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Found Some Fossilized Oysters in NE Texas, Seeking Help Identifying Them


JustinTime81

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In Northeast Texas near the town of Wolfe City there is a small creek called Oyster Creek that got its name from the fossilized oyster shells that can be found along the creek bottom. Today I had the privilege to walk along the creek and found the following specimens, but I'm new to fossils and seeking help identifying/ageing them. I'm especially unsure what #3 is, it has appearances of a fossil but its hard to tell. There were a lot of these #3 types of "rocks" in the creek bottom. This was one of the smaller ones.

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Exogyra. Nice find!

 

edit, photos for #3 just showed up

I believe it’s just a rock, but I may be entirely wrong. I’d wait for others to chime in on that one. 

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The first two are Exogyra sp. oysters, probably Exogyra ponderosa based on the general locality. The third doesn't look like a fossil to me.

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