gturner333 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 A recent trip to Jacksboro turned out really well for me. Although I don't normally get too excited over a gastropod, I did find an Apotocardium lanterna in very good shape. There is a lot of detail left. Also, I found three goniatites, which in all of my previous trips I have only one. And lastly, I found 6 pieces of petrified wood in a small cluster out on the flats. Has anyone found much petrified wood at Jacksboro? One book mentioned that there were stem segments in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Nice pieces, especially the rostroconch. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Nice specimens "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Exceptional results. Good goniatites have always been slow in coming for me at Jax. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Nice haul! That is a nice Apotocardium bivalve.. have not seen one of those before. What a diverse fauna that site has.. What else haven't I seen yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gturner333 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 The petrified wood was new to me. Have any of you found much of that? Although not rare, I did find my largest Worthinia that day along with some Pharkidonus percarinatus gastropods, which were new to me. I love that name. Now that the lake level is so low, hunting down by the water - to the right of the road - is pretty good. That is where I found my largest Goniatite. Just be sure to pay your $3 fee. Two park guys stopped us when they overlooked our permit on the dash (you're supposed to put it on the windshield - our bad). But, once they realized that we weren't trying to stiff the park system, they were very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Man those are some excellent fossils! I had a good visit there a few weeks back but didn't come out with anything as good. And yes I have lots of pieces of wood from there but most of it is smaller and either carbonized or preserved as an ironstone. I've also seen scraps like yours but never that many in one spot. You did very well that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gturner333 Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Not sure if anyone is still following this post, but I need to correct my initial posting. The Apotocardium lanterna, which is a Rostrochonch, is not a gastropod but its own class under mollusk. It used to be considered a bivalve, but I believe the Rostroconchia class came into being in 1972. (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/177/4045/264) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 The Apotocardium is very nice! My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) I'd found quite a bit of wood with a similar look to that up here near Mazon Creek, Illinois. I've thought that mine might be psaronius but really not sure. Your other pieces are amazing, especially the rostraconch. Wow. Edited February 22, 2014 by Neophytus Elginian Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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