JamieLynn Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 I had the pleasure of arranging a special fossil hunt to the Red Beds of Texas - a famous Permian site that was originally described by Copes in 1870's and later by Romer. It's an old quarry on private land that we were able to take a group of 10 to hunt on. And I was corrected by our guide that it was really not so much a "hunt" as a "collect" because the fossils were literally EVERYWHERE! You could sit in a 10 foot radius circle and be picking up vertebrate material all day long! We collected for about 5 hours and everyone came away with some fabulous fossils. Lots of amphibian skull pieces, sometimes with jaws and teeth sockets, vertebrae, lots of little toe bones, shark teeth and spines and much more. Most were small things, but occasionally you'd fine a nice big vert or piece of bone. Full Dimetrodon skeletons have been recovered from this site as well as amphibian Eryops and others. Here are some of my favorites from the "collection"! Dimetrodon toe bone: 3/8 inch Amphibian Eryops Toe bone: 1 inch Eryops ungal (toe bone) 1/2 inch Eryops jaw and tooth sockets - 1 inch Amphibian skull fragment (the biggest bit I found - 1 1/2 inches) Eryops Tooth: 1/4 inch Another jaw fragment - 1/2 inch An unknown tooth: 1/8 inch Orthocanthus shark tooth (Fresh water shark - there were HUNDREDS if not thousands of these teeth, but rarely do you find a complete one. Some were big, almost an inch, but this one was 1/4 inch) The blue color is amazing Some awesome little amphibian tooth plates, all around 1 inch This one has little teeth that look like hersheys kisses! smaller one - 1/2 inch my best vertebra (found about 4 but most were crunchy). 3/4 inch A lungfish tooth 1/2 inch Lots of other bits and pieces of bones and spines: This is a Dimetrodon sail spine fragment. Some of the others found even better bits. 1/2 inch Edaphosaurus spine spur (a different type of Dimetrodon). Size 1 inch I can't wait to go back out again - I hope to find a Dimetrodon claw (a couple of the group did). Next time!! 17 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 jaw on the floor, what a crazy place! Thanks for sharing these 1 “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 Excellent report and finds! Were you able to collect any matrix for at home hunting? 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...
Ludwigia Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 Excellent!! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Excellent report and finds! Were you able to collect any matrix for at home hunting? Ahhh yes, I totally forgot about that part!! We got to take home a sand bag full of matrix! I am washing it down now and will strain it soon. It was QUITE muddy, so I am curious to see how much actual fossils I get..... www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Wow...what an amazing collection of fossils, and what a great location to visit! Definitely will keep and eye out for what micros you find in the matrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Wow, what a dream opportunity! Those are outstanding finds, the color on the shark teeth is quite lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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