sharko69 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Found this shell while in the creek this weekend. I have never found a shell like this in all my time in North Texas creeks so this seems out of place. Has matrix stuck to it and inside that matches what is present where I hunt. It is fossil and has some spots that look like calsite or some other crystal. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Nice find! But i don't know of any Cretaceous gastropods that look like this, hopefully somebody else knows the area better. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Cancellariid (maybe Cancellaria) will be my guess. " 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...
sharko69 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 3 hours ago, abyssunder said: Cancellariid (maybe Cancellaria) will be my guess. Thank you. Were they found in the Cretaceous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 I see that Cancellaria did exist in the late Cretaceous but have never seen any Gastropoda with this preservation where I hunt. This was found in Eagle Ford in N. Central TX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansTheLoser Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I doubt that it is Cretaceous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 1 minute ago, HansTheLoser said: I doubt that it is Cretaceous. I don’t disagree but this was found in situ and is in matrix, same as the teeth from this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansTheLoser Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 And the teeth is clearly Cretaceous? Any other fossils? The preservaction is quite good and the gastropod looks "more modern". But who knows. Could be also a Buccinidae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko69 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 45 minutes ago, HansTheLoser said: And the teeth is clearly Cretaceous? Any other fossils? The preservaction is quite good and the gastropod looks "more modern". But who knows. Could be also a Buccinidae. Yes. This is from Post Oak creek. Teeth are Cretaceous. There is some Pleistocene mammal material found as well. Could have washed many years ago and imbedded. But matrix is on it like concrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I have doubt being it from Cretaceous. " 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...
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