Texas Fossil Hound Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Poking around in some Cretaceous sites in TX this weekend and found a few decent Turrilites and a few crabs/lobster parts worth giving a new home. It was 44 degrees, windy and raining a little, but it felt good to get out and hunt! This crab carapace is from the Pawpaw formation (Looking for ID on this one. My guess is Cretacoranina punctata) Another little crab. Nice little lobster head (Linuparis) And at another site - Cretaceous - I found a few decent Turrilite Ammonites. I am anxious to get teh airscribes after teh ones in matrix to see if there is more under teh rock layers Jon "Silence is Golden, but duct tape is Silver." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertman Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Very nice little crabs you have there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Some exceptional finds there...well done, Jon. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Woah... incredible, man http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Very sweet fossils! I don't think either of those crabs are Cretacorania, though. The first one looks like a Cenomanocarcinus, and I'll have to check on the second. Both are a lot rarer than Cretacorania in the Pawpaw. Also, the lobster head looks like a Hoploparia. Linuparis is flattened top-to-bottom, and it has three ridges that are conspicuous on the cephalothorax. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) compare the first two broad bodied crabs with cenomanocarcinus renfroae. i only have one or two of these out of probably 60-75 pawpaw crabs i've collected. the third looks like a xanthosia or feldmannia with the outer margins weathered off. all cool finds. Edited February 13, 2013 by danwoehr Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiladdict Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Cool! Fossils are simply one of the coolest things on earth--discovering them is just marvelous! Makes you all giddy inside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 the crabs are awesome Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Really cool crab. So let me guess.... The shale slope is covered with ironstone concretions that are similar to the crab in size and color. I would know, because that's always the way it is. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Fossil Hound Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Thanks for the tips to pursue. I will do some homework to figure out a little more about these little fellas. "Silence is Golden, but duct tape is Silver." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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