Foshunter Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Found this in the N. Sulphur river at a limestone out cropping along with several large un-known ammonites. The gastropod is a Volutomorph sp. that is 8 inches in lenght. The age is Upper Cretaceous, Campanian, Taylor Group, Lamar County, Texas. Pictured also is my son with one of the large un-known ammonites recovered on that hunt.--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Eight inches?! That is soooo cool! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hi Tom, The gastropod is great. Do you have a picture of the mouth. best regards, Han Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesta384 Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 holy large ammonites batman! im jealous!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hi Tom, The gastropod is great. Do you have a picture of the mouth. best regards, Han Most Texas shell fossils found in limestone are casts of the original shell so any important mouth parts are long gone will enclose a photo of the mouth opening.--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Foshunter.... Great finds.... You dropped on there with the ammonite... Very Nice ! Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemsonskulls Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Wonderful finds. Were these fossils exposed, or did you find them while digging? Clemsonskulls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Can't believe what comes out of that river!! For us non-Texans, how long of a stretch of river is open to fossil hunting? For example, here in Alabama, the Point-A Dam site for collecting Eocene fossils on the Conecuh River is only about two hundred yards long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Wow! Probably the longest I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 Can't believe what comes out of that river!! For us non-Texans, how long of a stretch of river is open to fossil hunting? For example, here in Alabama, the Point-A Dam site for collecting Eocene fossils on the Conecuh River is only about two hundred yards long. The good collecting extend through two counties. The river was channeled in the 30's so it would control farmland flooding and empties quickly and holds water in the lowest places, the rest is either Cretaceous shale bottom, gravel beds and ocasionally limestone bottom. When it comes a good rain and the water level goes back to normal it is a race to the river to see what treasures have turned up, not only fossils but arrowheads as well.--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 Wonderful finds. Were these fossils exposed, or did you find them while digging? Clemsonskulls They were in slightly exposed, the ammonite only a small portion was showing, the rest had to be chiseled out. This area has produced 4 more ammonites that size or larger, lots of clams, and a Mosasaur jaw, verts and ribs, arrowheads and countless shark teeth. This was one of my favorite spots to hunt, wish I could move it to Florida.--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 They were in slightly exposed, the ammonite only a small portion was showing, the rest had to be chiseled out. This area has produced 4 more ammonites that size or larger, lots of clams, and a Mosasaur jaw, verts and ribs, arrowheads and countless shark teeth. This was one of my favorite spots to hunt, wish I could move it to Florida.--Tom That's a great collecting site and nice finds ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 It looks like the erosion rate is pretty slow across the limestone layer so I would imagine it will be many years before it proves quite as fruitful again?.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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