J Jack County: [20] jellyfish: [5], [49] Jurassic— derivation and pronunciation: [34] fossils: [42] birds: [100] dinosaurs: [90], [91], [95], [97], [98], [99] Gingko: [48] of Hudspeth County and/or Malone Mountain: [41] Juresania: [58]
K keys. See [identification keys]. Kilgore College: [27] Kingena wacoensis: [56]
L labels, paper: [19] laeviscula, Exogyra: [70] Lamar State College of Technology: [1], [2], [27] lampreys: [87] Latirus: [63] Lee College: [27] Lepidodendron: [46] Levifusus: [64] Lima: [72] limonite: [11] Lingula: [55], [56] Linnaeus: [21] Linné: [21] Linoproductus: [57] lisbonensis, Ostrea: [72] liverworts: [44] lizards: [89] Llano uplift: [36], [37], [40], [41] Lonsdale, John T.: [1] lophophore, brachiopod: [54] Lophophyllidium: [49], [51], [52] proliferum: [52] radicosum: [52] Los Angeles, California: [5] Louisiana: [37] [Lower Cretaceous]: [34], [42], [56], [97]. See also [Comanchean]. lugubris, Alectryonia: [68] Lunatia: [62] lungfishes: [87]
M Macon, J. W.: [2] magnifying glass: [17], [18] Malone Mountain: [42] Mammalia: [89], [100]-107 mammoths: [102], [104], [107] frozen: [7], [102] tooth: [104] woolly: [102], [104], [107] mantle, brachiopod: [54] pelecypod: [59] maps— county: [17] geologic: [19] of Texas: [38]-39 physiographic of Texas: [36] topographic: [19], [20] Marathon uplift: [35], [36], [40], [41] marcasite: [11] Marginifera: [57] opima: [12], [13] mastodon, tooth: [104] Meandrostia: [50] Mediterranean Sea: [3] mercenaria, Venus: [22] Mesalia: [63] Mesolobus: [57] Mesozoic— derivation and pronunciation: [33] periods of: [34] rocks in Texas: [42]-43 metamorphic rocks: [5], [19] Metoicoceras: [76] Michelinia: [52] Micrabacia: [49], [52] microfossils: [4], [10], [32], [47], [49], [50], [78] micropaleontological slides: [32] micropaleontologist: [32], [47], [80] micropaleontology: [4], [89] Midwestern University: [27] mine dumps: [20], [47] Mississippian— derivation and pronunciation: [34] fossils: [41] blastoid: [81] brachiopods: [55] bryozoan: [54] of Hueco Mountains: [41] of Llano region: [41] mold, external: [9], [11], [59], [66] internal: [9], [11], [59], [62], [66] [Mollusca]: [56]-78 mollusks: [7], [56], [59]-78. See also [Mollusca]. Moropus: [106] mosasaur: [91], [93], [95] “moss animals”: [54] mosses: [44] Muirwoodia multistriatus: [12], [13] multituberculates: [100] multistriatus, Muirwoodia: [12], [13] mussels: [56], [59] museums, as aid in identification: [23] American, Natural History: [2], [15], [96] Strecker: [95] Texas Memorial: [14], [87], [95], [97], [100], [102] Myalina: [67] Mylodon: [100], [101]
N Nautiloidea: [66] nautiloids: [66] Cretaceous: [76] morphology: [75] Pennsylvanian: [76] sutures: [75] Nautilus: [66] morphology: [75] Neithea: [70] Neospirifer: [57] cameratus: [58] Nerinea: [62] Neuropteris: [48] Neverita: [64] New Mexico: [7] New York City: [14] North-Central Plains: [35], [36], [37], [40], [41], [42], [43] north Texas: [42] North Texas State College: [27] notebook, field: [17] Notopocorystes: [79], [80] Nucula: [73] Nuculana: [67] Nuculopsis: [67]
