JamieLynn Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 Fossil Friday!! Well, really, every day is Fossil Day.... Texas Cretaceous Ammonite Prionocyclus hyatt 2 4 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 Fossil for Today! Texas Eocene Coral Discotrochus orbignyanus 3 1 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 A fossil for today! Monday Moonday Moonsnail Texas Cretaceous Neritina elapsensis 4 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 Tiny Fossil Tuesday! While Foraminifera are often overlooked because they are so small, the Texas Cretaceous Orbitolina texanas sometimes get as big as 3/8 inch! This one is smaller than that, but i love the pattern in them 5 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 well, it's Fossil Friday again! Let's make it Four Fossil Friday since I missed a few days. Some pointy things: Gastropod Conomitra texana Eocene Orthocanthus spine Permian Gastropod Pseudozygopleura sp. Pennsylvanian Ray Sclerorhynchus sp, Cretaceous 3 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 Weekends are now my busy time- it's spring and all the art faires and earth festivals happen! So here's some random Texas Cretaceous fossils to make up for lost days Bivalve Plicatulla mullicaensis Coprolite Crab Calienassa klofi Echinoid Polydiadema travisensis Oyster Illymatogyr arietina 4 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 Fossil For Today! Jurassic from the UK Ammonite Quenstedtoceras sp. 5 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 And I'll be gone again for the the next four days at the Llano Earth Art Festival, so here are some fossils to tide y'all over! Some tiny things from the Texas Cretaceous Ammonite Otoscaphites subevolutus Unknown Crab Claw Unknown Crinoid Echinoid Hyposalenia phillisae (juvenile) and Shark Tooth Hybodus sp. 3 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 Micro Monday! Here's a Fossil! Gastropod Architectonica textilina Texas Eocene 4 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 Toothy Tuesday! Reptile Coniasaurus sp. Texas Cretaceous 3 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted March 31, 2023 Author Share Posted March 31, 2023 wait, what happened to Wed and Thur? Oopsie! Fossil Friday!! One of my all time favorite fossils - Texas Cretaceous Ammonite Trachyscaphites spiniger 4 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 4 hours ago, JamieLynn said: wait, what happened to Wed and Thur? Oopsie! Fossil Friday!! One of my all time favorite fossils - Texas Cretaceous Ammonite Trachyscaphites spiniger I see why this is one of your all time favorites. Nice! 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 Fossil For Today! Some Texas Pennsylvanian Crinoid fragments..I thought it was Graffhamicrinus, but was told that was not so, but don't know what it is.. But I found them all associated, so there's that! 3 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted April 3, 2023 Author Share Posted April 3, 2023 Wait, it's Monday AGAIN? Micro Monday you say?? OKAY! Crab Claw Calianasa Texas Cretaceous Trilo Pygidium New York Devonian Ray Tooth Pseudohypolophus mcnulti Texas Cretaceous Starfish Ossicles UK Jurassic Denticle (Shark?) Texas Cretaceous Coral Pleurodictyum sp. Oklahoma Devonian 4 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 And now it's Wednesday! ahhh..weird Wednesday! Here's a weird fossil for ya! I actually have no idea what it is. Probably a worm tube of some sort, but I've not seen anything like it in the Texas Cretaceous. Eagle Ford Formation In case anyone knows what it is! 3 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 2 hours ago, JamieLynn said: And now it's Wednesday! ahhh..weird Wednesday! Here's a weird fossil for ya! I actually have no idea what it is. Probably a worm tube of some sort, but I've not seen anything like it in the Texas Cretaceous. Eagle Ford Formation In case anyone knows what it is! Foraminifera. Check out Dentalina 1 1 Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 @historianmichael - it did occur to me that it might be a foraminifera! And thanks to you...I think it's Dentalina mutablis! Yay!!! 3 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 Fossil for Friday! Texas Cretaceous Shark Scapanorhynchus texanus 2 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Ah yes, Fish Friday! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 It's Saturday! I spent it in the park, talking to people about fossils! one of my new favorite finds - Usually I just find the dactyl of crab claws, but this one had dactyl and pollex (which i just found out is the unmoving finger of a crab claw..) Tiny tiny Crab, Texas Cretaceous, Del Rio Formation. 1/8 inch On a pyrite rose, no less... 2 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 Hoppy Easter! Here is a fossil that often gets mistaken for an egg - Porocystis globularis Texas Cretaceous 1 4 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 12 hours ago, JamieLynn said: Hoppy Easter! Here is a fossil that often gets mistaken for an egg - Porocystis globularis Texas Cretaceous This is interesting... I gather it is an algal fruiting body. Do you find many of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 3 hours ago, Wrangellian said: This is interesting... I gather it is an algal fruiting body. Do you find many of these? Yes I do. I live right in the heart of Glen Rose Formation and they are SUPER abundant in parts of it. I have a whole jar full. Not all are preserved as well as this one, but if you'd like some, I'll be happy to send you some! Here are a couple more good ones, including the attachment point. 3 1 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted April 11, 2023 Author Share Posted April 11, 2023 Monday Micros! Unknown Crab Claw - Texas Cretaceous Crocodilian Tooth Texas Cretaceous Gastropod Turritella Texas Cretaceous Sawfish tooth Ischyrhiza avonicola Texas Cretaceous Belemnite UK Jurassic Fish Tooth Oklahoma Permian 2 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 Well, it's Wednesday! So here's a fossil! Actually, some random starfish parts- I havn't found a complete starfish, but I have lots of parts and pieces! 3 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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