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Contemporary graptolites were preserved in the central region of the state. [6] Texan wildlife during the ensuing Ordovician period included brachiopods, cephalopods , corals , gastropods, graptolites, sponges, and trilobites, although apart from the graptolites, these sorts of fossils tend to be poorly preserved. [ 7 ]
The name graptolite comes from the Greek graptos meaning "written", and lithos meaning "rock", as many graptolite fossils resemble hieroglyphs written on the rock. Linnaeus originally regarded them as ' pictures resembling fossils ' rather than true fossils, though later workers supposed them to be related to the hydrozoans ; now they are ...
This list of graptolites is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be members of ...
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Texas, U.S. Sites. Group or Formation Period Notes Admiral Formation: Permian:
Graptolithina−Graptolites — a class of prehistoric Paleozoic invertebrates; Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. ...
Monograptidae is an extinct family of graptolites of the order Graptoloidea. [1] Monograptids have only one row of thecae per stipe (stem, branch), unlike the biserial graptolites which have two opposing rows of thecae per stipe.
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Henry Gault, from whom the site takes its name, put together a 250-acre farm in the Buttermilk Creek Valley, starting in 1904. At some point in the early 20th century he found extra income as an informant for early archaeological explorations in Central Texas working with the first professional archaeologist in Texas, J.E. Pearce, as well as avocational archaeologists (Alex Dienst, Kenneth ...