MSirmon Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Found this little guy while sifting through an overflow pool next to the Guadalupe River in Ingram TX. So far I haven't been able to match it to anything. Can any of you help point me in the right direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Looks like a piece of limestone with a brachiopod (partial) print on one end. 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...
Plax Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 looks like the hinge area of a large pelecypod. It's tough to id fossils that are frags but try looking at some sea shells in the hinge area and see if your fossil has that symmetry. YNOT could also be correct of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSirmon Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I agree with Plax. Considering it was found in a river and is Cretaceous, it could be a water worn bivalve shell with the visible hinge region on one side. Also the imprint from the end could be from a bivalve. Have you visited Stonehenge II from the nearby? " 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...
MSirmon Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 Abyssunder, The one at UTPB? I have been there multiple times. My wife is a photographer and we use it for photo shoots. I also ran across another down in the Ingram TX area last weekend. Regards, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I'm referring to the location at Ingram not Odessa. " 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...
MSirmon Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 They were both pretty neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 It is a worn-down oyster that had attached or grown on top of another ribbed bivalve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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