icatz
spending too much on rocks
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Post by icatz on Oct 31, 2015 6:50:29 GMT -5
Found at an old limestone quarry near Lake Texoma in the 90s. There were a lot of people and a lot more fossils. This was just laying on the ground. A friend cleaned it up. It's around 8" long and 4" high. Not sure what it's called. I want to say Nautilus shell but that doesn't sound right.  |
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inyo
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Post by inyo on Oct 31, 2015 7:42:10 GMT -5
Found at an old limestone quarry near Lake Texoma in the 90s. There were a lot of people and a lot more fossils. This was just laying on the ground. A friend cleaned it up. It's around 8" long and 4" high. Not sure what it's called. I want to say Nautilus shell but that doesn't sound right.
You are correct that it's a cephalopod. But it's a section of an ammonite--an extinct cephalopod, probably from the lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation.
Here's a web page pertaining to the Lake Texoma fossils: Lake Texoma.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 31, 2015 9:21:33 GMT -5
Nice Ammonite section.......Thumbs up!!! I have a whole one,around here somewhere.....
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icatz
spending too much on rocks
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Post by icatz on Nov 1, 2015 7:24:33 GMT -5
Found at an old limestone quarry near Lake Texoma in the 90s. There were a lot of people and a lot more fossils. This was just laying on the ground. A friend cleaned it up. It's around 8" long and 4" high. Not sure what it's called. I want to say Nautilus shell but that doesn't sound right.
You are correct that it's a cephalopod. But it's a section of an ammonite--an extinct cephalopod, probably from the lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation.
Here's a web page pertaining to the Lake Texoma fossils: Lake Texoma.
Thanks for the info. My Lord there are a lot of fossils there. Unfortunately, the person I was with only wanted to spend a few minutes so I wasn't able to really explore and find more things. I found my piece within the first few minutes. But the parking was pretty close to the hunting area when I was there. Another mention should go to the abandoned train station in Paris, Texas. Everywhere you walk around the tracks there are tons of small marine fossils. Shells, mainly, but in perfect condition. And, at dusk in Paris, we watched the bats come home to roost. The person I was with is a train person (me, too). so we spent much more time there. It was a beautiful, quiet place. We were the only ones there. |
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