Rare Find For NSR!

[JarrodB]

I had a good hunt at the North Sulphur River Texas. I found a nice variety and possibly the first Pterosaur limb bone ever found at NSR. 

[JarrodB]

[JarrodB]

[DatFossilBoy]

Really cool finds!

Its amazing how you can just find these bones laying on the ground waiting to be picked up.

The one with holes is certainely a jaw fragment of some kind...

Thanks for sharing!

[indominus rex]

2 hours ago, DatFossilBoy said:

Really cool finds!

Its amazing how you can just find these bones laying on the ground waiting to be picked up.

The one with holes is certainely a jaw fragment of some kind...

Thanks for sharing!

Yes it is a jaw fragment. But I am guessing it's a fish jaw.

[JarrodB]

Thanks. Yes the jaw fragment is fish.

[ynot]

Looks like You had a good day!

[Tidgy's Dad]

Nice finds and some good photos! 

Glad you had a productive day out. 

[Auspex]

Judging from its condition, the (what appears to be) pterosaur ulna hasn't traveled too far in the river. It would be worth working that spot, and upstream from it, to look for more.

[PFOOLEY]

I first thought that bone looked like a marine turtle digit but I don't know much about Pterosaur bones...are those pits diagnostic?  

[JarrodB]

6 minutes ago, PFOOLEY said:

I first thought that bone looked like a marine turtle digit but I don't know much about Pterosaur bones...are those pits diagnostic?  

Yes the pits are pneumatic foramen indicative to Pterosaur.

[PFOOLEY]

Just now, JarrodB said:

Yes the pits are pneumatic foramen indicative to Pterosaur.

Awesome...I look forward to your return trip. 

[Auspex]

13 minutes ago, PFOOLEY said:

I first thought that bone looked like a marine turtle digit but I don't know much about Pterosaur bones...are those pits diagnostic?  

See how thin-walled it is? That's not cancellous bone in the center, it is matrix-filled!

[PFOOLEY]

11 minutes ago, Auspex said:

See how thin-walled it is?

Now I do. 

[JarrodB]

3 mile one way rough hike but I'll check it again. I was thinking radius instead of ulna but I know very little about it.  

[RJB]

NSR King!!!

 

RB

[John S.]

Not your avg Sulphur bone awesome Jarrod!

[Heteromorph]

Astonishing! Great finds, especially the possible pterosaur bone. I have never heard of any pterosaur material from the Ozan Formation. Hopefully you can find more of this specimen.

[JarrodB]

4 minutes ago, Heteromorph said:

Astonishing! Great finds, especially the possible pterosaur bone. I have never heard of any pterosaur material from the Ozan Formation. Hopefully you can find more of this specimen.

Thanks. SMU has a partial one from NSR but it's only a partial crest and jaw I believe.

[JarrodB]

4 hours ago, RJB said:

NSR King!!!

 

RB

Lol I've been slacking on fossils lately and looking for artifacts.

2 hours ago, John S. said:

Not your avg Sulphur bone awesome Jarrod!

Thanks buddy 

[Miocene_Mason]

Awesome finds! I can’t believe the fragile pterosaur survived eroding out from the banks, very cool!

[sharko69]

Very cool! Congrats buddy. I will be following. 

[believerjoe]

Nice save hoss!  I might not have even picked it up....  lol

[JarrodB]

13 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:

Awesome finds! I can’t believe the fragile pterosaur survived eroding out from the banks, very cool!

Thanks. I probably saved it right in time.

12 hours ago, sharko69 said:

Very cool! Congrats buddy. I will be following. 

Thanks 

11 hours ago, believerjoe said:

Nice save hoss!  I might not have even picked it up....  lol

Lol I'm glad I did. It feels so different from our regular finds.

[bone2stone]

Congratulations....The pterosaur specimen was worth the whole trip.

First one I have seen come out of that material.

Great coloration and yeah give it a good shot to see if more is in the immediate area.

I have found pty material twice, once in the woodbine and once in the Eagleford.

Both were solitary finds. Both only partial metacarpals.

Never found any associated anything with either.

Both over 30 years ago and both went to the Dallas Museum of Natural History.

I noticed yours is in 3D. Not crushed what a great set of circumstances it had to be for that preservation.

My Woodbine was 3D but the Eagleford find was crushed flat!