RonE Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) Found in Fossil Creek was totally covered in mudstone when I found this. Not even sure it's a fossil. Edited March 24, 2013 by RonE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
araucaria1959 Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 How old are the sediments where it was found? A direct view on the margins, where the shell was broken, may help, but it can be a fragment of a heavily weathered oyster. araucaria1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonE Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Found the specimen in a pile of dirt and gravel that the city dug out several years ago. There are a large number of Texigrphaea in the same pile of dirt which is what I was really looking for (the kids my daughter teaches love the fossils once I polish them up.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
araucaria1959 Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Yes, it looks like a fragment of an oyster. araucaria1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Yes, it looks like a fragment of an oyster. araucaria1959 What he said. "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...
RonE Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) If this is just a fragment, how big could oysters get during the Cretaceous. Edited March 25, 2013 by RonE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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