JFred Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Hey guys, I was wondering if ya'll could help me identify these. All were found in Texas to the best of my knowledge. I have what I believe to be the phyla of each but I'm not totally sure so take it with a grain of salt. Photo 1: Bryozoa Photo 2: Hemichordata Photo 3: Bryozoa Photo 4: Chordata, this is obviously a shark tooth I think but I'm unsure of the species Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 First photo are scaphopods. Mollusca. PS. Welcome to the Forum. 3 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...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: First photo are scaphopods. Mollusca. PS. Welcome to the Forum. Compare with Dentalium. 1 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Second pic may be fish otoliths. These and the coral look to be Eocene, perhaps Cook Mountain Fm or Stone City. A popular locality exposing this interval is the Whiskey Bridge locality, Hwy 21 over the Brazos. Tons of pics and info available online. 4 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almach Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 The otolith in the upper right photo looks similar to one from the Chesapeake Group, a fish called Genyonemus sp., a croaker (usually found in the Eastern Pacific). I don't know about being found in Texas (fossils). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFred Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 Thanks for the post guys they've helped a lot. Any coral experts out there that can tell me more about the third pic? I can't seem to find any pics of something like it online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluecatapilla Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 40 minutes ago, JFred said: Thanks for the post guys they've helped a lot. Any coral experts out there that can tell me more about the third pic? I can't seem to find any pics of something like it online. I am by no means a coral expert, but it does look somewhat like a segment of a branching colonial Scleractinian coral to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 2 hours ago, JFred said: Thanks for the post guys they've helped a lot. Any coral experts out there that can tell me more about the third pic? I can't seem to find any pics of something like it online. Going from memory, Madracis sp. may be worth comparison. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I agree with @Uncle Siphuncle that this material looks like its from the Stone City Eocene site at Whiskey Bridge. The coral (picture 3) is identified as Archohelia singleyi in the 2001 Emerson publication Middle Eocene Claiborne Group Invertebrate Fossils. Picture 1 is Dentalium as mentioned previously and yes, picture 2 are otoliths. Cant help you on specific ID on the sharks tooth, but I have some very similar from there. If you go to the Houston Gem and Mineral website, I believe you can find some descriptive material on this location. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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