JohnJ Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Last month I found a small Goniopygus echinoid in the Central Texas Georgetown Formation. Mike Murphy was able to ID it as G. budaensis. The following week, I went back and found another one. This one was hiding a little better than the first one. This G. budaensis turned out to be a rare beauty...I like it. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh-Man Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Cool find and pix John. What is geology? "Rocks for Jocks!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shark Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Very nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 To think I pronounced that site dead and handed it over to you! Couldn't have passed it onto a more astute and thorough collector I'm sure.... Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 It is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 As long as there's rock on the ground, the site is not...come to think of it, they're all dead. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 It is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks, mommabetts...but if you thinks that's awesome, hold on to your riker mounts.... During the prep, I noticed something I couldn't find any photos of on the web... Goniopygus budaensis with associated spines The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 mmmmmmmmmmmm..... sweet http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Super sweet indeed! Congrats on the find and the fact you can still see small stuff like that. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Whoo-Hoo! Great finds and awesome eyes to spot those tiny things. -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...
Roz Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 John J What a beauty! Things don't get any better than that... You also have corrected a fallacy on my part. I did not think echs with spines in Texas could be found. Have found some spines and echs but never together! Is that upper or lower Cretaceous? Dan Do you have any more dead, non-producing sites you wanna throw my way...??? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 You know there are some museum quality fossil displays at a local bookstore called Half Price Books here in Dallas. They were donated for everyones viewing pleasure from private collectors.Your specimen should be right along side them Great find and prep job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1971 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Wow! That looks incredible! Congrats on a great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Wow! That looks incredible! Congrats on a great find! That is awsome im happy for you to find such a nice piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Sweeeet! A rare little echie WITH spines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 Thanks everyone. It is a special little find. At first, I thought some sort of brittle star was tangled up at the echie's base. I had never seen "paddle-tougue-tentacle" spines before. Some of our members have spectacular collections of echinoids with spines, but I haven't seen any like this. Have any of you seen photos of Goniopygus spines? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Very, very special; what a contrast to "The Tusk"! Congratulations for another uber-drooler!! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 John J... Is that upper or lower Cretaceous? ... Thanks, Roz. The Georgetown Formation is a part of the Lower Cretaceous Washita Group and it stretches throughout Central Texas. You could think of it as a compressed version of Duck Creek/Fort Worth/Denton/Weno/Mainstreet. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 ...You also have corrected a fallacy on my part. I did not think echs with spines in Texas could be found. Have found some spines and echs but never together! Roz, Remember this Phymosoma from the Walnut Formation - Texas The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Roz, Remember this Phymosoma from the Walnut Formation - Texas Dang, JohnJ, I don't. Did you post it on here before? I am hoping you didn't post it recently and I commented. You sure seem like a magnet to them. It's something for me to shoot for. That's a great looking devil too..... Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 I've done some final cleaning around the spines and apical (top) area...bizarre display of nature. You can see more in my gallery. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I was looking for this post the other day and could not find. That is perfection. One of my many fossil goals is to find one, any ech with spines... Something about all echs fascinates me.. Truly graceful creatures... Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinoid1 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 If you dont mind me asking, how did you prep it? I like crinoids...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 If you dont mind me asking, how did you prep it? 4X visor, straight pin, needle, cotton swab, toothbrush and water. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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