sharko69 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Found these while shark tooth hunting and wondering if someone can help me with an ID. These are from North Central Texas. Thank you in advance for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) Top photos: Sure look like vertebrae to me. What's the size? Where in North Texas? Edited June 19, 2016 by CraigHyatt 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Another tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Sure look like vertebrae to me. What's the size. Where'd you find them?Found at Post Oak Creek. They are about half inch across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Top photo looks like snake vertebra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Top photo looks like snake vertebra.That was my thought. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 That was my thought. Thanks. Fossilized or modern? 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Modern I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Yeah, definitely snake verts in the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 The last one is in bad shape but it may be from a modern pig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I agree that it could be the tooth of a modern pig. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Thank you everyone. Any ideas on the middle one? It is the only one that could be fossilized. I have found many modern teeth and jaw bones in the creek but none with that patina look to the teeth. Usually the bone is colored but the teeth are still unstained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 The middle one looks like a rodent tooth, to me. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfossil Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 The middle one probably is Neotoma (woodrat), and does look fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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