jimmy1971 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Well.....still excited from yesterday's finds, my brother, my son, and I hit a creek in search of some shark teeth. I think I just passed the fossiling bug on to my brother! He had fun and wants to go again. That's how it started for me. I think I found my first Ptychodus tooth...still not sure though. Here is what we found today: A few teeth, a couple of gastropod looking shell fragments, a tiny fish vert, and what looks like some bone fragments....not sure tohugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Looks like you got a lot of teeth. Sorry, but they are a bit on the blurry side. Nice when your family all likes to hunt.. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Hey Jimmy does your supposed Ptychodos tooth look like this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Dang, snakekeeper... that pup is huge... Hope you found your first, Jimmy... Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1971 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 Hey Jimmy does your supposed Ptychodos tooth look like this?? Yes it does.....just a little more worn down that that, but it does look just like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Ok, then you have Ptychodos Whipplei They have the most distinctly developed cusp {rounded portion} of the Ptychodontidae. great find. Were you at post oak creek?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1971 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 Ok, then you have Ptychodos WhippleiThey have the most distinctly developed cusp {rounded portion} of the Ptychodontidae. great find. Were you at post oak creek?? Thanks snakekeeper. It's not as big as that one and it is worn down a bit....but it does look very similar. Are there many Ptychodontidae? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 the welton/farish book lists like eleven species found in Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadyW Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 My first trip to Post Oak Creek turned out to be my best. In 20+ visits since, I've never found a Ptychodos anything like the size of my first... and it was directly under the bridge, where everyone first enters the creek! (the tooth not only has beautiful coloration, but it's just a little under 2" in length) Every complex scientific problem has an elegant and simple solution... and it is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Well.....still excited from yesterday's finds, my brother, my son, and I hit a creek in search of some shark teeth. I think I just passed the fossiling bug on to my brother! He had fun and wants to go again. That's how it started for me. Not only have you come down with stage-2 fossil fever, you're now a carrier! (Now, about that camera...) "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...
CreekCrawler Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 (the tooth not only has beautiful coloration, but it's just a little under 2" in length) Nice tooth Daniel! It has exceptional enamel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I've yet to find one of these. Is this a shark or a ray, or something I don't know about??? :huh?: The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1971 Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 WOW shady! That is a nice tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Great finds, nice teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I've yet to find one of these. Is this a shark or a ray, or something I don't know about??? :huh?: Ptychodid sharks have been a puzzle since they were first described in the mid-1880s and it is still uncertain whether they are more closely related to sharks or rays. Generally, they are known only from isolated teeth in late Cretaceous (Albian through Campanian) deposits. Several more or less complete jaw plates, consisting of a hundred or more teeth, have also been found. In a few cases, the teeth are associated with vertebrae and dermal scales that are very similar to those of Squalicorax. The current view of the family Ptychodontidae is that they are related to hybodont sharks.taken from Elasmo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Great finds, and there is always room for another fossil hunter. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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