Piedras_de_Tejas Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Not much of a story-teller, so here are my better finds from my first trip to the glen rose formation (said to be the salenia zone) Whole gastropods and crushed heart urchins littered the ground all around the exposure, but i was particularly interested in a very ornate regular echinoid i'd never seen in person before, Leptosalenia Texana! My better finds: gastropods, neithea, tube worms, heart urchins, leptosalenia, porocystis algae balls, bivalve casts, and some oyster bits. My Leptosalenia: An unkown gastropod (?) covered in tube worms: And my bonus, two small coenholectypus approx. 10mm across Cameron C. "The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing" - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piedras_de_Tejas Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 Most of the pieces are uncleaned or just partially cleaned. I'm entirely new to fossil cleaning and prep so i'll see if i can make any difference, haha. Here're some pics of unknown fossils of the same formation i just posted to the ID forums here: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/47175-san-antonioglen-rose-coral-burrows/ Cameron C. "The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing" - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Great finds, thanks for sharing---Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Yep very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 glad that rain freshened up the place for ya Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 the big "donut twist" is nerinea... pretty tasty with a side of serpulid worm tubes! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piedras_de_Tejas Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 Thanks for the complements guys, and thanks Dan for the ID. The donut twist was actually a surface find just sitting in a little stream on site. Looks like the place may get another good wash if these storms form a little further north (fingers crossed). Cameron C. "The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing" - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 We got some decent rain here today. Perhaps I'll hit the Waco pit Thursday and see what turns up. Rain = good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piedras_de_Tejas Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 Same here. Probably going to hunt some road cuts along the upper glen rose soon, looking for beautiful echs. Cameron C. "The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing" - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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