UncoilingGLaDOS Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 (edited) I have some mystery fossils from Ladonia, Texas, collected in the Sulphur Creek riverbed. I'm not sure if the fragments are identifiable, but there is one i fine interesting I'd like to get opinions on, I'll start with that one! (after an overall shot:)The fossil I'm finding particularly interesting is the second from right (detail shots below) THis is a total guess but is it a fish fin possibly? Or a small plant? Next is a jaw fragment I'd love to know anything more about: {Will continue in a reply below} Edited April 29, 2019 by UncoilingGLaDOS spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncoilingGLaDOS Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 images continued: Last is another interesting one, I have no ideas about this but despite how bone-like it looks i am pretty cetain its fossilized and not a bone covered in concrete or a conglomerate: and finally ( thanks if you made it this far!) a nice baculite: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 First 2 are fish. Last one is a belemnite. No idea on the other piece. 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...
Bronzviking Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 The last one has the pattern (complex suture) of a Baculites ("walking stick rock") is an extinct genus of cephalopods with a nearly straight shell. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 The jaw section could be mosasaur or Xiphactinus, I think. Agree with a species of Baculites, a heteromorph ammonite for the last one. 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncoilingGLaDOS Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 Thanks so much for the info guys! Definitely getting closer on the mystery fossils! still very curious if anyone can help me know more about that hollow bone or the fin-looking fossil, but its great to know a little more about the baculite and jaw fragment for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heteromorph Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 1 hour ago, UncoilingGLaDOS said: Thanks so much for the info guys! Definitely getting closer on the mystery fossils! still very curious if anyone can help me know more about that hollow bone or the fin-looking fossil, but its great to know a little more about the baculite and jaw fragment for sure The hollow structure could be some kind of borrow, but other than that it is hard to say. I do agree that it doesn’t really look bone. Either way, nice specimens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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