Although some of the [Ordovician] formations are [fossiliferous], they are seldom collected by amateur paleontologists because they are exposed in relatively inaccessible places and the fossils are usually poorly preserved. Ordovician fossils reported from Texas include sponges, corals, brachiopods, gastropods, cephalopods, and trilobites. In addition, the Marathon [formation] of the Marathon uplift contains large numbers of well-preserved graptolites ([fig. 24], [p. 86]).
[Silurian]
The [Silurian] of Texas is poorly represented in surface exposures, and only one [formation], the Fusselman, has been described. The Fusselman crops out in the El Paso and Van Horn regions where it is a white dolomitic limestone. Fossils are not abundant in this formation, but brachiopods and corals have been collected at a few localities.
[Devonian]
[Devonian] rocks are best developed in Trans-Pecos Texas, especially in the Marathon, El Paso, and Van Horn regions. In addition to the Trans-Pecos exposures, there are minor outcrops of Devonian rocks in the Llano uplift of central Texas.
Fossils are rare and fragmental in the Trans-Pecos exposures and consist primarily of radiolarians and brachiopods. The [Devonian] rocks of central Texas are predominantly [calcareous] and, although the material is usually poorly preserved, many fossils have been collected from them. These include bryozoans, corals, brachiopods, gastropods, and trilobites. Conodonts and fragments of primitive armored fishes ([Pl. 37]) have also been reported.
[Mississippian]
[Mississippian] rocks are exposed in the Llano region and in the Hueco Mountains of the Trans-Pecos area. The Trans-Pecos rocks primarily contain brachiopods with some bryozoans and gastropods.
The central Texas [Mississippian] rocks are much more [fossiliferous] and some of the material is well preserved. Fossils reported from this area include brachiopods ([Pl. 17]), crinoids, gastropods, cephalopods, trilobites, and ostracodes.