puritanize Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Hello all Totally Newbie here and new to fossils. So sorry in advance for any wrong ideas as to what I am finding. Just moved to 2 flat acres in North Denton County Texas, house built so they tore up the ground quite a bit to lay the foundation. While picking up the large rocks left all over the acreage, found some interesting stuff. What I believe is a large ammonite. And what appears to be a large tooth or tongue (maybe not?)? No clue though on the last 2, anyone have any ideas at all? Want to excavate some small areas on the property where the rock is already coming out of the ground soon. These are just my finds cleaning the place up. Look forward to hopefully finding some more stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterodactyl Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 (edited) Tongues will not fossilize because they are soft organs. Tongues would decay before they got the chance to fossilize Edited February 7, 2016 by Pterodactyl "Welcome...To Jurassic Park!" -Richard Attenborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puritanize Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 Tongues will not fossilize because they are soft organs. Tongues would decay before they got the chance to fossilize What I kind of figured on the tongue THX.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Welcome to the forum! Your third picture is an ammonite (nice find), the rest look like suggestively shaped rocks. 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...
BobWill Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Welcome to the forum. You found a nice Mortoniceras sp. These and even bigger ammonites like Eopachydiscus sp. are pretty common in the Sanger area and northward into Cooke County. Also look for "heart" urchins and several kinds of oysters. Then, when you get hopelessly hooked on fossil collecting come and join us at the next Dallas Paleontological Society meeting in Farmers Branch next Wednesday and learn where all of the great collecting sites are in this part of Texas. www.dallaspaleo.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Lover Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Nice ammonite, its huge! "Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you" Job 12:8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puritanize Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 Thanks everyone!!! Will have to check that out and I do live near the Sanger area so good to know Agreed on the suggestive looking rocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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