JarrodB Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DatFossilBoy Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 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! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 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. 1 Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 Thanks. Yes the jaw fragment is fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Looks like You had a good day! 1 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Nice finds and some good photos! Glad you had a productive day out. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 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. 2 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I first thought that bone looked like a marine turtle digit but I don't know much about Pterosaur bones...are those pits diagnostic? 1 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Just now, JarrodB said: Yes the pits are pneumatic foramen indicative to Pterosaur. Awesome...I look forward to your return trip. 1 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 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! 3 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 11 minutes ago, Auspex said: See how thin-walled it is? Now I do. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 NSR King!!! RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Not your avg Sulphur bone awesome Jarrod! 1 North Central Texas Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heteromorph Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Awesome finds! I can’t believe the fragile pterosaur survived eroding out from the banks, very cool! 1 “...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...
sharko69 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Very cool! Congrats buddy. I will be following. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
believerjoe Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Nice save hoss! I might not have even picked it up.... lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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