Texas Trip #2 The Sulphur River

[Foshunter]

July, had the pleasure once again to hunt with Barefoot Girl (Tera). We hunted a spot that I hunted many years ago where I had found some large ammonites and Mos. material. Being a little more seasoned, polite for senior citizen, the hike seemed a little distant especially on the way out. Climbing up the bank at the exit point with 2 gallon zip-lock bags full of wet gravel plus my finds and hammer etc, was taxing to say the least. My poundage had increased so much that my trusty back pack split open. We hunted the gravel bars not finding a great deal Found this Mos. tooth leaning up against a rock, maybe luck is over the horizon. Made it up to the limestone area, large amount of gravel but nothing in it except one point The limestone area was disapointing as was covered in a gray powder making ID of fossils difficult, needed a good rain which in the summer is scarce in Texas Did find a nice gastropod that prepped nicely

Finished going through the gravel I brought home from the hunt, found some interesting micro material

Sclerorhynchus rostral tooth

Pseudocorax granti

Tooth on the left is Ischyrhiza mira, the other is unknown Charcharias at this time, both are in the 2-3 mm range

Little Carcharias sp. teeth

Tube worms, top is Hamulus squamosus, the other ?

Need help on these guys?

This object is 3mm in length, does anyone know what it might be, looks toothy

Unknowns, 3mm

This guy is only 2mm, fish scale maybe?

Last but not least an armadillo party was held the night before, such party animals-----Tom

[BobWill]

So that's where I left that mosie tooth! Very nice haul. Is that black thing a morphologic globidens tooth? I'll bet T.S. wasn't wearing any shoes, huh

[Foshunter]

Bob, Don't think so on the Globidens, this tooth is smooth and gloss black, Glob. teeth have a special texture to the tooth as shown below and a circular indention at the tip of the crown. Two examples from the Sulphur R. Thanks for the reply----Tom

[RyanNREMTP]

Nice finds. Seems everyone is finding some great stuff here in Texas.

[Uncle Siphuncle]

Biodiversity...a feast for the eyes of a generalist like me.

[gturner333]

that's a nice Sclerorhynchus rostral tooth with the root. I've seen quite a few in the Ozan layer.

The "unknowns, 3mm" look like fish pharyngeal teeth.

I have also seen a lot of those fossils that are on the penny, but not sure about them. They remind me of a coral (Micrabacia?). Hopefully, someone will confirm/correct.

[Foshunter]

that's a nice Sclerorhynchus rostral tooth with the root. I've seen quite a few in the Ozan layer.

The "unknowns, 3mm" look like fish pharyngeal teeth.

I have also seen a lot of those fossils that are on the penny, but not sure about them. They remind me of a coral (Micrabacia?). Hopefully, someone will confirm/correct.

Thanks, that is a start, so many unknowns in that river, the fossils on the penny do look like coral----Tom

Edited September 22, 2014 by Foshunter

[Al Dente]

I agree with gturner333 that the unknowns 3mm are pharyngeal teeth, probably Hadrodus or similar fish: https://www.google.com/search?q=hadrodus+pharyngeal&biw=1028&bih=854&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=sk0hVPWxNsXdoASBg4FY&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

Of the 4 objects on the penny, the middle top one is certainly coral and the two on each side probably are coral. I think the object under Lincolns chin looks like a worn brachiopod, so do the pictures you labelled as fish scales but it is hard to identify these because of the worn condition.

Nice finds for loose gravel.

[Foshunter]

I agree with gturner333 that the unknowns 3mm are pharyngeal teeth, probably Hadrodus or similar fish: https://www.google.com/search?q=hadrodus+pharyngeal&biw=1028&bih=854&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=sk0hVPWxNsXdoASBg4FY&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

Of the 4 objects on the penny, the middle top one is certainly coral and the two on each side probably are coral. I think the object under Lincolns chin looks like a worn brachiopod, so do the pictures you labelled as fish scales but it is hard to identify these because of the worn condition.

Nice finds for loose gravel.

Thanks, some of the small one I ask the experts. This is something new to me after hunting the river for some 40 years when searching for the larger stuff, expanding my horizons-----Tom

[BobWill]

I've never found brachiopods there but apparently there is one and it looks like yours, Chroristothyris plicata.

[sixgill pete]

Nice finds. I really love the mososaur tooth, Ischyrhiza mira oral tooth.

[Texas Fossil Hound]

Tom,

I am going to say the 3mm picture of the 2 curved "Unknowns" are fossilized Squid beaks. I have a few of these myself. Love me some micro!

Jon

[Foshunter]

Tom,

I am going to say the 3mm picture of the 2 curved "Unknowns" are fossilized Squid beaks. I have a few of these myself. Love me some micro!

Jon

Thanks Jon, haven't come across anything like them, beaks, that would be interesting. I wish someone would take a stab at the small black tooth object, this is the micro that interests me the most---Tom

[Al Dente]

Thanks Jon, haven't come across anything like them, beaks, that would be interesting. I wish someone would take a stab at the small black tooth object, this is the micro that interests me the most---Tom

I think the small black object is a fish tooth. I'm not sure what fish it belongs to. I'm certain that the clear hooked fossils are Hadrodus teeth and not squid. Squid have beaks made of chitin which would fossilize only under unusual conditions. Nautiloids have calcite reinforced beaks that do regularly fossilize but they don't look like these. Here is a picture from Fossils of New Jersey website that show some Hadrodus teeth: http://fossilsofnj.com/skates_rays/hadrodus_priscus.htm

[Foshunter]

I think the small black object is a fish tooth. I'm not sure what fish it belongs to. I'm certain that the clear hooked fossils are Hadrodus teeth and not squid. Squid have beaks made of chitin which would fossilize only under unusual conditions. Nautiloids have calcite reinforced beaks that do regularly fossilize but they don't look like these. Here is a picture from Fossils of New Jersey website that show some Hadrodus teeth: http://fossilsofnj.com/skates_rays/hadrodus_priscus.htm

hadrodus_priscus_main_scale_web.jpg

That looks like a match, thanks---Tom