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I’ve been spending some time going through the fossils I’ve been collecting at Whiskey Bridge near Bryan, Texas. This site represents the Stone City formation of the middle Eocene.
 

Although I struggled with identifying many of the fossils at first, purchasing a copy of Emerson’s Invertebrates of the Stone City Bluff has proved invaluable. I have a few initial IDs but I was wondering if anyone with experience could share if they think these are correct.

 

I believe this is Bolis enterogramma.

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I identified these two as Polinices aratus based on the grooves on the callus.

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I believe this one is Michela trabeatoides but the specimen is incomplete.

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I think this is Ancilla staminea.

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These were my favorite shells to find. Two of these were found relatively close in the matrix. I identified them as Conus sauridens but I don’t understand how to tell them apart from Conus granopsis.

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These last three I’m unsure about but they look very similar to Distorsio septemdentata. I’m not sure if the third broken specimen is the same species as the other two.

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I still have many more to identify but I plan be going back to the site this weekend. My main goal is to find any kind of vertebrate material, especially shark teeth. I have heard mention that there is a layer relatively richer in vertebrate material, but I am unsure if this is true. If anyone has any tips for shark teeth at the site, let me know! 

 

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