[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] X [Y] [Z]
A Acanthoceras: [77] Actinomma: [49] Africa: [87] Agnatha: [87] Alaska: [7] Alectryonia lugubris: [68] algae: [44], [46], [47] “algal biscuits”: [44] alligators: [95] Allorisma: [67] Allosaurus: [90], [97], [98] Allotheria: [100] allotherians: [100] Amarillo College: [27] amber: [7] amblypods: [102] Ambocoelia: [57] Amelanchier: [48] American Museum of Natural History: [2], [15], [96] ammonites: [11], [75], [76], [77], [78] Ammonoidea: [66] ammonoids: [75], [76], [77], [78] Amphibia: [89] amphibians: [87], [92] Amphineura: [56] Amphiscapha: [61] Ancilla: [64] Angulotreta: [55], [56] ankylosaurs: [90], [97], [99] Annelida: [78] annelids: [78] Anomia: [74] anteaters: [100] Anthozoa: [49], [51] Apsotreta: [55], [56] aragonite: [11] Archelon: [91] Archetectonica: [64] Archaeopteryx: [100] Archeozoic, derivation and pronunciation: [33] Archer County: [89] Archimedes: [54] arietina, Exogyra: [70] Aristotle: [3] Arizona: [7] Arkansas: [37] Arlington State College: [1], [27] armadillos: [100], [102] Aronow, Saul: [1] Arthropoda: [78], [79], [80] arthropods: [10], [78], [79], [80] crustaceans: [79], [80] insects: [7], [79] ostracodes: [79], [80] trilobites: [78], [80] Articulata: [56] Artiodactyla: [106] artiodactyls: [106] camels: [106] entelodonts: [101], [106] ash, volcanic: [5] Astacodes: [79] Astartella: [67] Asteroidea: [82] asteroids: [82], [83] Asterozoa: [82] Astraeospongium: [50] Astrhelia: [53] Astylospongia: [50] Aulosteges tuberculatus: [12], [13] Austin: [14], [17], [19], [87] Austin College: [27] Australia: [87] author, of a fossil: [22] autopores: [51] Aves: [89], [100] Avonia: [12], [13] signata: [12], [13] subhorrida: [12], [13]
B bacteria: [47] Baculites: [77] bags, collecting: [17], [18] Balcones fault zone: [36], [37] baluchitheres: [104], [106] Baluchitherium: [106] Barbatia: [74] Baylor County: [89] Baylor University: [1], [2], [27], [90], [91], [95] Beaumont: [1], [34] clay: [34] Beaver, Harold: [1] Belemnites: [77], [78] Belemnoidea: [78] belemnoids: [77], [78] Bellerophon: [61] Big Bend area: [35], [36] National Park: [35], [97], [102] Big Spring: [89] binomial nomenclature: [21]-22 Bird, R. T.: [2], [15], [96] birds, fossil: [5], [100] Blastoidea: [81] blastoids: [26], [28], [81] Blinn College: [27] bone, permineralized: [9] Books About Fossils: [108]-110 Boon, Jack: [1] Brachiopoda: [54], [55], [56] brachiopods: [26], [29], [54], [55], [56] articulate: [54], [55], [56], [57], [58] Cambrian: [55] Cretaceous: [56] inarticulate: [55], [56] Mississippian: [55] Pennsylvanian: [57], [58] Permian: [12], [13] Recent: [56] silicified: [12], [13] symmetry: [24], [26], [29] Brachiosaurus: [90] Brewster County: [11], [12], [35], [41] brittle stars: [82] Bronaugh, Richmond L.: [1] Brontosaurus: [90], [97], [98] Brontotherium: [104], [105], [106] Brown, L. F., Jr.: [1] Bryophyta: [44] Bryozoa: [51], [54], [55] bryozoans: [26], [27], [28], [30], [51], [54], [55], [84] Mississippian: [54] Pennsylvanian: [55] bulla, Venericardia: [72] Bureau of Economic Geology: [2], [19] burrows: [14] “button corals”: [49], [53]
