BudB Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 I made a trip to a creek in Dallas County yesterday morning. This is an Eagle Ford outcrop. I had visited this creek once before in 2020. I only found a couple of things, but one was an ammonite I was really impressed with. I had found it in the edge of the water, and wondered if this might be a better site to hunt under low water conditions. With the drought we're having right now, those low water conditions are here, so it seemed like a good time to revisit the spot. It's not a large outcrop, so I didn't worry about getting there too early. I just hunted a couple of hours, then headed home before the worst heat of the day. The fossils aren't hard to spot in today's in situ photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 Here is what I brought home, minus one small ammonite that was soaking to aid in matrix removal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 This largest ammonite is in pretty rough shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 This ammonite with the smooth outside looks a lot like the big ammonite I found here on my first visit. I was guessing that one to be a placenticeras cumminsi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 Most of this one is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 These two pieces almost look like they could have come from the same ammonite. Both would have been pretty large if complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 This one looked pretty good on this side. On the other side, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 These two had very different ridges than the others. I haven't had time to try and identify them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 I'm still working on removing the matrix from this small one. One of the things I really like about the ammonites from this site is that they all seem to have lots of shell left. So many ammonites I find elsewhere are just rock, with no shell left at all. And to think there are this many ammonites to be found at a small site in the middle of DFW, within the Dallas city limits. You just never know until you look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 This piece has lots of shell too. An oyster? Does anyone recognize that pattern on the shell? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) And then there's this. It looks like it was just a round hollow tube shaped thin shell before the matrix distorted it. Does anyone recognize it? A crustacean leg, maybe? Here are photos of both sides, plus an end view of it. Edited July 28, 2022 by BudB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 32 minutes ago, BudB said: And then there's this. It looks like it was just a round hollow tube shaped thin shell before the matrix distorted it. Does anyone recognize it? A crustacean leg, maybe? Here are photos of both sides, plus an end view of it. Looks like Baculites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Al Dente said: Looks like Baculites. That was my first thought. But I've never seen a baculite that was just completely hollow. It looks like if a shell that thin on the outside survived, there would be evidence of chambers left in the matrix on the inside. Edited July 28, 2022 by BudB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Baculites living chamber I think. That would account for the lack of chambers. Don 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 The geology and characteristics suggest a Sciponoceras species. 4 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 9 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: Baculites living chamber I think. That would account for the lack of chambers. Don Could be. It's such a small piece. Even when I'm just finding bigger stuff, I still like to spend some time on kneepads and elbows, checking for smaller fossils. But some of those small ones can be tough to ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 I didn't scroll to the top of the thread to catch the geology and the other fauna. I agree completely with JohnJ. I will say that Sciponoceras is a baculitid, so "Baculites living chamber" wasn't far off the mark. Don 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 19 hours ago, Al Dente said: Looks like Baculites. Sciponoceras gracile 2 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudB Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Uncle Siphuncle said: Sciponoceras gracile Indeed. That matches both the look of it and the formation it came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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