jorantex Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Found this fossil south of Hutto along Brushy Creek in Williamson County Texas...any ideas? Also found some large snail fossils. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Hi, we need pics of the ends of the possible bone. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 The 'snail' looks like the bivalve Exogyra to me. Belongs to the oyster order. Nice. 7 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Harvey Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I agree on the Exogyra. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorantex Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 thx guys! here are end pics of the leg bone.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorantex Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 here is other end.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 3 hours ago, jorantex said: thx guys! here are end pics of the leg bone.... I'm not convinced it is bone. It looks like plant roots in the center hole but it could be loose sediment? Let's get some other opinions. @Harry Pristis @Plantguy @Shellseeker @KimTexan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I'm pretty sure that is bone. Someone should have a pretty good guess as to what it is from based on location, size, and the nearly complete end. For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf89 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 @Uncle Siphuncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 From what I see it is fossil bone, but we need more info on the geology of the area. Dinosaur remains are quite rare in Texas, especially outside of the Big Bend area in southern Texas. "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 The oysters are Upper Cretaceous. Exogyra ponderosa by the look of them. As Ramon mentioned, dinosaur skeletal material in Texas is typically only found in a few places and Brushy Creek isn't one of them. My money is on large pleistocene mammal.... Then again it could be a rudist....wink, wink... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Could be an elephantoid proximal tibia. Here's one: 5 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 It's difficult. IMO the object is a bone. If the oysters and the object are from same layer (?) it's unlikely that it is an elephantoid bone, since they're not present in jurassic or cretacious layers as the oysters are from these age. If not, it could be some pleistocene bone stuff. On the other hand the pictures suggest that the bone is pretty heavy (means mineralized) - if so, that would be a hint that it is not pleistocene but jurassic/cretacious... Interesting, what local collectors will tell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 It’s Pleistocene bone, prob one of the elephants, listen to Harry re: anatomical position. Pleistocene overlies Upper Cretaceous in bedded stream banks of that area, so local gravels are of mixed age. 6 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Great finds! Can I see the other side of the Exogyra shells with measurements? They are very interesting looking, Thanks. @jorantex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorantex Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 hello all...thanks for the inputs. The 2 largest Exogyra are ~3 1/2" tall and 6" at their widest point, the others go down from there...these were on the gravel bar in Brushy Creek The bone was just sitting on the bank as well, it was water logged...so it must have washed out of its place of during down the last flood, ...and could be from a very different depth than the shells. It has now been sitting in a inside dark environment...and seems pretty dried out. How best do I preserve this? Based on the feedback...then, its a more likely a mammoth or mastadon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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