Some Texas Urchin fossils

Neogeo · Jan 24, 2009

This is my 1st post,so Hello & I hope this works..lol

I found this one under a middin while diggin for artifacts.

this was found under there too...I think I dug into a old creek bed.

This one is the largest that I have found at spot.Man was I pumped when I first spoted it.The largest Urchins from that spot is like quarter size.....

My heart sank when I got it home ,and while brushing it off...I broke clean in 1/2....But a small drop of superglue did the trick..

Thanx for lookin....This forum is sweet btw...

11KBP · Jan 24, 2009

I like those urchin fossils. :thumbsup:

fossis · Jan 25, 2009

Welcome, thanks for posting the pic's.

Fossis.............

Neogeo · Jan 25, 2009

Thank you...If I am not diggin arrowhead,I am fossil huntin.Sometimes I can do both at the same spot.Geo

Neogeo · Feb 3, 2009

I found this Naught. in the midden,not under it this time.I think that Those Who Came Before Us HAD to see that Texas fossils were once living critters.What do ya'll think?

Here is another from the same site.

seger98 · Feb 3, 2009

Nice finds, must be nice to just be walking along & find something like that! :thumbsup:

Neogeo · Feb 3, 2009

Most of the time it is....But there are BAZILLIONS of fossils here,I now have to be slective about what I bring home.My wife has been gettin on me lol....

I could not find much when I lived in Baltimore,but once I moved to Texas,everything changed..har....
If there is anyone near Austin that wants to go look for some fossils,P.M. me...I can show ya some good spots..Geo

Urban Grund · Feb 4, 2009

Love'm!!!

oldgoat · Feb 4, 2009

Hey Geo, I thought I recognized some of those fossils, I know you from the austindiggers board...did you ever get to dig Chrisner's?

Neogeo · Feb 4, 2009

No not yet ....Kinda far from the base-camp..ifin ya know what I mean..lol
I was wonderin if I would see any friends over here.
Good luck & keep lookin down gang....Geo

oldgoat · Feb 5, 2009

Glad you made it over here...
The powers that be have decided to change my work schedule again, so I won't be able to make any more weekend hunts...but that means that maybe I can get to do some in the middle of the week when there isn't so many people trying to dig in the same spot...some perks...

Neogeo · Feb 5, 2009

I hear ya...I am gonna try to hit the sunshine in the A.M..

LanceHall · Feb 10, 2009

My guesses are:

The urchin with the widely placed tubercles (bumps) maybe a Loriolia. The smoother urchins with small bumps is a Holectypus. The heavy ribbed ammonite maybe an Oxytropidoceras but not 100% as there is a very similar one with a different first name (genus) assigned to it.

The age is Lower Cretaceous, possibly all out of the Glen Rose formation or just above.

If Glen Rose formation it's worth all the gas money you can spare to find the SALENIA ZONE but I personally don't know where it sits in the Austin area.

Neogeo · Feb 10, 2009

Thanx so much for the I.D.'s....they are tough to nail sometimes.I have some of the heart shaped ones too.Geo

steve71 · Feb 13, 2009

must be nice to have a place to dig for artifacts.i know of many pay digs.i just cant afford them right now.i have to stick to the beaches around here.if your ever in the rockport area look me up.