UncoilingGLaDOS Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) I found these mystery jawbone fragments in Post Oak Creek near Sherman, Texas. I was wondering if I anyone could help me identify them. If closer shots of the teeth would help, or you need another angle don't hesitate to ask! edit: longer fragment is about 8mm long I'm used to only finding unidentifiable bone fragments out there so these were a neat little surprise! (in fact i only picked up one knowingly, the other I must have thought was a tooth when I picked it up. I only noticed it after coming home to rinse stuff off haha) Edited December 30, 2018 by UncoilingGLaDOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Possibly crab claws 4 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...
UncoilingGLaDOS Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Ramo said: Possibly crab claws That was actually what my sister was guessing, that would be pretty interesting. If that's what they turn out to be I'd love to know what kind of crab they might have come from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 I believe there are several genus/species of crab fossils found in Eagle Ford, but I'm not sure they can be identified accurately by claws alone. Maybe @Uncle Siphuncle or @DPS Ammonite can weigh in here. 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...
facehugger Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Cool find... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 1 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Yup, claw tip bits from a crustacean. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncoilingGLaDOS Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) Thanks for the information! I was actually not getting claw out of this at all in the field but i can definitely see it now. I'm very curious what a full crustacean claw or crab fossil would look like from this period now tbh. I will marked this one as solved! (edit: or at least, I will if i can figure out how haha) Edited January 1, 2019 by UncoilingGLaDOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 +1 for crab claw!! "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...
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