Lone Hunter Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 A few weeks ago I went snail collecting in a drainage canal that is in an outcrop of Eagle Ford - Britton formation , haven't been for awhile and there was a lot of erosion that changed things up. This area must have been very shallow Ive only found a few small ammonites and baculites the majority of finds are crab concretions. This time however no concretions, but various crab parts with unusual preservation of certain things First up want to confirm ID of Cenomanocarcinus vanstraeleni and is that an eyeball? The carapace is a little wonky and missing some but it's definitely round. Also showing area where it appears shell was ripped away and that's what's left. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikrogeophagus Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Not sure I see a crab, but will say that is a beautiful ammonite! Reminds me of the micromorphs out of the Pawpaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 13 minutes ago, Mikrogeophagus said: Not sure I see a crab, but will say that is a beautiful ammonite! Reminds me of the micromorphs out of the Pawpaw. Guess you haven't looked at many crabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Pictures aren't the best, but, I do see a crab. Photos in daylight, from directly above, with the crab in a familiar orientation might show more. 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...
rocket Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 do not see a crab, too. Looks like a limonite-nodule, partly broken The ammonite is nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Well ID was confirmed by Mercer Brugler take it up with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 (edited) I am having a hard time seeing a crab, but I think it is there. The pictures are really out of focus... if folks can't see a crab, best to tell them what you see, rather than insult them. : ) edit... I just saw a post by two of other Texans in which they found some really nice crabs. One of them was indeed they guy that you claimed had not seen many crabs. Edited March 19 by jpc 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 What jpc said Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB003 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Concur with the 2 above me. Really need better pictures for quality ID. *Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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