flyingpenut Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I went back to a new spot on POC and found the typical array of broken shark teeth, a few Ptychodus teeth, and some interesting items I'm not really sure about. Anyone have an idea of what the item in pictures 6-8 are? What about 9-11 maybe coprolite or a fossilized crustacean? The item in pictures 12-14 appears to be a tooth but with no enamel I didn't think it was a shark tip. It could also just be a piece of bone or something. Sorry for the poor picture quality of that one but I will take better ones of it later. Im pretty sure picture 15 is a rudist and lastly the item in pictures 16-18 I think is just a coincidentally formed rock. The rest of the pictures are of some cool items like the shark or fish verts, the small fossilized crab claw, a broken piece of sawfish rostrum, and a few cool pieces of matrix with inclusions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Nice array of finds as usual! Another Ptychodus mortoni???! 6-8: coral? No idea. 9-11: crustacean 12-14: don't think it's a tooth, not sure it's anything... 15: not sure with one picture, think it's rock 16-18: rock 1 "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 6-8 are images of a Durania sp. rudist fragment. 3 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAT B Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Wow, having POC flashbacks looking at those close-ups ... seems like I always find a ton of stuff there that looks like it’s SOMETHING, but I just have no idea WHAT. =) Glad to see you getting id’s. Nice! Love the verts too. Were you filtering matrix onsite while you were there? For all the small/tiny finds? Or examining matrix under magnification after the fact? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingpenut Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 On 12/22/2020 at 7:36 PM, ThePhysicist said: Nice array of finds as usual! Another Ptychodus mortoni???! 6-8: coral? No idea. 9-11: crustacean 12-14: don't think it's a tooth, not sure it's anything... 15: not sure with one picture, think it's rock 16-18: rock Thanks. I was surprised about the new mortoni but now it makes we want to go out and find ALL the other varieties. Luckily I have heard of places in Texas where several other varieties can be found. 15 was confirmed rudist and 16-18 definitely a rock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingpenut Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 On 1/17/2021 at 3:36 PM, CAT B said: Wow, having POC flashbacks looking at those close-ups ... seems like I always find a ton of stuff there that looks like it’s SOMETHING, but I just have no idea WHAT. =) Glad to see you getting id’s. Nice! Love the verts too. Were you filtering matrix onsite while you were there? For all the small/tiny finds? Or examining matrix under magnification after the fact? Most of these were surface finds with a couple hours of sifting too using a 1/4” sifter. I don’t have any micros here but a few months back I collected a couple gallons of matrix and have been slowly filtering it, mostly just by plain sight because the microscope isn’t providing great clarity. I have found tons of small shark teeth, ray teeth, a few verts, and several unknowns. One of these days I will get around to posting all the cool micros I have found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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