BobWill Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I got to visit a site today that isn't often open for collecting and found over 250 crinoid columns for the kids. The longest was 75mm and the biggest around was 17mm. This piece of shark cartilage may be a gill arch section. This crinoid cup has a lot of articulated plates for North Texas and I find even fewer of these arms. This is the first example of a gastropod in the Platyceratidae Family I've found. Platyceras parvum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 For crinoid loud, if you going to show us your cool fossils, at least tell us where they came from... A North Texas Pennsylvanian formation? My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Great finds, Bob! Thanks for showing us. 8 hours ago, DPS Ammonite said: For crinoid loud, if you going to show us your cool fossils, at least tell us where they came from... A North Texas Pennsylvanian formation? In the tags (I know, ... I miss them too, all of the time!) say Palo Pinto co. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 17 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Great finds, Bob! Thanks for showing us. In the tags (I know, ... I miss them too, all of the time!) say Palo Pinto co. Maybe john is wondering which site in Palo Pinto. Not Mineral Wells Fossil Park...this is private property in the northeast corner of the county. I always thought it was Wynn Formation but geologist Tom Dill had a look when a group from Western Carolina University did a study there and he thought it could be Mineral Wells Formation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 I forgot to add this picture of the crinoid stems. I hand them out to the kids from the Cretaceous parts of North Texas when I give the "Fossil Bob" talk at grade schools since they won't find them close to home. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 2 hours ago, BobWill said: I forgot to add this picture of the crinoid stems. I hand them out to the kids from the Cretaceous parts of North Texas when I give the "Fossil Bob" talk at grade schools since they won't find them close to home. That's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 I've found some nice crinoid pieces at Mineral Wells but nothing shark related. You found some nice stuff there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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