Jeffrey P Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 Also found this crinoid calyx base plate: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 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: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 I spent two nights camped at Lake Brownwood State Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 My last morning in Brownwood, I visited the first site again. My best find was a complete crinoid cup, Ethelocrinus tuberculatus: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 And another shark tooth I'm still trying to identify: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said: I spent two nights camped at Lake Brownwood State Park. Hopefully you had a nice breakfast... I agree ...epic trip! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 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: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 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: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 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: Gonioloboceras goniolobum on the right. 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 October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 27 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said: And another shark tooth I'm still trying to identify: Symmorium 1 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 October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 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: Mantelliceras left, Mariella right 1 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 October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 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: 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. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Wow Jeffrey! Awesome report. Glad you had a good time, and made so many awesome finds! Congratulations on a truly epic trip! 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...
Nimravis Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Great report and some really great finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Great trip and report. A few of those sites are on my bucket list.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Very nice trip, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinlukers Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Nice finds!!! I could of took you to a lake where you could of found some Ammonites weighing 30 pounds... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-tree Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Great report with good photography. John Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 @Jeffrey P By the looks and sound of things, I guess you're going to need to hook up a U-Haul for your next journey. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Thanks for sharing your trip with us. I enjoyed it very much! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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