sharko69 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I found this in Fort Worth, Tx! It's about 4in wide and i was curious if i was told right on what species it is. I was told its a Otonus vertebrae dated around 50 million years old. Any information would be great!Sorry. I do not see a picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Yes, we need a photo but Fort Worth is probably too far north to be a 50-million year old Otodus vertebra. I don't think the Gulf came in that far north during the Eocene. If it is a shark vertebra, it's more likely to have belonged to an Early Cretaceous form like Leptostyrax. Fort Worth was underwater during that time. I found this in Fort Worth, Tx! It's about 4in wide and i was curious if i was told right on what species it is. I was told its a Otonus vertebrae dated around 50 million years old. Any information would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) 4" that's big! i would suggest Meg vert. if i remember correctly "vertman" had found 4"+ shark verts in TX. here's my Otodus vert (3 3/8"). you can also see a large shark coprolite and a 5 1/8" meg tooth. see more about Vertman's amazing set of huge verts: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/46236-will-buy-lower-cretaceous-aged-giant-shark-vertebra-from-north-texas/?hl=%2Bshark+%2Bvertebrae Edited June 28, 2016 by fossilized6s ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 There are no Miocene marine rocks that far north in Texas (not sure any exist anywhere in Texas) so you can't find a meg tooth or vert around Fort Worth. As I indicated in an earlier post, I don't think there are any Early Eocene marine rocks that far north in Texas either and that would have been the time of greatest northern extent of the Gulf of Mexico during the Cenozoic Era. 4" that's big! i would suggest Meg vert. if i remember correctly "vertman" had found 4"+ shark verts in TX.here's my Otodus vert (3 3/8"). you can also see a large shark coprolite and a 5 1/8" meg tooth.20160627_204746.jpgsee more about Vertman's amazing set of huge verts: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/46236-will-buy-lower-cretaceous-aged-giant-shark-vertebra-from-north-texas/?hl=%2Bshark+%2Bvertebrae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 all the verts. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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