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
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