JarrodB Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Short hunt at the North Sulphur River Texas. Lots of mosasaur bones. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 You had a fun day! I'm fairly confident the last piece is part of a mosasaur pterygoid. Identifying it to genus might be too speculative. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Awesome finds, especially the jaw. I gotta go to Texas someday, plenty of Mosasaur remains to go around down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Great finds. I agree with @PaleoNoel , I gotta go to Texas someday ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 32 minutes ago, JohnJ said: You had a fun day! I'm fairly confident the last piece is part of a mosasaur pterygoid. Identifying it to genus might be too speculative. You are correct buddy. Mr. Mike Everhart confirmed. it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Lots of very nice bones. Good day out. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 23 hours ago, JohnJ said: You had a fun day! I'm fairly confident the last piece is part of a mosasaur pterygoid. Identifying it to genus might be too speculative. 22 hours ago, PaleoNoel said: Awesome finds, especially the jaw. I gotta go to Texas someday, plenty of Mosasaur remains to go around down there. 5 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Lots of very nice bones. Good day out. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy B Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Wow, that jaw! He should have spent more time on his dental hygiene!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vellis Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Awesome finds Jarrod. I may have to meet you out there sometime. My finds are never that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjaminpb Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 may I join you sometime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 It must be nice to have the majority of your finds contrast in color to the grey river cobbles. I have dug an area about an hour south of me that the soil, rocks and teeth/bones are all the same color ( and texture for the most part ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 I need to get down there someday. Great finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Nimravis said: I need to get down there someday. That goes for myself as well. Speaking of "someday", does anyone know if there are still plans to dam the river, and if so what the time frame on that might be? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vellis Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Yes they are. I haven’t heard a time frame recently though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heteromorph Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 13 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: That goes for myself as well. Speaking of "someday", does anyone know if there are still plans to dam the river, and if so what the time frame on that might be? Don Yep, but the timeframe is still a bit fuzzy. Here is a January 16 DPS Facebook post elucidating the general gist of an October US Army Corps of Engineers report on the matter, and the report itself. If you want to see more commentary on it, see the post on the DPS’ Facebook page for January 16. ”A favorite fossil site will slip under the waves.... The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Lake Ralph Hall on the North Sulphur River was released by the US Army Corps of Engineers in October 2018. There wasn't much fanfare, and most people are not aware of the report. The document is long but very informative, with interesting material on the geology, history of channelization and erosion, native species that will be impacted, and much more. There is not much on the paleontology, most of it extracted from a presentation to the DPS, but it does acknowledge the popularity of the area for fossil collecting. They propose mitigation of the loss of fossil collecting in the river channel upstream by construction of a new fossil park just downstream of the dam. But river flows will be zero or greatly reduced after the gates are closed, so fossil abundance may quickly decline as mud is not swept away by floods and the channel becomes overgrown by vegetation. When will this happen, you are sure to ask? We haven't found a clear timeline in this report, but a Final Environmental Impact Statement will be needed, and page 4-3 says that the construction will take five years. Read the report and its many appendices here: https://www.swf.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Permitting/Proposed-Lake-Ralph-Hall/“ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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