Post Oak Creek Finds

[sharko69]

Here are just a few of my finds over the last month in Sherman,Tx. My son and I have really enjoyed getting dirty. We have found tons but these are some of our best. Not bad for beginners?

[Sélacien34]

Nice find !

Edited May 17, 2014 by Sélacien34

[lissa318]

Nice finds! I love the dark red hues on some of those teeth.

[Sélacien34]

Could you make some close pics to this tooth ?

[sharko69]

I will shortly. It is strange.

[MarcoSr]

Nice finds. From a quick look, the Ptychodus look like whipplei because of the very high, distinctly developed cusps.

Marco Sr.

[sharko69]

Here are some close ups of the tooth you referenced. Would love to know what it is or what caused it.

[Tennessees Pride]

You surely have Goblins in pic 3. Pic 1 may be some Otodus appendiculatus with a Goblin here and there in the mix?

[Tennessees Pride]

Here are some close ups of the tooth you referenced. Would love to know what it is or what caused it.

Sweet baby! could it be a Scyliorhinus species=Catshark?

[vertman]

You surely have Goblins in pic 3. Pic 1 may be some Otodus appendiculatus with a Goblin here and there in the mix?

More likely Scapanarhynchus texanus with Post Oak deposits being Upper Cretaceous. Agree on the Ptychodus whipplei. Looks like some broken Cretodus crassidens and maybe a couple broken Cretoxyrhina mantelli as well. Lots of nice little Squalicorax teeth in the last image. The one with the "puffed up" root is a strange example. Nice bunch of teeth!

[vertman]

Sweet baby! could it be a Scyliorhinus species=Catshark?

I would say it belongs to the genus Squalicorax. However, I have not seen one with that root preservation before.

[Tennessees Pride]

More likely Scapanarhynchus texanus with Post Oak deposits being Upper Cretaceous. Agree on the Ptychodus whipplei. Looks like some broken Cretodus crassidens and maybe a couple broken Cretoxyrhina mantelli as well. Lots of nice little Squalicorax teeth in the last image. The one with the "puffed up" root is a strange example. Nice bunch of teeth!

Forgive me vertman, i have been under the impression this whole time that a Goblin was a S.texanus.

[Sélacien34]

Here are some close ups of the tooth you referenced. Would love to know what it is or what caused it.

The serrations are worn, i think about symphyseal or pathologic squalicorax.

[sharko69]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I found most of the squalicorax on a little rock pile I call squalicorax island I found many more but those were the nicest. I have hundreds more nice teeth and will post them later. Squalicorax and ptychodus are my favorite, though never dissapointed in any finds.

[sharko69]

Here is a picture of some micros I pulled out of a couple bags of matrix I brought home. Hoping a couple of these will raise questions.

[Foshunter]

There are some nice rare Ptychodus to be found in the creek, keep looking and make me drool, nice finds----Tom

[vertman]

Forgive me vertman, i have been under the impression this whole time that a Goblin was a S.texanus.

I meant Squalicorax rather than Otodus but the way I wrote it may not have been clear.