Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) I took my loving wife out for a dip down section recently, making a fruitful stop in the Pecan Gap Formation ('bout 72 or 73 MYA). As we were walking and I was giving m'lady a site/formation primer, my radar went off and I picked up a piece of chalky float 20 seconds into our outing. It struck me as crabby. I've attached a field shot for your scrutiny. Later I did some light scribe prep, experience guiding a my hand as I gingerly probed around carapace nodes with which I was unfamiliar, reason being that Campanian crabs tend to be quite scarce in Texas, and this was my first. Later I circulated pics to a few crab experts, and a few possible genera came out in our exchanges....Opthalmoplax, Dromilites, Tehuacana, and Necrocarcinus. Whether it is a new species is still up in the air. Fun find no matter how it shakes out. Edited July 29, 2014 by danwoehr 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 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) Next, a few Pachydiscus travisi Edited July 29, 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 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Another Pachydiscus followed by a Hemiaster echinoid and a gastropod thrown in for variety. 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 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Farther down section, in the Austin Chalk, Santonian, about 84 MYA, we found a couple echinoids. The big one is a disheveled but rare Cardiaster, and the spatangoid is a Hemiaster. Now my wife has claimed a couple more sites as "hers"... 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 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Addendum: A cute pos/neg limonitic ammonite from the Pecan Gap Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertman Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Beautiful stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrian Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Nice finds! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Congrats on the crabby Fund! New species would be nice. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Fantastic post and finds, as per usual. Thanks for the post, Dan. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "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...
RyanNREMTP Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Great finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I can dig it! "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...
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