hadleybee Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Hello, I am new to the forum and know little to nothing about fossils so forgive me if my guesses are off base. I found this fossil (?) in the river bed of the Frio River in the Texas Hill Country (Real County) north west of San Antonio. It is approximately 2 inches long. Thanks to this forum and googling, I'm wondering if this is either rugose coral or heliophyllum coral? Thanks for any info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadleybee Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 Or perhaps RostroConch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Looks more like a piece of sedimentary rock and thats been worn away by water. 3 ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I agree with a non fossil sedimentary rock. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadleybee Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 Great (or, actually not really) but I appreciate your responses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 45 minutes ago, hadleybee said: Great (or, actually not really) but I appreciate your responses. Keep looking, there are good fossils out there! 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 @hadleybee this is strange! I took the freedom to fiddle a little bit around with your pics: I immediately got the feeling that this could be a small radiolitid rudist. However: On 1.1.2019 at 1:12 AM, hadleybee said: in the river bed of the Frio River in the Texas Hill Country (Real County) north west of San Antonio. I don´t know the geology of this area and if Upper cretaceous fossils are even possible there. Can you see some internal structure? You may need a loupe to see this. @KimTexan, what to you think? @ynot, would you mind tagging some more Texas members? Thanks! For comparison, one from Austria: Btw, this is the only one of this type I have found so far there. And it has a massive shell, no cellular structure visible. Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 @Uncle Siphuncle Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Thanks, @ynot! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 There is a chance of rudist reefs out that way in one of the Edwards fm equivalents, possibly Ft. Terrett LS. I don’t have enough confidence to wager a guess while looking at small pix on my phone. A clear macro shot straight on at the big end would help. 3 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 28 minutes ago, Uncle Siphuncle said: There is a chance of rudist reefs out that way in one of the Edwards fm equivalents, possibly Ft. Terrett LS. I don’t have enough confidence to wager a guess while looking at small pix on my phone. A clear macro shot straight on at the big end would help. Good point, better photos from different angles would help. You are definitely in fossil bearing territory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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