1/31/2024 0 Comments Giant ammoniteThat's why I get a kick out of the more rare Upper Cretaceous specimens. Morts and Eos (and Oxys in the Goodland and Plesioturrilites of the Del Rio, Grayson, and Pawpaw farther north) are somewhat of the "common currency" of Texas ammonites together probably constituting 90% of the ammonite finds in TX. So if you have a good Kau site, work it hard as the stuff is more rare and therefore desirable to seasoned collectors. If it was east of 35 you were probably in the Austin Chalk which also has big ammonites, but productive exposures are much less common that those bearing Kgt ammonites. If it was to the west you probably found Kgt limestone overlying the Ked, and the Kgt may have been treated as overburden. I didn't catch whether you were east or west of I-35. Riria Hotere goes back to the time of dinosaurs to meet an enormous. TikTok video from DiamondMinerivins (diamondminerivins): 'I Found Two Giant Ammonite Fossils in one museum find texas creeks. Ammonites were aquatic creatures that went extinct 65 million years ago. ![]() ![]() I once found a few rough Mortoniceras ammonites and Macraster echinoids in the San Marcos area, but they were sparse and that is the farthest sound I've found them along the Balcones escarpment (but they do once again become much more common in far West Texas). One of New Zealand's largest fossils is on permanent display in Te Papa. The cast of the giant ammonite displayed at the Qualicum Beach Museum. If you found Eos in the Kgt of that area, you've done better than I have. Giant Iron Ammonite, BBC shoot Sept 2003 011 by Paul Williams (Iron Ammonite) Minerals And Gemstones Rocks And Minerals Raw Gemstones Geology Rocks Dinosaur Fossils Prehistoric Animals Rocks And Gems Stone Rocks Science And Nature More information. ![]() The Kgt pinches pretty thin in the San Marcos anticline.
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