Dave Bowen Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I extracted this in Fort Worth from a construction site. I believe it to be a Parapuzosia <Americana, or seppenradensis> ? The Americana looks closer to me because of the lack of ribbing that is normally found on the Sepp. I know some of you have forgotten more than I've ever known about N Texas ammonites, so I'm looking for either confirmation, or a positive ID please. Thank you! Dave Bowen Collin County, Texas. Paleontology: The next best thing to time travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bowen Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 I extracted this in Fort Worth from a construction site. I believe it to be a Parapuzosia <Americana, or seppenradensis> ?The Americana looks closer to me because of the lack of ribbing that is normally found on the Sepp. I know some of you have forgotten more than I've ever known about N Texas ammonites, so I'm looking for either confirmation, or a positive ID please. Thank you! Cont pics Dave Bowen Collin County, Texas. Paleontology: The next best thing to time travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 looks kinda like eopachydiscus to me but what do i know? you'll get the definitive answer before noon, unless a couple of guys here sleep late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Nice find! Coincidentely I found one like that at a Ft. Worth construction site a few years back, so I will be waiting on that ID too... Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I can't resist it: "Need Another Opinion Please" OK, you are ugly too. In memory of the late, great R.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Rodney was da king!! Last time I saw a mouth like that.... It had a hook in it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bowen Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 I can't resist it:"Need Another Opinion Please" OK, you are ugly too. In memory of the late, great R.D. haha. I didn't need confirmation on that! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, however, sometimes ugly is just obvious. Good ol' Rodney. What a tragic loss that was. Dave Bowen Collin County, Texas. Paleontology: The next best thing to time travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicranurus Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I can't resist it:"Need Another Opinion Please" OK, you are ugly too. In memory of the late, great R.D. LOL "It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living." -Sir David Attenborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Eopachydiscus marcianus, basal Duck Creek Formation, about 103 million years old. Parapuzosia is found most commonly in the Austin Chalk, which outcrops farther east in the DFW area roughly around Garland and north and south from there. Nice Eo! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bowen Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Eopachydiscus marcianus, basal Duck Creek Formation, about 103 million years old. Parapuzosia is found most commonly in the Austin Chalk, which outcrops farther east in the DFW area roughly around Garland and north and south from there. Nice Eo! Yea Dan! Thank you. It does look more like an Eo, so I'll chalk ... lol this one up as officially ID'd. Dave Bowen Collin County, Texas. Paleontology: The next best thing to time travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Dan's the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Dave you poor guy, fishin' for answers good but DON'T BE THE BAIT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielp Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I would like to know too, I live due north of dallas/fw on the ok/tx border. I have prob got 50 of those ammonites, I find them evertime I go to the lake. We have found them from the size of your palm up to close to 2 feet in diameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bowen Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 Eopachydiscus marcianus, basal Duck Creek Formation, about 103 million years old. Parapuzosia is found most commonly in the Austin Chalk, which outcrops farther east in the DFW area roughly around Garland and north and south from there. Nice Eo! Eopachydiscus marcianus If you need someone to take some ammonites out of your way at the lake, I would happy to do so. I would like to have more than one of these in my collection. Dave Bowen Collin County, Texas. Paleontology: The next best thing to time travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielp Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Eopachydiscus marcianusIf you need someone to take some ammonites out of your way at the lake, I would happy to do so. I would like to have more than one of these in my collection. If you make it to lake texoma when it is low you can find them all over. When it isn't low I find alot of them in the dry creekbeds around the lake along with many other types of fossils. In one area we have found ammonites, "devil's toenails" , what looks like cone shaped snails and even a mammoth tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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