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Claw? North Texas. Eagle ford


John S.

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? Never found a piece like this. Shallow marine environment. 85-90 mya. Thanks.

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North Central Texas

Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation

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It looks like a pharyngeal tooth from a pycnodont. I've never seen one quite like this.

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Do they get that large? That is a cool find whatever it is. Can't wait to see what the experts say.

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I was going to say it looks more toothish to me. Really cool find none the less.

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Might want to check out Hadrodus as well.

(Sharko69 I believe the pycnodont do get this big and larger.)

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Looks like a great find whatever it may be.

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That is a nice find

Tom

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Thanks a lot guys! Never would have thought of that..

North Central Texas

Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation

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Hi John. We just moved to Eagle Pass way south of you. I am retired and just started getting fascinated with this stuff. We dug trilobites in Utah at a tourist dig. This is the first time I've ever "freelanced". Looks to be a lot of Cretaceous sandstone and limestone down here.

Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer

Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year

Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert

Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous

Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk

Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus

Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html

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Very cool Craig nice to have you here! Here is another example of this tooth also from the same formation:

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North Central Texas

Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation

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Might want to check out Hadrodus as well.

(Sharko69 I believe the pycnodont do get this big and larger.)

Wow! I had no idea they got that big.
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Very cool Craig nice to have you here! Here is another example of this tooth also from the same formation:

Hmmm...looks very familiar. :D

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