Fossil Hunting On The Beach!

[silverphoenix]

I went to Galveston this weekend and found a decent amount of fossils on the beach---I have a couple verts I can't identify, so if someone could identify them, that'd be great And Some of these are not fossilized, but I posted them anyways because they are pretty interesting.

Dolphin vertebrae

Bison vertebrae

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fish skull

What is this??? camel?

fish vert

What is this? Small mammal vert?

old fish skull

partially fossilized fish skull

[Guest bmorefossil]

some nice verts, most the verts i find are really beat up and worn ones you can find down there are really nice, good job

[mommabetts]

Those are awesome finds, love the pipe.

[jimmy1971]

Very nice finds. How does Galveston look after the hurricane? Please give us an update on the condition of the island. Are the hotels still there? How do the beaches look?

[Ronbo]

Cool stuff what is the pot looking thing in the first picture about half way up on the left hand side of the pic?

[silverphoenix]

It's an old pipe--

Galveston looks ok on the interior---everything is functioning there like nothing happened. It's just if you go to the beach on the west end that you see there's NO BEACH! and the 2nd row of houses are now beach front--first row is gone. The site I hunt was only positively affected because a lot of great stuff washed up. They did a pretty good job of cleaning up the island I'd say, but as for bolivar--can anyone say "wiped clean"?