shel67 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I was down on the NSR this weekend and found this nice little 3 inch fossil. If any of you know the scientific name, please share! I thought it was really pretty. The NSR, I have to say, seems to be fairly picked over near the giant stairway. It was ridiculously hot down there this weekend and humid, so I was hesitant to venture off too far, but I'm assuming that the finds will be more plentiful if I start hiking away from the stairs when the weather cools down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 It's some sort of brachiopod or bivalve, others may be able to give a more specific name. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel67 Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: It's some sort of brachiopod or bivalve, others may be able to give a more specific name. I tried finding the name and all I could find was Inoceramus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 8 minutes ago, shel67 said: I tried finding the name and all I could find was Inoceramus? That looks similar to me as well, but I'm far from an expert. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 It is not a brachiopod. Maybe @Uncle Siphuncle or @JohnJ can tell You which clam it is. 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...
JarrodB Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Nice clam. When the weather cools off you will do good searching further away from the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 It is a cast of a bivalve shell, possibly Inoceramus. The interesting thing is that it shows both sides of the shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Although I don't dabble too much in bivalves, I'd wager Inoceramus on this one. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazos Aaron Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I agree with Inoceramus. There's a great book by the Dallas Paleontological Society called the "Fossil Collector's Guidebook to the North Sulphur River" that I would suggest picking up. It has been invaluable to me with my ID's from that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I would also agree with Inoceramus sp. for this one. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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