Eagle Ford Fish Fossils

[StevenJD]

Here are some of my fish fossils from the Eagle Ford group of North Texas.

 

 

Apsopelix sp.

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Belonostomus sp.

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Protosphyraena? 

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Xiphactinus audax

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[Bone guy]

That Protosphyraena is awesome.....to bad the teeth are missing. 

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Thryptodus "noses"

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6 minutes ago, Bone guy said:

That Protosphyraena is awesome.....to bad the teeth are missing. 

Thanks, yeah I really wish it woulda had them. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Amazing finds! 

Thanks for sharing. 

[Miocene_Mason]

Wow! Beautiful fish! Thanks for sharing indeed!

[Fossildude19]

These are some incredible fish fossils, Steven!   

Thanks for posting them.

[Heavy_D]

Some awesome finds!

[Al Dente]

Very nice.

[ynot]

On 7/29/2018 at 3:13 PM, StevenJD said:

Here are some of my fish fossils

WOW!

[fossilized6s]

Wonderful rare material. Thanks for share these. 

[Troodon]

Beautiful specimens a very cool collection. I never see this type of material from Texas just Kansas.  Thanks for posting

[-Andy-]

Beautiful fish fossils!

[caldigger]

This guys lookin a bit malnourished.

Don't you people feed your fish down in Texas?!

[StevenJD]

5 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Amazing finds! 

Thanks for sharing. 

 

5 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:

Wow! Beautiful fish! Thanks for sharing indeed!

 

4 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

These are some incredible fish fossils, Steven!   

Thanks for posting them.

 

4 hours ago, Heavy_D said:

Some awesome finds!

 

4 hours ago, Al Dente said:

Very nice.

 

3 hours ago, ynot said:

WOW!

 

3 hours ago, fossilized6s said:

Wonderful rare material. Thanks for share these. 

 

3 hours ago, Troodon said:

Beautiful specimens a very cool collection. I never see this type of material from Texas just Kansas.  Thanks for posting

 

1 hour ago, -Andy- said:

Beautiful fish fossils!

Thanks guys! 

[Uncle Siphuncle]

Wow!  PFs?

[StevenJD]

57 minutes ago, Uncle Siphuncle said:

Wow!  PFs?

My dad and I found all of it, except for the belonostomus skull.  It's in the Field Guide to Fossils of Texas, which is pretty cool. 

 

[Ludwigia]

Excellent finds! Thanks for sharing.

[Uncle Siphuncle]

4 hours ago, StevenJD said:

My dad and I found all of it, except for the belonostomus skull.  It's in the Field Guide to Fossils of Texas, which is pretty cool. 

 

You and your dad have an Eagle Ford acumen far superior to mine! I have a few fish jaws and coniasaur verts along with the typical assortment of shark teeth from central and south Texas, plus a little plesiosaur stuff, plus many of the north Texas ammonites, but your fish material is quite breathtaking.  

 

Probably the coolest Britton vert specimen I’ve seen first hand is the pterosaur maxilla found by my friend Brent as he handed it off to SMU.  He made a hard donation look easy...I would have struggled with that one!

 

I’m curious...did you guys know Don O’Neill personally?  I came to know him late in his life once cancer had taken a firm grasp, and I took him to a couple killer Anacacho sites, quite possibly some of has last outings.  He let a buddy and me explore the cave on his ranch as well.  I’m curious what happened with the remainder of his extensive collection.

[belemniten]

Oh wow