O octopus: [66], [78] Odessa College: [27] operculum: [59] Ophiuroidea: [82] ophiuroids: [82] opima, “Marginifera”: [12], [13] order, taxonomic: [22] Ordovician— derivation and pronunciation: [34] fossils: [40] graptolites: [86] of El Paso region, Llano, Marathon, Solitario, and Van Horn uplifts: [40] ornamentation, brachiopod: [54] gastropod: [59] pelecypod: [66] Ornithischia: [97] ornithischians: [90], [97], [98], [100] Ornithopoda: [97] ornithopods: [90], [97], [99] Orthoceras: [66], [76] Orthoyoldia: [73] ossicles. See [sclerites]. Osteichthyes: [87] Ostracoda: [80] ostracoderms: [87] ostracodes: [78], [79], [80] Ostrea carinata: [71] lisbonensis: [72] quadriplicata: [71] sellaeformis: [72] Oxytropidoceras: [77] oysters: [56], [59]
P Pachecoa: [72] Pachymya: [71] paleobotany: [4] paleobotanists: [44] paleontology— definition: [4] divisions of: [4] history of: [3] invertebrate: [4] vertebrate: [4] Paleoscincus: [90], [97], [99], [100] Paleozoic— derivation and pronunciation: [33] periods of: [34] rocks of Texas: [40]-42 Palo Pinto County: [20] Paluxy Creek: [14], [15] Pan American College: [27] Pantodonta: [102] pantodonts: [102] Parasaurolophus: [90] Parasmilia: [53] Parker County: [20] Pawpaw formation: [11] pearly nautilus: [66] morphology: [75] Pecos County: [42] Pecos River valley: [35] Pecten: [59], [68], [74] pedicle: [54], [56] foramen: [54], [56] valve, brachiopod: [54] Pelycosaurs: [89], [92] Pelecypoda: [56], [59], [65]-66 [pelecypods]: [26], [29], [30], [56], [59], [60], [66] Cretaceous: [59], [66], [68]-71 dentition: [66] morphology: [59], [60], [65], [66] ornamentation: [66] Pennsylvanian: [66], [67] teeth: [60], [65], [66] Tertiary: [72], [73], [74] Pelmatozoa: [80], [81] Pennsylvanian— derivation and pronunciation: [34] fossils: [41] brachiopods: [57], [58] bryozoans: [55] cephalopods: [66], [76] corals: [52] crinoids: [41], [82], [83] fusulinids: [47], [49] gastropods: [61], [62] nautiloids: [76] pelecypods: [66], [67] plants: [46], [47], [48] shark teeth: [87] sponges: [50] of Diablo and Hueco Mountains, Llano and Marathon uplifts, and north-central Texas: [41] Pentaceros: [83] Pentagonaster: [83] Pentremites: [81] period, geologic: [33] periostracum: [60] Perissodactyla: [104] perissodactyls: [103], [104], [105] Permian— derivation and pronunciation: [34] fossils: [41] amphibian: [89], [92] brachiopods: [12], [13] cotylosaurs: [89], [92] pelycosaurs: [89], [92] of Glass Mountains: [11], [12], [35] permiana, Prorichthofenia: [12], [13] permineralized bone: [9] petroleum geologist: [4] Phaneroceras: [76] Phobosuchus: [95], [96] Pholadomya: [71], [72] phyla: [22] Phyllograptus: [86] phylum: [22] physiographic provinces, of Texas: [35]-37 physiography, definition: [35] of Texas: [35]-37 phytosaurs: [42], [91], [94], [95] pick, mineralogist’s or prospector’s: [17], [18] pigs: [106] Pinna: [67] Pisces: [86]-89 Pitar: [72] Placodermi: [87] placoderms: [87], [88] plant kingdom: [44] plants, classification: [44] Pennsylvanian: [46], [47], [48] Platyceras: [62] Pleistocene: [43]. See also [Quaternary]. fossils: [101], [102], [103], [104] plesiosaurs: [91], [93], [95] Pleurocora: [53] Plicatula: [68], [74] Pliohippus: [103] Poland: [7], [106] pollen: [47] polyp, coral: [49] Polypora: [55] ponderosa, Exogyra: [70] Porifera: [49] Porodiscus: [49] portland cement: [19] Precambrian— definition: [34] fossils: [40] of El Paso region: [40] of Llano uplift: [37], [40] of Van Horn uplift: [40] rocks of Texas: [40] Presidio County: [35] Proboscidea: [102] proboscideans: [102], [104], [107] teeth: [104] proliferum, Lophophyllidium: [52] Prorichthofenia permiana: [12], [13] Proterozoic, derivation and pronunciation: [33] Protista: [47] Protocardia: [68] Protoceratops: [90] Protozoa: [47], [49] protozoans: [47] pseudofossils: [14] Pseudoliva: [63] Psilophyton: [48] Pteranodon: [91], [94] Pterodactyloids: [91] pterosaurs: [91], [94], [95] Punctospirifer: [57] pyrite: [11] “Pyrite Fossil Zone” of Cretaceous: [11]
