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Fun Finding Fossils with Friends in Fort...Worth TX
JamieLynn posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
well, it can't ALL alliterate after all.... Texas is so incredibly blessed with a ridiculous amount of fossils, and it's also a BIG state, as we Texans like to remind everyone. So I don't get up to North Texas as much as I would like, but it's definitely worth the four hour drive for some new hunting grounds! Happily, I have a friend in Fort Worth who let me stay with her and she was excited to show me a new spot she'd found. I've showed her around Central Texas a few times and when I said I was heading up her way, she said..."well..there's not really any spots I know of to take you", so I was going to scout out a few spots when she called back..."I found a spot! 10 minutes from my house!". She showed me a few things she'd found and I was excited to see it was Grayson Formation, which are not common exposures to be found in Central Texas. It's a super non-descript spot, practically a ditch, but it was obvious no one had hunted it before, which is AMAZING considering how many fossil hunters are in Texas. It was littered with tiny heteromorph ammonites called Mariellas. I didn't find any that were well preserved but they were everywhere! And I know with this formation, you have to look CLOSE. REALLY CLOSE. It's a lot of micromorph fossils, interspersed with large oysters. It's hard to see past the oysters sometimes. It was actually pretty late in the day and we hunted till the sun set, so some long shadows. Erich Rose called it Echinoid Light - that early morning and late evening long shadows which show up surface decor so well. A Mariella - it's about 3/4 inch long As I mentioned, none of the Mariellas were well preserved, but they were surprisingly intact...up to 6 whorls sometimes! We found a couple of little ammonites Otoscaphites but they were also pretty worn. My first great find was a complete Engonoceras serpentium. I have found fragments of them, but had yet to find a whole one. It's tiny but complete! I was on the lookout for any echinoids, but didn't see anything until just as we were starting to wrap up....I was walking back to my bucket and my eye caught that telltale round shape. I was VERY VERY excited, because I've only found a couple of these echinoids at the Waco Pit which is no longer open to collectors. I have one decent sized moderately crushed one and one tiny good one, so to come across this monster in perfect condition made my heart do a little flip flop! A Goniophorus scotti. One of my favorite little echies. I have to admit I was feeling a little bad that I was hoarding this echie, because my friend who generously shared the site with me didn't find one....but then SHE FOUND THE SHARK TOOTH....not a foot away from where I found the echie. So she was happy and I was happy and everyone was happy. hahahah Found a couple of other nice samples of the fauna typical in the Greyson (also known as Del Rio in Central Texas) - a really lovely Neithea texana: A good sized Plicatula and an interesting worm tube cluster. Pyrgopolon squamosus And of course, I brought back some micro matrix to look through! That Grayson/Del Rio stuff is hard to process because it is primarily clay mud. But I was happy I did because I found a few good things! Another tiny Goniophorus (sadly, crushed) and some pretty little gastropods of unknown genera Plus found ONE single Comatulid Crinoid - Roveocrinus sp. But this was a real surprise! I have not found Baculites in the Grayson, but this little piece was in the Micro matrix! And one of my favorite things to find...a little starfish ossicle! I'm still hoping to find my "whole brittlestar" someday.... But thankful for friends who love fossils as much as I do. Hunting alone is nice, I enjoy the solitude very much, but it is also really nice to hunt with friends.- 6 replies
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Goodland echinoids and gastropods-Ft Worth TX
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I went back to cover more ground on my massive goodland exposure and found a bunch of additional hemiaster and heteraster echinoids. These are much smaller than macrasters, but I found two relatively large ones. I like the texture due to the bumps where spines once were. Tylostoma and other gastropods can be found there too. I’ll work on blasting the sand off. Tarrant county, TX in Fort Worth.- 5 replies
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I went to my favorite Fort Worth formation spot near my house (Johnson County) and came home with a nice Christmas present to myself, 6 macraster echinoids, 2 of which are nearly perfect and are now amongst the best I have. They’re also huge, I am naming one Absolute Unit and the other The Rock. Also a rough looking holaster and a bunch of smaller mortoniceras ammonites. Check out the curvy fold in one of them. Poor dude went flaccid right when he hit the bottom of the ocean. Lol..I decided to flip a huge rock I’ve walked by many times (natural for me as a snake chaser) and I’m glad I did, I found a robust 2 inch wide x 8 inch diameter mortoniceras attached within the rock. It’s beyond my ability to easily free it, but I will get it done with some help. Nice calcite on the outside where I broke away some matrix. one of the morts is a mess (the one with the green algae on one side), it’s beautiful but I’ll have to make a decision about leaving it as is or cutting it to the point where it’s complete on both sides.
