The North Sulphur River runs eastward north of I-30 in northeastern Texas.
Fossils can be found in the gravels and sandbars in the bed of the river along its course.
Each bridge crossing offers access to the river.
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!!!CAUTION!!!
When looking for fossils, do not become too distracted as... BIGFOOT has been sighted in the river bed!
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At the time, I was unaware of the danger so I spent a whole day in the river bed.
This is the result of my searching at three different bridge crossings, FM2675, Rt 28 in Ben Franklin and Rt 904.
All of the fossils were found in the river bed, nothing was found in situ.
The fauna is almost entirely marine, including ammonites, oysters, snails and vertebrate bone fragments.
Lots of river worn petrified wood but no Bigfoot tracks though...
My vertebrate finds.
A jaw section with teeth.
Another smaller jaw section.
Fragments of a straight shelled ammonite.
After a hard day of hunting, try dinner at the Catfish restaurant in Pecan Gap.
Good food, local color and a price that can't be beat!
My thanks to the Central Texas Paleontological Society for their hospitality!
Also check out the website of the Dallas Paleontological Society.
They publish a collector's guidebook on the North Sulphur River fauna.
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