Jakuzi Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Hi y'all, Worked a fatty day in an area that got me about halfway to the Sulphur. Got me about a half day on the river. I wanted shark teeth so I went to a bridge that has gotten me good results before. When I reached the bottom of the bridge I saw no footprints(it was muddy at the bottom) so I had high expectations. Considering previous finds I thought with the river rise a few weeks ago I'd be finding at least a bazillion shark teeth. It didn't work out like that. A lot of the gravel bars had mud or a dusting of silt over the gravel that was there. Despite this I found some good stuff. I'll post some close ups of things for ID. Here's the haul. Including a perfect fish tooth and jaw with a few teeth. The jaw piece is my first. Didn't find a bazillion shark teeth but managed to find some new stuff and still make some money at work. Great Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuzi Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 Jaw for ID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuzi Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 Possible Vert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuzi Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 Bone. Bison knuckle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuzi Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 Fish Tooth. ID? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Nice finds. The last one is a rostral spine from a saw fish. 1 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...
Jakuzi Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 14 minutes ago, ynot said: Nice finds. The last one is a rostral spine from a saw fish. Saw fish as in...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 12 minutes ago, Jakuzi said: Saw fish as in...? That is the type! (But a different species.) Tony 1 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...
Jakuzi Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 Just now, ynot said: That is the type! (But a different species.) Tony Awesome! It's funny I was just trying to get some distance from the bridge so I wasn't really searching yet and saw this guy chilling on the gravel and he was so perfect. Every bit of it is detailed. Thanks for the ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 1 minute ago, Jakuzi said: Awesome! It's funny I was just trying to get some distance from the bridge so I wasn't really searching yet and saw this guy chilling on the gravel and he was so perfect. Every bit of it is detailed. Thanks for the ID. I love it when they jump out and yell "here I am - Pick Me up!!". The second one is either bony fish or cartilaginous fish vert. Sorry I can not help with the others. 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...
Ramon Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 What is that?!? Is it just a rock/mineral or a fossil? "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuzi Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 13 minutes ago, Ramon said: What is that?!? Is it just a rock/mineral or a fossil? I believe it is tooth enamel. Maybe mammoth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Very nice finds ! Congrats Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Nice finds! The sawfish rostrum is pretty decent size compared to what I usually see. I also like the cretolamna, and squalicorax. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 9 hours ago, Jakuzi said: Fish Tooth. ID? Ischyriza mira sawfish. They are rare to find not broken. Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 7 hours ago, Jakuzi said: I believe it is tooth enamel. Maybe mammoth. Mammoth tooth enamel nice. I tend to find more Mastodon tooth enamel than Mammoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 9 hours ago, Jakuzi said: Jaw for ID Bony fish jaw section. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilGuy1024 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Hello Jakuzi, Looks like another productive day on the NSR The middle, top row specimen is indeed a vert (Xiphactinus - bony fish) that's been split. These were absolutely enormous fish. Fish bone has more of a platy, or layered look than other types of bone (reptile or mammal). FYI on the jaw, the dark speck in the center of the light colored circular area toward the top center on your last picture is the tip of the replacement tooth for the one on the right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Your bison bone is actually an astragalus (ankle bone) from the hind leg. Probably washed out of a Pleistocene layer near the top of the riverbank. I have found bison skeletal remains in old pond and channel fills there. -Joe 2 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuzi Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 4 hours ago, JarrodB said: Mammoth tooth enamel nice. I tend to find more Mastodon tooth enamel than Mammoth. It's been the opposite for me. I have yet to find any Mastodon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 In my experience, mammoths are more common the farther north and west in Texas that you go. I've found both mammoth and mastodon enamel fragments in the Sulphur River. Mastodon remains are relatively infrequent in the Trinity River sands and gravels while mammoth remains are quite common. -Joe 1 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiladdict Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Love the sawfish tooth! They are they hard to find at the NSR. Fossils are simply one of the coolest things on earth--discovering them is just marvelous! Makes you all giddy inside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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