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My favorite creek in south Tarrant County TX has enough length to it that it takes several trips to truly explore the available area. After the recent heavy rain, I finally explored a bit farther down the creek, finding a combo of oxytropidoceras ammonites (at least for the week I had before algae grew back) and a bunch of small mortoniceras and hamite ammonites. These are some of my larger hamites I have thanks to the recent rain. Also some sizable devils toenail oysters, not exciting but still noteworthy in size (no pics yet). The 14.5” oxy is missing the center, what a shame! Still a nice looking fossil. I took my friend Mercer with me, he helped me to realize this was actually a unique spot where Duck Creek, Fort Worth formation, and Kiamichi clay all meet and have exposure. Very interesting.
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Hi all, my daughter and I found this bone in the north sulfur river up near the Dallas/ Fort Worth Texas area a few weeks ago. It seems to be a reasonably complete structure of some kind but I sure don't recognize it! I really appreciate any help!
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What crystalline mineral is this echinoid test made of?
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I found this Coenholectypus echinoid in the Mainstreet Limestone in Fort Worth, Texas. Unlike the heart-shaped echinoid that I've found in other formations, these type echinoids' tests appear to have fossilized into a dark crystalline mineral. I'm not quite sure what mineral this is, and hope that it doesn't react to acids so that it can be acid prepped. It can be hard to see in the image, but on the edge of the fractured test you can see that it's made of a dark mineral with a reflective shimmer. I'm not sure if it is just calcite with impurities to make it that color, but of the 5 specimens of this genus, the 3 that are also crystalline have the same coloration.- 2 replies
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I believe these were found in the Lake Texoma area. Any suggestions on what they are and how I might remove some of the sediment would be much appreciated. Thank you!
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Hello everybody! New to the fossil scene. Joined DPS to try and meet more folks. Thought this might be a good avenue to pick brains and learn more.
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While staying in North Texas I made stops to a couple local creeks such as Fossil Creek in Fort Worth. I've been trying to narrow down the identification of some ammonites and other things but despite the popularity and attention the creek receives I have had a difficult time determining what formations outcrop in the specific area. It's complicated by the fact that I'm not used to the stratigraphic characteristics of the formation of the area. I strongly suspect most of my fossils to have come from the Weno based on stratigraphic descriptions. However, I have read one source that leaves the Weno undivided with the Pawpaw and the Denton so the difference may not always be clear. Is anyone familiar with the specific formation(s) for Fossil Creek? Are there any key indicator species that can make delineating the formations easier?
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I found my dog chewing on this in our backyard after he had been digging. I'm curious as to what it may be, and whether or not I should let him keep it! It is roughly 7 centimeters wide at the base and 13 centimeters long. Found in Fort Worth, Texas. Any information is appreciated! Thanks!
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Good afternoon to all. A colleague and I were doing some exploring in a creek bottom on our jobsite located in Fannin County, Texas. The creek we were walking in drains into the North Sulphur River. As we were walking we noticed a large bone sticking out of the creek bank. We decided to grab a couple of shovels and do a little more excavating. We came across multiple bones. As you may see in one of the pictures, we had to do a little digging in order to reach much of the bones, they definitely weren't just lying in the creek bank. I will upload more pictures with measurements. I kinda want to gauge if we stumbled across actual fossils, and if so we were hoping for some sort of inclination of what we may have found. The coordinates for the find are 33.4122,-96.0804. We were at least 15 feet below the grade of the jobsite in the creek.
