believerjoe Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 This is the result of two trips after some major rains. This was something I hoped to find, but have failed so far. I found a piece of jaw, so the thought of digging it is gone, but would still love to collect the rest. They are beautiful. On the first trip, I stumbled upon the first vert sitting high atop a shale pile calling my name. I admired it for a while and moved along happy with the find. On my way out, I caught a glimpse of another under water and that got me excited! I have spent a few trips just to look for it, but nothing until this past weekend. A couple more verts showed up. I know it can’t be far, but I think it stays under mounds of shale all the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sixgill pete Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Fantastic. Wheres the backhoe to find the rest of it? 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Absolutely beautiful! Great finds! Hope you manage to find some more. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I've got the Plesiosaur s. "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...
believerjoe Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 23 minutes ago, sixgill pete said: Fantastic. Wheres the backhoe to find the rest of it? As long as you are in charge when the law shows up, then I am game! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 "I'm gonna build me a critter, one vert at a time!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Awesome finds! You’ve uncovered Mosasauroids and now Sauropterygians, so now you that leaves the ichthyosaurs. That’s gonna be a real toughie to find because they were already extinct, but I still have faith you can find one “...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...
StevenJD Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Beautiful verts, great finds for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crann Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Very nice find... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Perseverance pays off with Plesiosaurs Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Amazing verts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Nice finds, hope You can rescue more of that beast. 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...
John S. Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Seeeeet! Fantastic condition as well! Can we get a size reference? North Central Texas Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
believerjoe Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 30 minutes ago, John S. said: Seeeeet! Fantastic condition as well! Can we get a size reference? I will I’ll have to take another pic with something. The bottom vert is 2.5 inches so a smaller species from the best guess. There is also a jaw piece that helped with ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Nice water gecko ye got there! Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Very cool! Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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