Twinlukers Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Hello everyone!! I have picked a couple of locations around Lake Texoma on the boarder of Texas and Oaklahoma. Dose anyone have any good advice for the area? This will be our first trip their and everything I’ve read and researched on the area is roughly 3-4 years old. So I’m looking for some current info. Thanks so much for any help you can give us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Do you mean Lake Texoma? I've never heard of a Lake Tacoma in Texas. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinlukers Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 Yes sorry!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 No problem. I just wanted to make sure to avoid any confusion. I'm sure some of our members who have more experience collecting around Late Texoma will be by in the very near future with an abundance of information for you. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Fruitbat said: Late Texoma . Sorry, couldn't help myself. We're all committing typos or succumbing to spell check auto-kurrectshiuns these days. I sent a "fist PM" to kimtexan the other day, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinlukers Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 Lol ha ha!! It’s contagious!!!! Both misspelling and fossil hunting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Whoopsie! Oh well...mea culpa! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Here's what I did when I was in Texas and hiked 50+ miles of Lake Texoma shoreline: Wait for a drought or a Dallas population explosion to lower the lake level. Buy this Lake Texoma fishing map showing lots of roads and trails to the lake: https://www.fishinghotspots.com/e1/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=43 Use Google Earth to investigate entrances. Some are behind gates and in private communities. Nearly every entrance from Rock Creek Marina on the west to Shawnee Creek below the dam on the east held some interesting fossils. Use this geological map to find where Washita Group, Goodland Fm. and Walnut Fm. layers occur at and near the shore: https://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater/aquifer/GAT/sherman.htm Hall's website is helpful for the formation descriptions and their fossils: http://northtexasfossils.com/ Note that because the geology map has a hard time showing what formation is present on the shore with a cliff, you might notice that an adjacent formation might also be present. The most productive formations for me were the Duck Creek, Fort Worth, Mainstreet and Grayson. I sort of thought of Lake Texoma as the north Texas shoreline complete with sandy shores with seashells. The secret to finding fossils is research on the internet beforehand. You will find many more productive sites that way than you will by asking others. Good luck and have fun. 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...
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