Cretaceous Era  (65 - 150 Million Years Ago) 

Fossil finds from Dallas, Ft. Worth, Lake Benbrook. Post Oak Creek and North Sulfer River

Since North Texas and Central Texas are both predominantly Cretaceous Era and consequently share many of the same fossil species, I am only posting images of fossils I have specifically found in North Texas.

Mosasaur Jaw Fragment

Size 2 inches

Mosasaur Vertebrae

Size 2 inches

Plesiosaur Vertebrae

Size 3 inches

Shark Tooth Cretodus sp

2  inches     Dallas County 

Eagle Ford Form.

Shark Tooth Squalicorax sp.

1 inch     Ellis C ounty 

 Eagle Ford Form.

Shark Tooth Ptychodus whipplei 

1  Inch     Ellis County 

 Eagle Ford Form

Sawfish Tooth Texatrygon hooveri

1/4  Inch   Ellis County 

 Atco Form.

Shark Tooth Scapanorhynchus texanus

1 1/2 Inch    Fannin County  


Shark Tooth Pseudocorax sp.

1/4 Inch  Ellis County 

 Atco Form.

Shark Chiloscyllium greeni

Size 1/16 inch

 Shark Rhinobatos lobatus 

Size 1/16 inch

Sawfish Ischyrhiza schneideri

Size 1/16 inch

 ~See More Texas Shark Teeth HERE! ~

Ammonite Scaphites

Size: 3 Inches

Ammonite Menabites delawarensis

 

Ammonite Pachydiscus 

Size 2 Inches

Crab Claw

Size 1/8 inch

Crab Claw

Size 1/4 inch

Crab Claw

Size 1/4 inch

Unknown Vertebra

Size 1/8 Inch

Shark Vertebras

Size 1/8 inch

Fish Vertebra

Siize 1/4 inch

Turtle Plastron

2 Inches Fannin County  

Ozan Form.

Turtle Coracoid Bone

Size 2 inches

Ozan  Form.

Turtle Plastron

Size 1 Inch

Atco Form.

Ammonite Baculites 

2 Inches   Fannin County,

Ozan Form.

Gastropod Unknown sp.

1/2 Inch  Fannin County,

Ozan Form.

Ammonite Baculites

3 Inches   Fannin County,

Ozan Form.

Echinoid Heteraster mexicanus

2 Inches   Tarrant County

Kiamichi Formation

        Bivalve Trigonia sp

2 Inches   Tarrant County

Kiamichi Formation

Oyster Chondodonta sp.

2 Inches

Bivalve Lopha 

Size 2 inches

Bivalve Unknown

Size 1 inch

Bivalve Exogyra sp.

Size 3 inches