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I’m in the twilight zone apparently...I know how ridiculous this seems, but the only thing I can find that remotely seems to match this thing for size and shape is titanaboa. I’m open to other suggestions. This was in my back yard in Fort Worth, Texas...relatively shallow - about a foot to the top of it. We are in a rocky area and are within 30 ft of the highest elevation in the county, about 150 ft above the average for the city. I can’t find a tape measure to put next to it, but measured with my iPhone and it’s 29” long, 13” wide, and about 9” at the highest point. Seems to weigh in the 80-100 lb range. It looks like were other At least 2 other snakes on top of it that you can make out on the top left of it, but pieces of them have broken off as well as some of the main specimen. The underbelly is in excellent condition...it seems clearly show “snakeskin”. It wouldn’t let me attach more pictures, but on the back you can clearly see vertebrae at almost the center position and what seems to be some other type of nerve endings above that. There are literally hundreds, maybe thousands of pieces in the immediate area from ground level down ranging from quarter sized up to basketball sized with most between golf ball and baseball. I’ve been digging slowly for 3 days with no end in sight. Many of them are hard to specifically identify but seem to almost all meet criteria for fossil and not rock. Please help...
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I found this in the creek next to my house a year or so ago and had no idea what it was. I recently saw pictures of “denture clams” and I thought it looked similar. Any input?
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My neighbor found this specimen in a gravel parking lot at his work in Fort Worth, Texas. Is this a Crinoid stem piece? The hole goes all the way through.
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I found all of these today at Fort Worth creek. I Identified most, like ammonite, nautiloid, gryphaea, bivalves, echinoids, but on the picture 2, what is that? Is that a oyster or a clam? Fourth picture is a mass gryphaea bed.
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Found it at the Trinity River in Fort Worth Texas. Is it Pleistocene and wich bone and animal is it from? About 10 cm.
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It's been a few years of hunting for me now. What began as a spontaneous trip to North Sulphur River, spurred by childhood nostalgia, has become something of a gnawing beast that constantly nibbles at the corner of my consciousness. What will the weather be like this weekend? When will I have another three-day break? Is the car road-trip ready? Do I have the right foot ware for the locale? Is that unprepped fossil an ammonite or a nautilus? When will I finally find my first mosasaur tooth? And on and on... I've often wondered if this is a pre-midlife crisis. The time I get to spend outside is usually enjoyable, even when the weather is inhospitable. Is it madness that I am picking up ammonites at Lake Texoma among rocks covered in icicles? Possibly. Why worry about freezing cold water creeping over the tops over your boots when there is a beautiful vertebra with an ebony patina sitting in the gravel bar across the channel? I've hunted the well known sites up until now. North Sulphur River, Whiskey Bridge, Post Oak Creek. I have still much to learn about these places and the fossilized remains found there. But alas the gnawing beast isn't satisfied with only a handful of locations, regardless of their charm and ability to still surprise. So with a few carefully coordinated research tools, new sites began to slowly appear on my radar. I'm gettin' around. Considering this was one of my first scouting missions, this trip was pretty productive. The finds below are all from Bosque County, and likely came from several units: Comanche Peak, Edwards, and Fort Worth. All Cretaceous. Urchins, clams, gastropod steinkerns, oysters, prints. Let me know what you think. Until the gnawing starts again, ladies and gentlemen...
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Hey Everyone! My name is Hogan and I'm an Associate Producer at Rugged Productions. I'm currently doing research for a new show concept and I'm looking for the best and most unique fossil hunters / collectors / buyers / sellers! Please let me know if this reminds you of someone (or of yourself). Thank you!
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Got a chance to get off of work early so I hit a new creek I wanted to check out. I'm glad I did. I was only out for maybe 2 hours. These are my first ammonite and echinoid finds and now I want more!! I'm not use to creek hunting as I'm use to road cuts and mountain terrain
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Good evening all, I'm a new guy on this site. Just moved from central Pennsylvania to the Dallas/ Fort Worth area a few months ago. I've been a rockhound since I could remember thanks to my old man, I'm also really into hunting fossils. I have 2 little boys who also love searching for fossils (nothing better than your little ones running up to you to show you the cool rock they found all by theirselves). We have been out every weekend looking for the awesome unique fossils that the dfw has to offer. So if your out and come across myself and my 2 boys stop by and say hi. Happy hunting and be safe
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I found this about 30 years ago in a creek by my house. No one has been able to identify it yet. Any help would be appreciated.
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