Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 First, a fistful-o-Leptosalenia. +1 Heteraster obliquatus of stature. Glen Rose fm, Texas. 3 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 While in the echoinoid groove, here is a nice Hardouinia from the Peedee fm of NC, obtained unprepped in trade. Shown after initial dolomite blast. I’ll probably manually scrape off the klingons and then blast again. 2 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Gastropods need love too. From the Upper K of TX, here is a colorful Volutoderma/ Volutomorph/ Voluto-sumpin’ for your viewing pleasure. 1 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabfossilsteve Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Those are some very cool echinoids, especially those Leptosalenia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 18 minutes ago, Uncle Siphuncle said: Gastropods need love too. From the Upper K of TX, here is a colorful Volutoderma/ Volutomorph/ Voluto-sumpin’ for your viewing pleasure. That is a very nice one. Was it also from the Glen Rose? I have found a number of gastropods very similar to that in 3 different formations, but I haven’t ID’d them. I have not found any of those with the end of the shell in place. That slender part extending out gives it the appearance of being a sleek and slender, but the 2nd pic makes it seem plump. I have plump ones that look very much like that, but the end is broken off. Love the Leptosalenia! I have not found any of those. I am always looking for new genus and species of echinoids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Some nice echy's Dan. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 24 minutes ago, KimTexan said: That is a very nice one. Was it also from the Glen Rose? I have found a number of gastropods very similar to that in 3 different formations, but I haven’t ID’d them. I have not found any of those with the end of the shell in place. That slender part extending out gives it the appearance of being a sleek and slender, but the 2nd pic makes it seem plump. I have plump ones that look very much like that, but the end is broken off. Love the Leptosalenia! I have not found any of those. I am always looking for new genus and species of echinoids. The gastro is about 40 million years younger than the Leptosalenia. Saleniids show up sporadically all through the K strat column. Highest concentrations I know of in NTX show up in the Goodland and Walnut fms. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Lovely. I like the gastropod but some of the echinoids are stunning! Great job. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Those Leptosalenia are wonderful. Would love to hunt Texas and find a few of those. Thanks for sharing! ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Nice set of sea shells. 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...
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