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maryjane
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SEP 01, 11:00 AM
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Came out of some postholes I dug.
250 million years ago, I would be sitting at the bottom of an inland ocean, where reefs were being built. Dinosaurs had not yet come to be.
I have not strained and washed much but have been told shark teeth are a pretty common find.
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TheDigitalAlchemist
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SEP 01, 01:16 PM
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That's really cool! We're like 2 miles from it and we never find anything cool like that! (but most of the dirt around our homes in our area was probably put there 50-75 years ago...)
Post again if you find any other neat stuff!
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Patrick
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SEP 01, 02:53 PM
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cvxjet
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SEP 01, 04:45 PM
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The North American inland sea existed from (Approx') 100 million years ago to 66 million years ago (There may be some other times when Texas was under water)
Here is a basic map of it;
 [This message has been edited by cvxjet (edited 09-01-2022).]
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IMSA GT
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SEP 02, 12:10 AM
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Or your property used to be a former Chinese seafood restaurant  [This message has been edited by IMSA GT (edited 09-02-2022).]
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cliffw
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SEP 02, 09:16 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by IMSA GT:
Or your property used to be a former Chinese seafood restaurant
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No, don't be silly.
That is proof positive that Global Warming happened 250 million years ago. It raised the ocean's level by, not just ten inches, 1,100 feet.
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maryjane
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SEP 02, 10:47 AM
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Or, (much much more likely) tectonic events pushed the ancient seabed up...The world's most prolific old reefs are around and ON Guadalupe Peak, highest point in Texas at 8,751 ft. (Not a coral reef tho.)
[url=]https://www.rocdoctravel.com/guadalupe-mountains-national-park[/url][This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 09-02-2022).]
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cliffw
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SEP 02, 04:39 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
Or, (much much more likely) tectonic events pushed the ancient seabed up...The world's most prolific old reefs are around and ON Guadalupe Peak, highest point in Texas at 8,751 ft. (Not a coral reef tho.)
[quote]rocdoctravel.com/guadalupe-mountains-national-park |
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cvxjet
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SEP 02, 06:48 PM
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Most of Texas will be under water within 100-200 years....Sea level rise is accelerating (But NOT BECAUSE OF OIL!!!!!)
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Raydar
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SEP 02, 07:55 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by cvxjet:
Most of Texas will be under water within 100-200 years....Sea level rise is accelerating (But NOT BECAUSE OF OIL!!!!!) |
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Must be why the Obamas (among others) are buying beach houses. Makes perfect sense to me. 
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Reminds me of a time when I was a little kid, and my dad was digging a hole for some reason or another in the backyard, and several inches down we discovered.... marbles! Being made of glass, they were obviously in perfect condition. I remember hacking away with a small spade for ages until I figured I found them all. Doesn't compare to finding ancient sea life... but to a four year old (in the 1950's), finding marbles in the ground was like finding buried treasure!