Brookie13 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Hi Everyone! This is my first post and my first time taking pictures of fossils for help with ID's. I promise I will get better! About these fossils: These bone fragments and scutes were found west of Houston, TX, along the Brazos River (Fort Bend and Waller Counties). All of these specimens were found loose, on several different gravel bars. From the preliminary research I have done already, it looks like they are all Pleistocene in age. Please correct me if I'm wrong. This is what I think so far... Specimens 1 and 2: Alligator scutes from the Pleistocene Specimens 3 and 4: Soft shell turtle scutes from the Pleistocene Specimen 5: Unknown Specimens 6, 7, and 8: They look like leg bone fragments from Pleistocene mammals, but that's about all I know. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Also, any input you can provide on how to take better pictures would be very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fruitbat Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Looks like reasonably good diagnoses on all of them! The alligator and turtle bits are particularly nice! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Great pictures for a first go! Really helps me to say that you're probably right with your ids but that's as close as I can go. Nice finds! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 5 is turtle too I believe, welcome to the forum from Maryland! “...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...
Brookie13 Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 hour ago, WhodamanHD said: 5 is turtle too I believe, welcome to the forum from Maryland! Thanks very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I agree with the others. Also number seven could be a very worn camel phalanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brookie13 Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 13 minutes ago, garyc said: I agree with the others. Also number seven could be a very worn camel phalanx That would be so cool! What are some of the more common Pleistocene mammals that are found in the Brazos River area? In other words, what is the most likely mammals to find? Horses, camels, maybe bison? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Yup, and elephants and tapirs, i understand, among others. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Brookie13 said: That would be so cool! What are some of the more common Pleistocene mammals that are found in the Brazos River area? In other words, what is the most likely mammals to find? Horses, camels, maybe bison? Horse, bison (often confused with cow) and turtle are the most common finds. Then there are tons and tons of tumbled, shattered and worn fragments devoid of useful diagnostic features. But sometimes, Ma Nature will toss you a whole bone or side of a mandible. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brookie13 Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Very cool. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 4 hours ago, Brookie13 said: That would be so cool! What are some of the more common Pleistocene mammals that are found in the Brazos River area? In other words, what is the most likely mammals to find? Horses, camels, maybe bison? All of the above including Mammoth, Mastodon, Sloth, possible rhino. (Megafauna) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 1 hour ago, bone2stone said: All of the above including Mammoth, Mastodon, Sloth, possible rhino. (Megafauna) Hi Jesse My understanding is that rhino (Aphelops, Menoceras, et. al.) died out in the Pliocene in TX, so their remains would be highly unlikely in the Houston area. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brookie13 Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Thanks for the replies! On the same day, at the same location, my buddy picked up this specimen. He took it home with him, but sent me some pictures today. After going through these forums, I’m starting to think it’s a Pleistocene claw, but I just don’t know from what. What do y’all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Yes, it looks like a claw to me. Not sure what it's from though. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I'm not getting a claw vibe from the last one. Maybe antler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Marcus Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I live in The Woodlands area north of Houston and have been looking for someplace near / around Houston to take my 7 & 9 year old boys fossil hunting. We're tired of Cretaceous Glen Rose marine fossils and are ready to move on to something "newer." Would you mind sharing where along the Brazos you found these fossils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Mr.Marcus said: ould you mind sharing where along the Brazos you found these fossils? Such requests are best made over PM. Thousands of non-members view these topics “...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...
abyssunder Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 5:08 AM, Brookie13 said: Thanks for the replies! On the same day, at the same location, my buddy picked up this specimen. He took it home with him, but sent me some pictures today. After going through these forums, I’m starting to think it’s a Pleistocene claw, but I just don’t know from what. What do y’all think? I'm wondering if can't be a Perciformes / Pristiformes rostrum. " 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...
Brookie13 Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 On 1/21/2018 at 3:42 PM, abyssunder said: I'm wondering if can't be a Perciformes / Pristiformes rostrum. Oh wow, I wouldn't have thought of that. I just spent a little time looking some of them up. Its a possibility, but I just saw an earlier post about croc teeth, and those look more like it...perhaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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