Uncle Siphuncle Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I got out of the house a little bit this weekend and spent most of my time in Cretaceous marine exposures. Sat - Site 1 - Georgetown fm solo, 3 Holaster simplex echinoids, 1 huge but ugly Macraster sp. echinoid, 2 Mortoniceras sp. echinoids Sat - Sites 2 and 3 - Ozan fm with Forum member John Jackson, combined total 1 old bottle, 2 flint blades, one mammoth proximal femur or humerus (ball), 1 Menabites ammonite, 2 Scaphites ammonites in the same hunk of matrix, many large Lopha oysters Sat - Site 4 - Walnut fm solo, 30 nice Heteraster echinoids, some dusted with pyrite, 5 Phymosoma texanum echinoids, one large Tetragramma texanum echinoid Mon - Site 1 - Pecan Gap fm solo, 1 Echinocorys texanus echinoid, 1 nautiloid, 1 Proraster echinoid, 5 Pachydiscus travisi ammonites Most of this stuff won't achieve full glory until prepped. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 wow that is some nice finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Hey Dan. You certianly find quite the array of diffeerent fossils, and you dont seem to travel far? I would absolutly love to hang around you for a couple of days and do some fossil hunting!!! Just wish I had more money to spend. Very nice fossil hunting trip Dan. Im sure im not the only envious person here. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Is this place near your home? Lowes Farm Krew For Life! ~C*J*J*D*D*G*P~ My Shark Teeth Website.MANSFIELD EXCLUSIVES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Real nice fossils. Looks like Texas is the place to live if you are a fossil collector. Do you find much in the quarry? Looks like a great place to collect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 How fun! You seem to know these sites well; were there any surprises among the finds? "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...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 Actually the sites were spread out over a 200 mile stretch from my house, but with my little car I only blew $50 in gas this weekend. I generally have to log some miles to find myself awash in quality fossils. One creek was a buddy's honey hole, one creek was my honey hole, and the other 2 sites were active construction sites I hit after hours. The Tetragramma echinoid was a bit of a surprise and was found in fading light after a long day of site hopping. Also a surprise was a slightly damaged but huge Holaster echinoid. You can't really tell from the in situ image shown, but the Echinocorys echinoid with the apical system poking out of the chalk is about the size of an orange. It has its share of damage but is still a cool and rare find. It wasn't a surprise though as I had found them at that site before. The big surprise was that when I was breaking the block apart to get the echinoid, 2 perfect Pachydiscus ammonites split out of the same block. I'll have more images in my May report. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFossilHunter Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Those fossils are awesome. You never cease to amaze me, Dan. Did i ever tell you you I consider you like a fossil collecting god? I think i myself am being very active with my collecting but I don't think I can ever surpass you or even come close! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted May 29, 2008 Author Share Posted May 29, 2008 Compliments appreciated, but try to convince my wife of the same! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milou115 Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Hey ! Very nice ammos ! May we have the photos of your Scaphites and Menuites ? pleeeeeeeeease See you ! Mil' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Cool preforms and great fossils too ! It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted June 1, 2008 Author Share Posted June 1, 2008 Here are images of the prepped Echinocorys texanus echinoid and the 2 Pachydiscus travisi ammonites that fell out of same block when I split it to get the echinoid. I love this formation but at times it can be stingy with its fossils. I was hoping to get at least 1 more of these Echinocorys before the site is gone. Now I got my wish! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 awesome stuff Dan! again, love the in situ shots! ! "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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