silverphoenix Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I finally got all of my finds from whiskey bridge cleaned and sorted. Each compartment contains a different species. I have found all but 3 or 4 species that are known to be found at the site. Let me know what you think--I still need to label everything, but the hard part was finding, then cleaning, then sorting XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 wow thats alot of shells! i see a few sharks teeth, and a land mammal tooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 hey! you found an eocene marine bison tooth! um, how'd you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverphoenix Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 it's a pleistocene three toed horse tooth I found on the bank by my digsite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Man that is alot of fossils!!!!! Great finds, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I love the Conus shells! I only found one quality one when I went earlier this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 horse tooth? three-toed? looks bisony to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 It would be nice to compare your shells with my Ten Mile Creek, Chipola Formation shells from the Miocene of Florida. I see several that look identical and a few that are similar. I have a few pictured in my gallery called Ten Mile Creek, but the photos are not too clear. My conus are smaller than yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Nice finds! It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 ...My conus are smaller than yours. Don't feel bad, mine probably are too. "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...
Auspex Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 ...Let me know what you think... I think that you are the Man from Awsome! What a great site collection!! (Anyone who "bothers" with shells has my admiration automatically, and you obviously care a lot for them). "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...
jkfoam Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Silverphoenix, Great finds. It looks like you have some really nice specimens there. What are you going to use to identify your fossils. There is a really good CD available entitled "Middle Eocene Claiborne Group Invertebrate Fossils, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, Burleson County, Texas. I think you can get it from the Paleontology Section of the Houston Gem and Mineral Society or directly from the author/publisher John H. Emerson. It is a very comprehensive pictorial compilation of the Stone City invertebrates. JKFoam The Eocene is my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Don't feel bad, mine probably are too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 wow, great collection, i would loooooooooooooooooooooove to go to a site like that, now all you need to do is go back and find those few items to complete your collection of shells! Thanks a lot for sharing, i really like pics like these that show such a variety of fauna "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffagso2369 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Beautiful. You did a splendid job with the cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 oh nice tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1971 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 WOW! great job! That must have taken some time and alot of work. Great collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1971 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Silverphoenix,Great finds. It looks like you have some really nice specimens there. What are you going to use to identify your fossils. There is a really good CD available entitled "Middle Eocene Claiborne Group Invertebrate Fossils, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, Burleson County, Texas. I think you can get it from the Paleontology Section of the Houston Gem and Mineral Society or directly from the author/publisher John H. Emerson. It is a very comprehensive pictorial compilation of the Stone City invertebrates. JKFoam Here's a link to a couple of pages from the HGMS publication that might help. Whiskey bridge fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2gould Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Nice finds and great job cleaning/storing/displaying. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 it's a pleistocene three toed horse tooth I found on the bank by my digsite Your tooth appears to be a cow or bison cheek tooth. Good job with the mollusks! http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverphoenix Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 Maybe it is a bison tooth after all--I've seen a lot of horse teeth come off the brazos, but this is the first bison tooth I've found--the horse teeth are a bit more curved... Thanks for the comments! I'm going back tomorrow, so I'll be posting more pictures soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Silverphoenix,<< What are you going to use to identify your fossils. There is a really good CD available entitled "Middle Eocene Claiborne Group Invertebrate Fossils, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, Burleson County, Texas. I think you can get it from the Paleontology Section of the Houston Gem and Mineral Society or directly from the author/publisher John H. Emerson. It is a very comprehensive pictorial compilation of the Stone City invertebrates. JKFoam I concur with JK. . . I went to Whiskey Bridge earlier this year and then ordered the CD and the book. The book (138 pages) is spiral bound with two specimens per page (109 total pages of specimens). Each page has a picture followed by Distinguishing Characteristics (appearance, shape, exterior sculpture), followed by Comments and finally Identification References. I found it to be quite helpful as well as confusing. All in all the Emersons have done a great job. Looking at your box I think you may have more than 2 or 3 species missing!!<grin> but hey - that means you get to go back and back and back!!! Good luck on your collecting and you have a great start - congrats Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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