dpmccain Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 I have 11 rocks that I believe contain fossils. Is there anyone on here who can verify if these are indeed fossils? These rocks were obtained years ago in Texas while oil drilling. They were found at approx 50-60- feet below the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmccain Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 Correction....The were running pipeline back in the 1950's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Fossils?! No one on here knows anything about fossils. This is the French Cuisine Forum. They actually look like plant material. I am sure members that know more of that realm will be along shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 9 minutes ago, caldigger said: Fossils?! No one on here knows anything about fossils. This is the French Cuisine Forum. Our specially is mushrooms cooked and fossilized. If I had a twenty for every fossilized mushroom that members posted and asked about, I could buy a nice 4x4 SUV. If I had 10 nice actual fossil mushrooms, I could retire. My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Hey DPS, would you mind swinging by my place in your new 4x on the way to the hunt, not sure my old junker will make the journey. Maybe I need to find some dinosaur eggs down at the beach so I can get a new vehicle of my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Welcome to TFF! (Don't mind the jokers.) Your rocks look like they have impressions from plants. If You can be a little more specific about the location it will help to narrow down the possible candidates. 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...
Ludwigia Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 I'm also jumping on the plant bandwagon. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 They remind me of hinges of inoceramid clams. 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 + 1 for plant fossils. And a very warm welcome to TFF from Morocco. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmccain Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 They were found south of Austin Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmccain Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 Here are more photos. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 When You post so many items at one time, with no reference number it is hard to make a reply. Please organize the pictures and number the items so We can tell what is what. We also need a scale (ruler preferred) in the pictures. Thank You. 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...
Spongy Joe Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I'm thinking rudist, personally... preservation looks all wrong for plant. Could the rocks around there be Cretaceous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Well, thanks for all the different views of these objects. Now that I've had a closer look, I'm dropping the idea of plant and starting to think like Fossildude19 with inoceramus and Spongy Joe with rudist, that we are looking at impressions of some kind of mollusc. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Calcite crystal for this piece. 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 May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 15 minutes ago, ynot said: Calcite crystal for this piece. Agreed, this is calcite. Pretty piece. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmccain Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 This one is actually bone. You can clearly see the bone in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, dpmccain said: This one is actually bone. You can clearly see the bone in it. Doesn't look like bone to me, from this pictures. It looks like part of the Chert/Limestone/dolomite matrix, to me. I'm still in the Rudist or Bivalve camp. 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...
Auspex Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 My first thought, at seeing the first image, was "plant material"... Then I saw this: I really think we have shells 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...
Auspex Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I am now convinced that we have bits of a rudist reef 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...
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