JohnJ Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I hiked to a spot I haven't been in a few years. It was covered with late summer growth, but I was able to find some keepers. a couple of pyrite covered Neithea an interesting little ammonite Macraster?? and finally a sizeable vertebra (shark / fish?) The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 For the record I worked the same area a year ahead of John and didn't find any platter size shark verts! This was a very rare find for the Lower Cretaceous. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Great finds, i've always wanted fossils with pyrite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Great stuff, bravely acquired! (I can't read the phrase "late summer growth" without thinking of ticks...lots of ticks. The birders among you will know what I mean). "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...
Gatorman Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Cool finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 nice finds john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Great stuff, bravely acquired! (I can't read the phrase "late summer growth" without thinking of ticks...lots of ticks. The birders among you will know what I mean). Don't forget the chiggers! Nice finds, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Here's a few of the reasons I like my camp on the Allegheny Plateau in N. PA: No poison ivy, venemous snakes, chiggers, and very few ticks. Plenty of deer, bear, turkey, grouse, snowshoe hares, bobcats, native brook trout, and an incredible diversity of neotropical migrant songbirds. Then there's all the Pennsylvanian coal swamp exposures... "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...
JohnJ Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 Here's a few of the reasons I like my camp on the Allegheny Plateau in N. PA:No poison ivy, venemous snakes, chiggers, and very few ticks. Plenty of deer, bear, turkey, grouse, snowshoe hares, bobcats, native brook trout, and an incredible diversity of neotropical migrant songbirds. Then there's all the Pennsylvanian coal swamp exposures... Auspex, I'm fairly good at avoiding most of the above. So if you came to Texas, we'd try to keep you safe...but, did I mention you may have to wade through thigh deep water covered in "late summer growth" algae and duckweed? It's the "no see-ums" that usually cause raised blood pressure. Most of the time it's just a spider, or fire ant. However, the rewards are satisfying. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Auspex, I'm fairly good at avoiding most of the above. So if you came to Texas, we'd try to keep you safe...but, did I mention you may have to wade through thigh deep water covered in "late summer growth" algae and duckweed? It's the "no see-ums" that usually cause raised blood pressure. Most of the time it's just a spider, or fire ant. However, the rewards are satisfying. I used to lead birding tours, and the lower valley was one of my favorites. I got into chiggers so bad there that I had to soak my socks off in the bathtub. But I kept coming back... "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...
JohnJ Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 I used to lead birding tours, and the lower valley was one of my favorites. I got into chiggers so bad there that I had to soak my socks off in the bathtub. But I kept coming back... ...good thing it was just your socks. A bad case of chiggers would make any list of bad things that could happen to you in the Texas outdoors. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 Does anyone want to offer up an ID on the little ammonite? (Washita group formation) Are enough diagnostic characteristics exposed to make an ID? Thanks. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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