agree that the oyster is Exogyra ponderosa. The upper left are feeding traces, the ichnogenus Zoophycos. The chambered specimen among the gastropods is the nautiloid Eutrephoceras dekayi. Some more pictures of the worm fossils might help since there might be different things in there but the curved ones are Hamulus sp. There's two Hamulus sp. recorded from the NSR. The teeth look like Squalicorax kaupi (the complete one is for sure). Finally, there is a lot of mineral in the NSR that resembles petrified wood at first glance. I don't remember what is exactly but it is abundant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrutherford Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 Thank you so much, I'm just excited I brought home some fossils and cant wait to go back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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