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Tidgy's Dad Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 The first one I think is a bivalve shell fragment. The second is gastropods. And the third a really nice plant. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 1 and 2 in your second post look like conifer twigs/branches. Great finds! Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM - APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJD Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: The first one I think is a bivalve shell fragment. The second is gastropods. And the third a really nice plant. In the first photo, there's also a gastropod just below the surface to the left of the bivalve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Yup, i see it now. Those conifer twigs are wonderful! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Auspex Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I am smitten by the conifer twigs! I have never seen they're like. How much chert do you have to bust to find something like that nice? "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...
StevenJD Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 23 minutes ago, Auspex said: I am smitten by the conifer twigs! I have never seen they're like. How much chert do you have to bust to find something like that nice? Thanks! The 4 plant fossils were all found by my dad over the last 40 years, while he was looking for arrowheads in the San Antonio area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Great collection! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 11 minutes ago, StevenJD said: Thanks! The 4 plant fossils were all found by my dad over the last 40 years, while he was looking for arrowheads in the San Antonio area. Well, that establishes their rarity, and why I've never seen anything like them. Very cool. Serious envy here... "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...
Heteromorph Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Wow, I have never seen chert fossils from Texas like this. That is some serious rarity. They are lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Wonderful pieces! Thanks for sharing. 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Cheer fossils almost never fail to amaze me “...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...
izak_ Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Very very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJD Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Isn't it amazing to slice a chert into half and see a lovely fossil peeping up at you? Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJD Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 14 hours ago, -Andy- said: Isn't it amazing to slice a chert into half and see a lovely fossil peeping up at you? I've found bivalves and a couple of gastropods, but haven't found any plant fossils in chert yet. Going through my dad's collection makes me want to get out and look in some flint hills now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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