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At a hidden little gem of a site buried somewhere in the anonymity of the North Texas backwoods, Ma’ Nature in her sporadic largesse bestowed a princely suite of Cenomanian echinoids on my waiting palm.  

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Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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Coenholectypus close up.

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Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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But my eyes were drawn more to the portly form of Pseudananchys, lying in repose in resplendent corpulence.

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Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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Business in the front...

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Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

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...party in the back.

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Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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A few ammonites and nautiloids made the scene, but the echies stole the show.

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Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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Lovely specimens. :)

Even though they're bald with no fur or feathers preserved, they're quite beautiful. ;)

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Tortoise Friend.

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Knockouts! :wub:

Homage from one who only finds plates and spines.

"Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs

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3 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Lovely specimens. :)

Even though they're bald with no fur or feathers preserved, they're quite beautiful. ;)

Perhaps I could use them as cue balls.

 

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Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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11 minutes ago, Uncle Siphuncle said:

Perhaps I could use them as cue balls.

 

I'd really rather you didn't! ;)

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Tortoise Friend.

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To be honest, I'm not much of echinoid type of person but I can appreciate some nice ones when I see them. :drool:

Each dot is 50,000,000 years:

Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic...........

                                                                                                                    Paleo......Meso....Ceno..

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Doesn't time just fly by?

 

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Oh man! So how many minutes did it take to collect all those goodies? Any insitu/matrix shots that can be released? 

Congrats! 

Regards, Chris 

 

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5 hours ago, Plantguy said:

Oh man! So how many minutes did it take to collect all those goodies? Any insitu/matrix shots that can be released? 

Congrats! 

Regards, Chris 

 

Working to cheat dusk, I never whipped out the phone, to be honest.

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