Glen Rose in the cold and wet

[Rayminazzi]

Figured we'd brave the cold today for a chance at some echinoids, first the leptosalenia texana.

[Darktooth]

Those are beautiful!  What's next?

[JarrodB]

Wow that's awesome. I have a friend with property on a creek there. I plan to do some arrowhead & fossil hunting soon.

[Rayminazzi]

Then heteraster.

[Rayminazzi]

Pliotoxaster. 

[Rayminazzi]

And these algal balls. And all the broken ones and some neithea.

[Rayminazzi]

Coral maybe, bryzoan?

[Rayminazzi]

[Uncle Siphuncle]

Hey Ray, that last thing is pretty cool.  I may be going off in the wrong direction, but I'd compare it with marine turtle shell fragments too.  I just can't make out the histology well enough from the photos.  Turtle material is present in the Glen Rose, as I've found some small pieces over the years.  

[Rayminazzi]

Yeah it is pretty similar to turtle shell, we had a blast at that spot.

[ynot]

Nice finds!

Thanks for sharing.

[Rayminazzi]

So I just noticed this on is translucent on the inside, is this new or something I never new, difficult to get on camera.

[Darktooth]

Great finds! I really like those first echiniods the best. The pattern on them is very interesting. 

[JohnJ]

14 minutes ago, Rayminazzi said:

So I just noticed this on is translucent on the inside, is this new or something I never new, difficult to get on camera.

 

 

It's calcite replacement of the echinoid.  Always a nice find.  

 

 

[Twinlukers]

Great weather and even greater finds.. nice job.

[Rayminazzi]

32 minutes ago, Twinlukers said:

Great weather and even greater finds.. nice job.

My hands dropping everything I pick up after an hour in the great weather might disagree haha.

[Monica]

Beautiful echinoids, especially the Leptosalenia texana 

 

 Congratulations on a great hunt!

[Wrangellian]

Those algal balls are interesting... I wonder how closely they are related to Paleozoic Receptaculitids!

I've seen plenty of Texas echinoids but never those before. Always something new to see on the Forum.

[Joe Salande]

Great finds! Happy for you.

Joe

 

[erose]

22 hours ago, Uncle Siphuncle said:

Hey Ray, that last thing is pretty cool.  I may be going off in the wrong direction, but I'd compare it with marine turtle shell fragments too.  I just can't make out the histology well enough from the photos.  Turtle material is present in the Glen Rose, as I've found some small pieces over the years.  

I agree, very good chance this is turtle bone. Although rare, other vertebrate material has been found in the Glen Rose Formation.

 

Nice fossils!

[Captcrunch227]

Congrats on the finds! You're braver than me, I decided to stay warm and dry these last few days. Beautiful ecchinoids, very jealous of the lepto's!