C Calamites: [48] calcite: [10], [11] callus: [59] Calyptraphorus: [64] Camarotoechia: [55] Cambrian— derivation and pronunciation: [34] fossils: [40] brachiopods: [55] graptolites: [86] of Franklin Mountains, Llano, Marathon, and Solitario uplifts: [40] camels: [106] cameratus, Neospirifer: [58] Caninia: [51], [52] Canis diris: [102], [103] domestica: [22] caprinid: [27], [30] caprock, of High Plains: [35] carbon residues: [10], [86] Carboniferous: [34] carinata, Ostrea: [71] Carnivora: [102] carnivores: [102], [103] Caryocorbula: [74] Caryocrinites: [81] Casey, Josephine: [2] casts: [11] catalog, fossil; number: [31] cement, portland: [19] Cenozoic— derivation and pronunciation: [33] periods of: [34] rocks in Texas: [43] central Asia: [106] central Texas: [11], [42] Cephalopoda: [56], [66], [75], [78] cephalopods: [24], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [66], [75], [76], [77], [78] ammonites: [75], [76], [77], [78] ammonoids: [75], [76], [77], [78] belemnoids: [77], [78] ceratites: [75], [78] coleoids: [77], [78] cuttlefish: [78] goniatites: [75], [76] nautiloids: [66], [75], [76] octopus: [66], [78] squid: [66], [78] sutures: [66], [75], [78] ceratites: [75], [78] ceratopsians: [90], [99], [100] Ceratosaurus: [90] Cerithium: [62] chalicotheres: [104], [106] Chelonia. See [turtles]. chisels: [17] chitin: [10] chitons: [56] Chondrichthyes: [87] Chonetes: [57] Chordata: [84]-102 chordates: [84] amphibians: [89], [92] birds: [100] fishes: [87], [88], [89] graptolites: [40], [84], [86] mammals: [100]-107 reptiles: [89]-100 Cladochonus: [51], [52] Cladophyllia: [53] clams: [11], [56], [59]. See also [pelecypods]. class, taxonomic: [22] classification, binomial nomenclature: [21]-22 units of: [22] club mosses: [47] coal: [20], [47] mines: [20], [47] plants: [16], [46], [47], [48] Cochlespiropsis: [63] Coelenterata: [49], [51], [84] coelenterates: [49], [51]-53 [Coleoidea]: [66] coleoids: [77], [78] collecting bags: [17], [18] columella, corals: [51] gastropods: [59], [60] columnal, crinoid: [81], [82], [83] [Comanchean] series of Cretaceous: [34]. See also [Lower Cretaceous]. compass: [19] Composita subtilita: [57] compound corals. See [corals, colonial]. concretions: [16] coniferous trees: [7] conodonts: [41], [88], [89] Conus: [63] Cooper, G. A.: [2], [12] coprolites: [14] corallite: [49], [51] corallum: [51] corals: [11], [24], [26], [27], [49], [51], [52], [53] “button”: [49], [53] [colonial:] [24], [27], [30], [51], [52], [53] Cretaceous: [53] “horn”: [49], [51], [52] morphology: [51] Pennsylvanian: [52] polyp: [49] solitary: [24], [28], [29], [30], [49], [51], [52], [53] symmetry: [24], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30] Tertiary: [53] Cordaites: [48] correlation: [32] Corythosaurus: [90] cotylosaurs: [89], [92] crabs: [78], [79] Crassatella: [72] crayfish: [78] creodonts: [102] Cretaceous— See also [Comanchean] and [Gulf] series. derivation and pronunciation: [34] fossils: [42]-43 arthropods: [79] brachiopods: [56] cephalopods: [66], [67], [76], [77] corals: [53] crocodiles: [95], [96] dinosaurs: [90], [91], [93], [94], [95], [97], [99] echinoderms: [83], [84], [85] foraminifers: [49] gastropods: [59], [62] nautiloids: [76] pelecypods: [59], [66], [68]-71 shark teeth: [88] worms: [78] tubes: [9] of central Texas, Edwards Plateau, Gulf Coastal Plain, High Plains, north Texas, and Trans-Pecos Texas: [42] “Pyrite Fossil Zone” of: [11] crinoidal limestone: [41], [82], [83] Crinoidea: [81] crinoids: [26], [28], [41], [81], [82], [83] calyx: [81], [82], [83] morphology: [81] stems: [26], [28], [81], [82], [83] Crockett County: [42] Crockett formation: [43] crocodiles: [95], [96] crossopterygians: [87] crustaceans: [79], [80] Culberson County: [35] cuttlefish: [78] cycads: [47], [48] Cymatoceras: [75], [76] Cystoidea: [81] cystoids: [81], [82], [83]
