NSRaddict_1 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Here is some things we ran across yesterday in a field : The Nautiloids are pyrite replacement . Hunting fossils is fun , but discovering is better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 very nice, some of them are so small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Great finds the, top picture middle fossil... does that have barnacle fossils on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSRaddict_1 Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 Great finds the, top picture middle fossil... does that have barnacle fossils on it? Yes , I believe it does . Hunting fossils is fun , but discovering is better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Yes , I believe it does . very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metopocetus Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Here is some things we ran across yesterday in a field Nice finds. I really like the 5 artifacts from the holocene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Nice finds, man you got good eye sight to find the small ones. Add the pennies to the next trip fund, that is what I do with my change but for some reason it never grows fast enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megaselachus13 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Nice hunt, Are you sure that these are nautilods?. Them resemble me more to ammonoids protoconch. Should them be treated to prevent marcasite/ pyrite degradation? Greetings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 I always found barnacles made for a more interesting fossil. Great find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Looks like some wave reworked Macraster and Holaster echinoids in addition to some pyritized micromorphic ammonites, all from the Duck Creek formation I would guess. If I were a betting man I'd put my money on one particular shoreline where all of this was found, but I won't out your site! The Washita Group of North Texas presents several other cool pyritized micromorph zones each of which seems to present slight variations in fauna and preservation. Duck Creek, Pawpaw, and Del Rio/Grayson formations present some of these zones that I've visited personally. For those interested in epifaunal growths, yes certain echinoids frequently have encrusting worm tubes and oysters in several Texas Cretaceous formations. Macraster echinoids in particular seem to be found covered in worm tubes more so than other echies I've found. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NSRaddict_1 Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 Nice finds, man you got good eye sight to find the small ones. Add the pennies to the next trip fund, that is what I do with my change but for some reason it never grows fast enough! Yeah , they are small but they stand out in the matrix . With the price of gas it is hard to save enough as fast as the price goes up . Looks like some wave reworked Macraster and Holaster echinoids in addition to some pyritized micromorphic ammonites, all from the Duck Creek formation I would guess. If I were a betting man I'd put my money on one particular shoreline where all of this was found, but I won't out your site! The Washita Group of North Texas presents several other cool pyritized micromorph zones each of which seems to present slight variations in fauna and preservation. Duck Creek, Pawpaw, and Del Rio/Grayson formations present some of these zones that I've visited personally. For those interested in epifaunal growths, yes certain echinoids frequently have encrusting worm tubes and oysters in several Texas Cretaceous formations. Macraster echinoids in particular seem to be found covered in worm tubes more so than other echies I've found. Yes , Duck Creek . Hunting fossils is fun , but discovering is better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Had never heard of oyster spats, so looked it up. Also saw some pics of barnacles (had no idea how many). Looks like barnacles also. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Are they barnacles, or oyster spats? I always find those things interesting, because I guess it means the "lucky" urchin died, maybe of natural causes, just before his terrified brethren got massacred en masse. Cowboys may want to die with their boots on, but I say, "Go out wearing your spats."Auspex - feel free to translate the above for those who can't fathom my linguistic lunacy... Glad to have you back on-line! "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...
NSRaddict_1 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 These are from the same area , just later find date . Look at the teeth : Hunting fossils is fun , but discovering is better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkfoam Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Barnacle scars, oyster attachment scars or other? Umm. I went out to the barn and looked at some of my Macraster obesus and M. elegans. They all have a goodly share of worm tubes and scaring(?) on their surface. I question marked the "scaring" because it looks more like an attachment of one valve of a thin shelled clam such as an Anomiacea type clam. JKFoam The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Nice ammonites, NSR. I'd love to see some individual close ups. 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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