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Grayson County creek - March 14th


BudB

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Yesterday morning I drove to Grayson County and hunted yet another new spot in a creek. This one did not disappoint. With the extended drought (though parts of Grayson County did get a half inch of rain later in the day yesterday), I keep wondering how these creeks aren't picked clean, but I'm still finding fossils. Here are a few as they lay.
 

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Here is what a picked up. There are 124 teeth, but no Ptychodus teeth. It's funny how hit or miss finding Ptychodus teeth seems to be in these creeks.
 

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Is this a piece of a sawfish rostrum tooth? I also found one of these my last trip, but didn't recognize what it was.
 

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I think this little guy is my favorite tooth from the day. I uploaded the other individual tooth photos from the day into this album.
 

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And then there's this rock. Here are views of both sides. Are these just burrows in that rock? I don't think I've seen burrow fossils that were this small before.
 

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These are branching bryozoan that attach themselves to the oysters. Are you finding them in Post Oak Creek where they are common?

 

 

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1 hour ago, BudB said:

Is this a piece of a sawfish rostrum tooth? I also found one of these my last trip, but didn't recognize what it was.
 

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It looks like the root of a Sawfish rostral tooth to me. 

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