PaleoTerra Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I have finished cleaning and sorting my recent Waco Pit finds. I am now ready to start labeling and was wondering if anyone has ever put out any kind of ID info for the specimens at this site...especially something that may list some of the more obscure stuff. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 What is the Waco Pit, and what are the fossils? What age? The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoTerra Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 (edited) What is the Waco Pit, and what are the fossils? What age? The Waco Pit is actually the Waco Lake Research Area just west of Waco Texas. It is Late Cretaceous, I believe, and the fossils mainly come from the Del Rio formation... Edited August 31, 2013 by PaleoTerra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 OK. not my area (time) unless you've got turtle pieces. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Here is a good paper on the micro morph fauna. Follow the references listed for more information. I am also attaching a faunal list that I started earlier this summer after collecting the site myself. It is only a second draft and probably needs much work but it will get you going. Otherwise many of the fossils found there can be identified using the various Cretaceous of Texas publications of the Houston Gem and Mineral Society, Paleo Division (visit their web site) or A Field Guide to Fossils of Texas by Charles Finsley. origin-of-the-grayson-micromorph-fauna.pdf Grayson Fauna.pdf Waco Pit Field Guide.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoTerra Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 Here is a good paper on the micro morph fauna. Follow the references listed for more information. I am also attaching a faunal list that I started earlier this summer after collecting the site myself. It is only a second draft and probably needs much work but it will get you going. Otherwise many of the fossils found there can be identified using the various Cretaceous of Texas publications of the Houston Gem and Mineral Society, Paleo Division (visit their web site) or A Field Guide to Fossils of Texas by Charles Finsley. origin-of-the-grayson-micromorph-fauna.pdf Grayson Fauna.pdf Waco Pit Field Guide.pdf Thank you Very much for the information! It has already helped immensely, especially the faunal list, I had no Idea the pit contained that many species and subspecies! Quite surprised that I managed to collect more than half of the faunal list on my very first trip to Waco! Did note that the Goniophorus I found may not be scotti but the whitneyi species...again Thank you for the response Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Thank you Very much for the information! It has already helped immensely, especially the faunal list, I had no Idea the pit contained that many species and subspecies! Quite surprised that I managed to collect more than half of the faunal list on my very first trip to Waco! Did note that the Goniophorus I found may not be scotti but the whitneyi species...again Thank you for the response The list is only an early draft and I have not sorted out all the synonyms or taxonomic revisions yet. The two Goniophorus species may be equal, one just the juvenile form, but I cannot remember which is which without my books handy. It certainly is an exciting place to collect considering some of the amazing brittle and regular starfish to be found and there must be a few articulated Coenholectypus or "Cidarids" in there. Same with crustaceans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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