Fruitbat Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Here are a few of the mammal specimens that I've collected over the years: Mammuthus molars from Dallas County, TX[/i] Various Oligocene mammals from Nebraska/South Dakota/Wyoming Various oreodont skulls (plus a few miscellanous rhino teeth and one of my daughter's pink headbands that mysteriously appeared in the picture Oligocene rhinoceros stuff with a few loose Protapirus teeth thrown in for good measure Pleistocene odds and ends from the Dallas area. The weird looking thing slightly to the right of center is a partial Canis dirus skull - the only one collected in this area. Various Pliocene and Pleistocene horse stuff from the Dallas area and the Panhandle of Texas (with one Florida piece tossed in for good measure). Hope you enjoy the pictures. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 WHA!! those are amazing! did you find all those skulls!?!? and those massive teeth and jaw segments are awesome! post more... post more!! "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Really amazing mammal collection! I especially like all the skulls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Awesome stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Joe Your mammoth tooth is about the best I've seen in Texas. Most of what I find are river worn enamel fragments. Occasionally I find a few enamel plates still cemented together, but one day I'll be hoisting a good mammoth tooth, my personal Holy Grail. The sloth claws and mammoth tusk sections I found last year will hold me over however until the big old cinder block mammoth tooth comes to hand. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Truly AWESOME finds. Way to go. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 WOW, nice stuff! Where in the dallas area did you find those teeth?? I didnt think Dallas had that kind of goodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted May 31, 2008 Author Share Posted May 31, 2008 Thanks for the kind words! jax...the Dallas area has lots of 'goodies' if you know where to look. All of the Pleistocene stuff comes from the Trinity River terraces...mostly from sand and gravel pits. The Trinity used to be a considerable river back in the Pleistocene...unlike the pathetic excuse for a river that most people driving around downtown Dallas see today. In fact...what most people see of the Trinity is actually not the original riverbed at all. It used to run right through what is now downtown Dallas but a man-made channel was constructed a long time ago to re-route it. You don't find any Pleistocene stuff in the new channel (obviously). -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Thanks for the info Joe, Like you said, the Trinity is pretty nasty near Dallas. I almost have to hold my nose to drive across it sometimes. Im not sure where I would want to enter that river to hunt. probably farther south. I have my eyes on a few creeks in Dallas county that could be fruitful. THanks again Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Wow!!! Not sure how I missed this thread, but you truly have some wonderful fossils. It would be super interesting to sit around a campfire with you and listen to some of your fossil stories. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 It would be super interesting to sit around a campfire with you and listen to some of your fossil stories. RB Ditto that! (True, too, of all the Forum contributors). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serack Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Is the skull with the pink hair band the one I see occasionally in the forum header? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Thats the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Your table is way too cluttered ... clear some of them off and send to N.AL Hunter at...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Great finds and good work, Joe. I see many stories sitting on display! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Yeah i've witnessed some shark teeth and such come out of the Trinity River but i would have never thought you would ever find something like that. Cool Stuff- Cody Lowes Farm Krew For Life! ~C*J*J*D*D*G*P~ My Shark Teeth Website.MANSFIELD EXCLUSIVES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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