OwlEyes Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I and my 8 years old boy a great time fossil hunt in Texas. During our time in Austin, with Erose help, we hunt at Texas 360 and found a nice sea urchin, some devil toe snail (oyster,) and shells. It was raining so I didn't spend much time there. After Christmas, we start our fossil hunt trip. We stop at Meridian road cut for some heart sea urchin, coral, and shells. Then drove to Mineral Wells Fossil Park. My son love this place so much because the fossils are so easy to find and he love crinoids. We didn't find any shark teeth or trilobite but we are happy. My son want to assembly the crinoid pieces to make full crinoids then we decide to put everything we found at Mineral Wells Fossil Park to make Pennsylvanian period ocean floor. We stayed at Fort Worth for the night. The next morning, me and my son visited the 2 sites KimTexan gave us (thanks Kim.) I went to the first site, parked the car at the day care (read Kim post carefully) and crossed the street. We walked for about 15 minutes and couldn't find anything except for this, please help me identify this fossil if they are actually fossil. It was so cool and my son want to get back to the car. On the way back, we found the first echinoid. I walked my son to the car and came back for more echinoids. I walked around another 10 minutes without any echinoid but I realized the white rocks I steps on are fragment of ammonites. I decided to search for a complete ammonites or at least a good fragment. And I found this. This is what it look like after I remove some matrix I found 2 more echinoids and got back to the car to go to the second site. The second site has a lot more fossils and is very easy to find. I found many echinoids which are all less than 1 inch, a complete ammonites, and 3 pieces of fossils which I don't know what they are. I found this ammonites in the clay. Since I have no tool with me, I walked back to my car to get a garden shavel (the only thing I have) and a bottle of water. i pulled the water to the clay to make it easy to extract the fossil. Here is what it look like after I clean it up We went back to the hotel to pick up my daughter and husband, checked out and drove to Dallas for lunch then to Waco to visit Waco Mammoth National Monument and back to Austin. We had a great time hunting and so happy with the fossils we got. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captcrunch227 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Amazing ammonites! Glad to see y'all had a successful and fun trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Now that little crinoid is what I call cute Nice to hear you enjoyed yourselves. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Love the home made crinoid! That's excellent. The echinoids and ammonites are great as well. Thanks for sharing your trip. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I love the ammonites, especially the last one - fantastic!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Wow, cool finds! Love the two big ammonites Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Yay! Great stuff and so glad you had fun with your kids... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 That was a fun and productive trip with your son! Congrats! 10 hours ago, OwlEyes said: Pennsylvanian period ocean floor. How nice is that! Amazing! Thanks for sharing! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Sounds like it was a bountiful trip and amazing as well. It's great to build memories like that with kids. So much better than spending time in front of the television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Very nice field trip - looks like y'all had quite a bit of fun Wonderful ammonites, BTW!! -Christian Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlEyes Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 1 hour ago, RyanNREMTP said: Sounds like it was a bountiful trip and amazing as well. It's great to build memories like that with kids. So much better than spending time in front of the television. Yes, the trip is memorable and a lot better than spend time watching youtube. I took my son to a national history museum when he was 6 years old and he refused to leave. Since then he love fossils so much and want to build his own museum. My son has ADHD, it is hard for him to focus so he does not do good in school. I have a hard time to encourage him to study. This new passion for fossil help us. To earn this trip, my son have to finish his 2nd grade math book. He is working on writing practice book and 3rd grade math book for a fossil hunt in California coast and Wyoming green river. Here is his current collection. We collect all of the fossils, except for a few that he was given this Christmas. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 The crinoid assembly is very cute and a pretty cool idea. I’m glad you found some ammonites. The partial I believe is a Mortoniceras. The other is an Oxytropidoceras. The echinoids in both those places are not in the best condition, but you do find lots at the one place. The 3 little round things you said you didn’t know what they were look like a variety of clam found in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 15 hours ago, OwlEyes said: Yes, the trip is memorable and a lot better than spend time watching youtube. I took my son to a national history museum when he was 6 years old and he refused to leave. Since then he love fossils so much and want to build his own museum. My son has ADHD, it is hard for him to focus so he does not do good in school. I have a hard time to encourage him to study. This new passion for fossil help us. To earn this trip, my son have to finish his 2nd grade math book. He is working on writing practice book and 3rd grade math book for a fossil hunt in California coast and Wyoming green river. Here is his current collection. We collect all of the fossils, except for a few that he was given this Christmas. That's awesome, I really hope your son stays this interested in fossils! This forum is a fantastic place for him to learn more on this wonderful hobby. Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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