Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) I've been doing a bit of hiking lately and turning up a few interesting things in Texas. First, the Corsicana Formation, 68 MYA. I was pleased to encounter this leggy Dakoticancer australis crab. Edited July 6, 2014 by danwoehr 1 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Moving along with prep... Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 awesome crab!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 A little more effort continues to pay off... Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 This crab has some issues, like a squashed and displaced face, but overall, I'm happy to add it to my collection. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) The same day, I was fortunate to cross paths with my largest ammonite to date from the formation, a 6" example of what I believe to be Gaudryceras kayei. It too requred some restoration. Edited July 6, 2014 by danwoehr 1 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Cool constrictions and sutures on this one. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 More sutures Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 I also recently encountered some natural asphalt seeps in the Escondido Formation, 66 MYA. In a few spots, the Escondido tar sands gave up a few rare ammonites. First Coahuilites c.f. sheltoni 1 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 More C. sheltoni Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Another interesting C. sheltoni Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 These asphalt ammonites are delightfully stenchful. If you put your nose against them and draw in a deep breath, you get a good woof of petroliferous acridity. Now, Pachydiscus c.f. mokobitensis 1 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Well, that's about enough fun for now....almost. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 ? Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Truly amazing specimens Dan. Your collection must be stellar sir. Did you find and prep that crab in one day??? ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Charlie - That crab was the product of 2-3 lunch hours sitting out behind the building with my scribe...good thing I'm able to run a 50 foot air hose outside. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Fantastic crab. Congratulations! http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 I've been doing a bit of hiking lately and turning up a few interesting things in Texas. First, the Corsicana Formation, 68 MYA. I was pleased to encounter this leggy Dakoticancer australis crab. Dan Really nice crab! I probably wouldn't have even seen that specimen in situ. Really nice prep job. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 marco, that's only because i have a 9 year jump on you in that formation, during which time i've trained my eyes to tune in on small scale subtleties. i'm often too late, and the resulting "explodacancers" are fragmented in the ground beyond recovery. i was lucky to find this one in bedded marl, so i dug wide, extricated a block, and hoped for the best. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Nice finds, Dan. Did you reconstruct those claws on the Dakotacancer or did you prep them out? Your early pics seem to show them missing at the "elbow". -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertman Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Nice! Love the "as found" image of the Gaudryceras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 good question, dave. the right claw was found loose and missing the movable finger. so that finger is epoxy. the left cheliped was eroded away from the merus on out, so i rummaged around my box-o-body parts and gave it a prosthetic. now it's the 6 million dollar crab! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 richard, i'm pretty sure that's what it is. g. kayei is an extremely evolute form. although the inner whorl detail isn't well defined on this specimen, i have an evolute partial with the same sutures and constrictions which is obviously the same form. both this ammo and the crab took center stage in my Kco cabinet. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Kill Krustacean My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Awesome finds bud! good to see your getting some hunting time in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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