D “Dark Ages”: [3] da Vinci, Leonardo: [3] Davis, Darrell: [1] Decapoda. See [Coleoidea]. deer: [106] Del Mar College: [27] dendrites: [14] Dendrograptus: [86] Denver, Colorado: [19] Derbya: [57] Devonian— derivation and pronunciation: [34] fossils: [41] placoderms: [87], [88] Psilophyton: [48] of El Paso and Van Horn regions, Llano and Marathon uplifts: [41] Diablo Mountains: [41] diatoms: [44], [46], [47] Dibranchiata. See [Coleoidea]. Dictyoclostus: [55] Dimetrodon: [92] Dinobastis: [102], [103] Dinocerata: [102] dinocerates: [102], [105] dinosaurs: [89], [90]-94, [95], [96], [97], [98], [99], [100] armored: [90], [97], [99], [100] duck-billed: [90], [97], [99] flying: [91], [94], [95] horned: [90], [99], [100] plate-bearing: [90], [97], [99] swimming: [91], [93], [95] Diplodocus: [90] Diplograptus: [86] dire wolf: [102], [103] diris, Canis: [102], [103] distillation: [10] Distorsio: [63] division, plant: [44] Dixon, J. W., Jr.: [2], [90], [91] dolomite: [11] dolphins: [95] domestica, Canis: [22] DuBar, Jules: [1] Dufrenoyia: [77]
E Eastland County: [20] East Texas State College: [27] Echinodermata: [80]-84 echinoderms: [80]-84 asteroids: [82], [83] blastoids: [81] crinoids: [81], [82], [83] cystoids: [81], [82], [83] echinoids: [82], [84], [85] holothuroids: [84] sclerites: [83] Echinoidea: [82] echinoids: [26], [28], [29], [82], [84], [85] Cretaceous: [84], [85] plates: [84], [85] spines: [84], [85] Echinozoa: [82] Edentata: [100] edentates: [100], [101], [102] Edwards Plateau: [19], [36], [37], [42], [43] Egyptian desert: [3] Elasmosaurus: [91] elephants: [102] Eleutherozoa: [82] Ellison, Samuel P.: [1] El Paso region— Devonian of: [41] Ordovician of: [40] Precambrian of: [40] Silurian of: [40] Endopachys: [53] Enoploclytia: [79] entelodont: [101], [106] Eohippus. See [Hyracotherium]. epoch, geologic: [33] era, geologic: [33]-34 Erath County: [20] Eryops: [92] Euomphalus: [61] Euphemites: [62] Europe: [89] Exogyra arietina: [70] laeviscula: [70] ponderosa: [70] texana: [70]
F “false fossils”: [14] family, taxonomic: [22] “feather stars”: [82] ferns: [47], [48] fish: [87], [88], [89] armored: [41], [88] carbon residue: [9] scales: [10] teeth: [10] vertebrae: [10] Fistulipora: [55] Flabellum: [53] [foramen], pedicle: [54], [56] Foraminifera: [47], [49] Cretaceous: [49] fusulinids: [26], [29], [49] orbitoid: [26], [28] Pennsylvanian: [49] forams: [26], [28], [29], [47], [49] formation, geologic: [34] [fossil]— birds: [5], [100] burrows: [14] cataloging: [31] collecting: [17] equipment: [17] ethics: [20] how to collect: [20] where to look: [19] definition: [3] dung: [14] footprints: [14] gizzard stone: [14] identification: [21], [23]-30 keys: [26]-30 preservation— altered hard parts: [10]-11 carbonization: [9], [10] mineralization: [10] permineralization: [10] petrifaction: [10] replacement, calcareous, iron, siliceous: [10], [11], [13] kinds of: [7] original hard and soft parts: [7] record, missing pages in: [5] wood: [47] fossilization, requirements of: [5] fossils— animal: [47]-107 Cambrian: [40] carbonized: [10] classification of: [21]-22 cleaning: [21] etching in acid: [21] frozen: [5], [7], [104] guide and/or index: [32] in amber: [7] in oil saturated soil: [7] in quicksand: [5] in tar: [5] in volcanic ash: [5] main types of: [44] natural mummies: [7] permineralized or petrified: [10] plant: [4], [10], [20], [32], [44]-48 Pleistocene: [101], [102], [103], [104] Precambrian: [40] preparation of: [21] Quaternary: [43], [101], [102], [103], [104] replaced or mineralized: [10] silicified: [21] Cretaceous: [11] Permian: [11] etching: [21] Silurian: [40], [81] Tertiary: [43] Triassic: [42] uses of: [31]-32 France: [106] Franklin Mountains, Cambrian of: [40] frogs: [89] Frondicularia: [49] fungi: [44] Fusselman limestone: [40] Fusulina: [49] fusulinids: [26], [29], [47], [49] Fusus: [63]
G Gaptank formation: [35], [41] gastroliths: [14] Gastropoda: [56], [59] [gastropods]: [26], [27], [29], [30], [56], [59], [60] Cretaceous: [59], [62] morphology: [60] ornamentation: [59] Pennsylvanian: [61], [62] Tertiary: [59], [63], [64] generic name: [21]-22 genus: [21]-22 geologic— column: [33] history: [33] map, definition: [40] map of Texas: [38]-39 time: [34] time scale: frontispiece, [33] geology of Texas: [37]-43 Germany: [5], [100] Gingko: [47], [48] Girtyocoelia: [50] Glasscock County: [42] Glass Mountains: [11], [12], [35], [41], [42] glauconite: [11] Globigerina: [49] Glossary: [111]-114 Glycymeris: [74] Glyptodon: [101], [102] glyptodont: [101], [102] goats: [106] goniatites: [75], [76] Grand Prairie: [36], [37] Graptolithina: [84], [86] [graptolites]: [27], [30], [40], [84], [86] of Marathon uplift: [40], [86] Graptozoa. See [graptolites]. graysonana, Gryphaea: [69] Great Flood: [3] ground sloths: [7], [101], [102] Gryphaea graysonana: [69] washitaensis: [69] Guadalupe Mountains, Peak: [35] Gulf Coast: [32] Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas: [35], [36], [37], [42], [43], [106] Gulf of Mexico: [37] [Gulf] series of Cretaceous: [34]. See also [Upper Cretaceous]. Gyrodes: [62]
H hagfish: [87] hammer, geologist’s: [17], [18] Hamulus: [78] hand lens: [17], [18] hard parts, animal—calcareous, chitinous, phosphatic, siliceous remains: [10] Hardin-Simmons University: [27] heart urchins: [82], [83] Heliospongia: [50] hematite: [11] Hemiaster: [85] Hemichordata: [84] Henderson County Junior College: [27] Herodotus: [3] Heterostegina: [32] Heteralosia hystricula: [12], [13] “het” zone: [32] Hexacoralla: [51] High Plains: [35], [36], [37], [42], [43], [89], [95], [106] hippopotamuses: [106] Holaster: [85] Holectypus: [85] Holothuroidea: [82] holothuroids: [84] sclerites: [83] Homo sapiens: [22] “horn corals”: [49], [51], [52] horses: [103], [104] teeth: [104] Howard County Junior College: [27] Hudspeth County: [35], [41], [42] Hueco Mountains: [41] Hughes, Jack T.: [1] hydroids: [49] Hydrozoa: [49], [84] [Hyracotherium]: [103], [104] hystricula, Heteralosia: [12], [13]
I ichthyosaurs: [91], [93], [95] Ichthyosaurus: [91], [93] [identification keys], fossil: [26]-30 use of: [23]-27 igneous rocks: [5], [19] Inarticulata: [54], [56] Inoceramus: [69] insects: [7], [78], [79] in amber: [7] iron, replacement by: [11] Italy: [3]