Q quadriplicata, Ostrea: [71] quarries: [19] [Quaternary]— derivation and pronunciation: [34] fossils: [43], [101], [102], [103], [104] of Edwards Plateau, Gulf Coast, High Plains, North-Central Plains, and Trans-Pecos Texas: [43] quicksand: [5]
R radicosum, Lophophyllidium: [53] Radiolaria: [47] radiolarians: [47], [49] Rancho La Brea tar pit: [5] rays: [87] Reagan County: [42] Receptaculites: [50] Renaissance: [3] Reptilia: [89]-100 reptiles: [89]-100 rhamphorhynchoids: [91] Rhamphorhynchus: [91], [94] rhinoceroses: [7], [104], [106], [107] woolly: [106], [107] Rhipodomella: [55] Rhombopora: [51], [55] Rice University: [27] Rio Grande valley, of Trans-Pecos: [35], [95] road metal: [19] Robulus: [49] Rock and Mineral Clubs: [23] rock units: [34] rockymontanus, Spirifer: [58] Rodda, Peter U.: [1] rudistids: [26], [27], [28], [29], [30] Rugosa: [51]
S saber-tooth cat: [102], [103] St. Mary’s University: [27] salamanders: [89] Salenia: [85] San Angelo College: [27] San Antonio College: [27] sand dollars: [82] sapiens, Homo: [22] Sarcodina: [47] Saurischia: [97] saurischians: [90], [97], [99] Sauropoda: [97] sauropods: [90], [97], [98] scale trees: [46], [47] scallops: [56], [59] Scaphopoda: [56] scaphopods: [26], [27], [28], [29], [56] Schizodus: [67] scientific names: [21]-23 Scleractinia: [51] [sclerites], holothurian: [83], [84] scolecodont: [78] scouring rushes: [47], [48] Scyphozoa: [49], [84] sea anemones: [49] sea cucumbers: [82] “sea lily”: [81], [82] “sea mats”: [51], [54] “sea-mice”: [56] sea urchins: [82] sedimentary rocks: [5], [19] sellaeformis, Ostrea: [72] septa, cephalopods: [66], [75] corals: [49], [51] serpent stars: [82] Serpula: [78] Seymouria: [92] sharks: [87] teeth: [10], [87], [88] sheep: [106] shrimp: [78] Siberia: [7], [106] Sigillaria: [46] signata, Avonia: [12], [13] silica: [10], [11] silicification: [11] Silurian— derivation and pronunciation: [34] fossils: [40] cystoid: [81] of El Paso and Van Horn regions: [40] skates: [87] slickensides: [16] slugs: [56] Smith, Fred: [1] snails: [11], [56], [59]. See also [gastropods]. snakes: [89] Solitario uplift: [40] Somervell County: [14], [15] South America: [87], [102] Southern Methodist University: [27] South Texas College: [27] Southwestern University: [27] species: [22] spicules, sponge: [49], [50] spiders: [78] spines, echinoid: [84], [85] Spirifer rockymontanus: [58] Spirorbis: [78] sponges: [10], [27], [30], [49], [50] spores: [47] Squamularia: [57] squid: [66], [78] starfish: [82], [83] Stegosaurus: [90], [97], [99] stegosaurs: [90], [97], [99] steinkern: [59], [62] stems, crinoid: [26], [28], [41], [81], [82], [83] Stephen F. Austin State College: [27] “stomach stones”: [14] stone, building: [19] Strabo: [3] Straparolus: [61] Strecker Museum: [95] Striatopora: [51], [52] Strobeus: [62] Styracosaurus: [90] subhorrida, Avonia: [12], [13] subtilita, Composita: [57] Sul Ross State College: [27] Surcula: [64] sutures, cephalopod: [66], [75], [78] nautiloid: [75] swine, giant: [106] Sycostoma: [64] [symmetry]: [23] bilateral: [24], [26], [29] radial: [24], [26], [28], [80]