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One thing I didn't expect to find was a shark tooth, but lo and behold, there was Petalodus, a bit beat up, just lying there: 

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My last morning in Brownwood, I visited the first site again. My best find was a complete crinoid cup, Ethelocrinus tuberculatus: 

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3 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said:

I spent two nights camped at Lake Brownwood State Park.

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Hopefully you had a nice breakfast...  mail?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.yimg.com%2Fok%2Fu%2Fassets%2Fimg%2Femoticons%2Femo59.gif&t=1539044062&ymreqid=2b37d289-e028-403a-1caf-450003011b00&sig=lPvp_Qhu0CwAUpLh5mjw1A--~C I agree ...epic trip!

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My last stop in Texas was in Waco. I camped two more nights at Lake Waco. I visited the Cretaceous one more time via the Waco Pit on Army Corps of Engineers land: 

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The fossils were so tiny at first I overlooked them, but when I started spotting them I noticed they were everywhere. Here are two examples of ammonites preserved in pyrite: 

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The very last collecting locality I visited in Texas was Whiskey Bridge, an Eocene site. Everyone I spoke to knew of it, but no one had actually been there. Too recent they would all say. It is the Eocene Crocket Formation. Here is the site with a railroad and highway bridge in the background.

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The only tools I needed were a screw driver and a bag. I plucked chunks of clay from the embankment and fossil shells just popped out. Here is a sample:  

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I take it you're not quite done yet, but great report! Oh to cross the continent and hit all the great collecting sites.... you get a nice sampling of everything. I'm sure we all dream of such trips but not all of us have the means, but for me it would be Utah, Oklahoma (if I could get in to those private sites) and Texas, and anything else I could squeeze in along the way. That would be enough if I couldn't also go to Midwest/Ontario/NY/East Coast. I'm sure it would be exhausting..

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Epilogue:  So I'm back from my big trip. It was a lot to do- 18 sites, 17 states, busy, a lot going on. Found some great stuff. Met some wonderful people. Would I go back there? Sure in heartbeat. There's always NSR

 

P.S.- On the way home I couldn't resist stopping in Chatworth, Georgia: Consauga Formation, Upper Cambrian: 

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4 hours ago, Jeffrey P said:

A surprise was finding four complete (though battered) goniatites. Pieces were plentiful, but I never expected to find a complete one let alone four: 

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Gonioloboceras goniolobum on the right.

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Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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27 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said:

And another shark tooth I'm still trying to identify: 

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Symmorium

 

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Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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22 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said:

The fossils were so tiny at first I overlooked them, but when I started spotting them I noticed they were everywhere. Here are two examples of ammonites preserved in pyrite: 

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Mantelliceras left, Mariella right

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"To the motivated go the spoils."

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9 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said:

Epilogue:  So I'm back from my big trip. It was a lot to do- 18 sites, 17 states, busy, a lot going on. Found some great stuff. Met some wonderful people. Would I go back there? Sure in heartbeat. There's always NSR

 

P.S.- On the way home I couldn't resist stopping in Chatworth, Georgia: Consauga Formation, Upper Cambrian: 

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NSR...better bring a 50 foot flood ahead of you and be first when it drops!  This is the most popular public site between the Peace River and Kemmerer, bringing not only locals, but enthusiasts from all corners of the globe.

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Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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Wow Jeffrey!

Awesome report.  :drool:  :envy:  :wub:

 

Glad you had a good time, and made so many awesome finds!

Congratulations on a truly epic trip! 

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Nice finds!!! I could of took you to a lake where you could of found some Ammonites weighing 30 pounds...

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Great report with good photography.

 

John

Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead.

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9 hours ago, Wolf89 said:

Once I get my driver's license (2 years away :( ) I will have to do an awesome road trip collecting fossils all the way from North Carolina, through Texas, and ending up in Utah and Wyoming

You would need a truck drivers licence, wouldn´t you ;)?
Franz Bernhard

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