Quick DFW tour: from Fort Worth to Grand Prairie and back

[Shaun-DFW Fossils]

I mapped out a quick trip to recover some pet wood I identified last week but failed to initially remove due to having too many ammonites (I know, a real problem!), taking me initially by a Fort Worth formation spot. I found a few huge macraster echinoids (currently being cleaned a little) in tarrant county, a few smaller mortoniceras ammonites, and a nice bivalve. Then I swung by the eagle ford shale where it starts after the woodbine and found 2 conlinoceras and some nice pet wood in addition to my target specimens from last week. Also a bone, currently awaiting ID. Tarrant to dallas counties, TX

[Balance]

You are always loading up! 😊 Nice day. 
 

The bone has two articulation joints at the bottom. This makes it an even toed ungulate. 
 

Bison, Cow , deer etc. 

 

So the length of your bone will probably get you the most info next. 
 

Looks like a wildabeast bone I have. So maybe a small bison or cow? Elk? Even toed Yeti’s? (Very rare and obviously would only live in Texas) 

 

Jp

[Shaun-DFW Fossils]

2 hours ago, Balance said:

You are always loading up! 😊 Nice day. 
 

The bone has two articulation joints at the bottom. This makes it an even toed ungulate. 
 

Bison, Cow , deer etc. 

 

So the length of your bone will probably get you the most info next. 
 

Looks like a wildabeast bone I have. So maybe a small bison or cow? Elk? Even toed Yeti’s? (Very rare and obviously would only live in Texas) 

 

Jp

Thanks! I might as well take as much as I can find, before the elements destroy the fossils or a yeti runs off with them to his cave of hoarded fossils. 🤣  The bone is 9”. I suspect cow..that’s the feedback I’ve received so far! I can’t wait to get the huge chunk of pet wood cleaned up a little more and maybe flattened/polished on one side.

[Balance]

Totally understand the elements and yeti theft fears….

 

I was thinking yesterday that it should be a thing for lifetime fossil hunters to return everything before they die. For me it’s easy, just float the whole river and randomly toss fossils out until I run out or hit the ocean. 😂😂😂 

 

For you, you’ll need a dump truck and a backhoe. So I guess my romanticism is dead in the water. 😁

 

For your “never gonna need it”  image library here are some African even and odd toed ungulates. Believe it or not these bones make incredibly comfortable handles on knives. Kinda edgy for a chef to be prepping with a wildebeest bone attached to a chefs knife too.  These get vacuum stabilized and dyed with a resin that turns to solid when heated. So they are essentially man made fossils and not bones anymore. 
 

Have a great day!! 
 

Have you thought about slicing the wood?
 

Jp

 

left to right:

zebra, impala, and two wildebeest. Not that you’re finding them in your creeks but I imagine there’s similarities in the looks of the Equus horse and the zebra and the wildebeest and the Bo’s/bison family. Impala is like a scaled up deer. 

Here’s some kitchen knives with bone handles. Last pic is of a set I made and used mammoth ivory as the front handle section. (Pucker factor was a 12)

 

Edited January 7 by Balance
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[Coco]

Very nice knives.

 

Coco

[Yoda]

Very nice, especially the Ammonites

 

And like the knives too 

[Shaun-DFW Fossils]

37 minutes ago, Yoda said:

Very nice, especially the Ammonites

 

And like the knives too 

 

18 hours ago, Balance said:

Totally understand the elements and yeti theft fears….

 

I was thinking yesterday that it should be a thing for lifetime fossil hunters to return everything before they die. For me it’s easy, just float the whole river and randomly toss fossils out until I run out or hit the ocean. 😂😂😂 

 

For you, you’ll need a dump truck and a backhoe. So I guess my romanticism is dead in the water. 😁

 

For your “never gonna need it”  image library here are some African even and odd toed ungulates. Believe it or not these bones make incredibly comfortable handles on knives. Kinda edgy for a chef to be prepping with a wildebeest bone attached to a chefs knife too.  These get vacuum stabilized and dyed with a resin that turns to solid when heated. So they are essentially man made fossils and not bones anymore. 
 

Have a great day!! 
 

Have you thought about slicing the wood?
 

Jp

 

left to right:

zebra, impala, and two wildebeest. Not that you’re finding them in your creeks but I imagine there’s similarities in the looks of the Equus horse and the zebra and the wildebeest and the Bo’s/bison family. Impala is like a scaled up deer. 

Here’s some kitchen knives with bone handles. Last pic is of a set I made and used mammoth ivory as the front handle section. (Pucker factor was a 12)

 

Thanks Yoda! I agree, very nice knives, a Viking would be quite proud to own one of those as well. That’s a great idea!