PFOOLEY Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 'round my way (Late Cretaceous, NM), shrimp are scarce. I have been fortunate enough to find these little guys. Campanian Turonian I would love to see what shrimp others may be finding/collecting. Post your shrimp! "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Wonderful! I don't see very many fossil shrimp except from Lebanon (like my only example which you've probably seen hundreds of) - I don't find them around here myself. Some crabs/lobsters but no shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 That's cool! I've got a few shrimp claws still in concretions from the Straight, but nothing more than claws. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 awesome! they are scarce in tx too, but in the upper britton and pawpaw fms of ntx they can be had with due diligence. they tend to be 1/2-3/4 inch. upogebia is one genus represented. i hope boneman jumps on this thread.... he has more shrimp than long john silvers... Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 i hope boneman jumps on this thread.... he has more shrimp than long john silvers... Thanks, got my day started laughing! Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 If you can post the geological formations for your finds I may be able to check what species are known from there for you. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Perhaps I'm off the mark but it looks a lot like the lobster Hoploparia. I found a USGS bulletin describing Hoploparia in the Mancos Shale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 If you can post the geological formations for your finds I may be able to check what species are known from there for you. Don Dakota Sandstone (Campanian) and Semilla Sandstone (Turonian). Perhaps I'm off the mark but it looks a lot like the lobster Hoploparia. I found a USGS bulletin describing Hoploparia in the Mancos Shale. Hoploparia.jpg That specimen is awesome! (and they are definitely similar) Thank you for posting. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Dakota Sandstone (Campanian) and Semilla Sandstone (Turonian). That specimen is awesome! (and they are definitely similar) Thank you for posting. Happy to help! The USGS paper that mentions Hoploparia records it in the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale. Two years later another USGS paper established the Semilla Sandstone Member overlying the Juana Lopez. Hoploparia actually ranged into the Paleogene as well so quite a successful genus. Congrats on the great fossils! USGS 1 USGS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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