North Sulphur River - 5-1-16 trip

[DinoMike]

I tried hunting the NSR last Sunday. The water was still so high, I couldn't see anything but water from the bridge at my originally-planned stop, so I went upstream to Pete Patterson Fossil Park at Ladonia. The water was still a bit deep even there, and very fast-moving. Still, gravel bars were visible, so I took a shot at it. Not too productive, shale & mud were covering a lot of what was there.

A chunk of petrified wood

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[DinoMike]

Cephalopod time!

First, a chunk of Baculites...

.. then this "donut" ammonite.

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[DinoMike]

Lastly, a REALLY badly river-tumbled mosasaur vertebra. It's still kinda nice, in that the weathering exposed a lot of the mineral-filled internal structure. This thing SHINES!

That was it for the trip. Not much else out there to be seen but some REALLY scrappy chunks of cephalopod.

This coming weekend, I'm headed to Oklahoma with a Dallas Paleo field trip. Pennsylvanian age, Morrowan stage quarry. Blastoids beware!

Edited May 4, 2016 by DinoMike

[PFOOLEY]

Cephalopod time!

My favorite time!

What are the common species of baculites that you find?

Edited May 4, 2016 by PFOOLEY

[JarrodB]

Nice finds Mike.

[Ptychodus04]

My favorite time!

What are the common species of baculites that you find?

Baculites aquilaensis is the only one that I know of from the NSR.