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Glen Rose Formation. The Glen Rose Formation is a shallow marine to shoreline geological formation from the lower Cretaceous period exposed over a large area from South Central to North Central Texas. The formation is most widely known for the dinosaur footprints and trackways found in the Dinosaur Valley State Park near the town of Glen Rose ...
The Fort Worth Formation is a geologic formation in Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. See also. Earth sciences portal; Texas portal; Paleontology portal; List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Texas; Paleontology in Texas; References. Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database.
The oldest fossils in the DFW metroplex can be collected at Mineral Wells Fossil Park NW of Fort Worth. These fossils include well preserved Pennsylvanian marine fossils such as crinoids and brachiopods, which have been dated to 300 million years old. [4] [5] Remnants of dinosaurs and Late Cretaceous marine reptiles such as Mosasaur are found.
Near Fort Worth One specimen A micheleid: Nephrops [19] N. americanus: Fort Worth Numerous specimens A lobster: Nodosculda [20] N. fisherorum: Near Fort Worth Several specimens A mantis shrimp: Paraxiopsis [13] P. erugatus: Near Fort Worth Several specimens An axiid: P. texensis: Near Fort Worth Several specimens An axiid: Raninella [2] R. sp ...
Named by. Robert T. Hill [1] Year defined. 1887. Eagle Ford stratigraphic column. Outcrop of the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk Contact off Kiest Blvd, 1/2 mile east of Patriot Pky in Dallas County. The Eagle Ford Group (also called the Eagle Ford Shale) is a sedimentary rock formation deposited during the Cenomanian and Turonian ages of the Late ...
Big Fossil Creek. Coordinates: 32.89615°N 97.36573°W. Big Fossil Creek is a stream in Tarrant County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] Big Fossil Creek was so named on account of the fossils found there by an early settler. The area of North Fort Worth near Big Fossil Creek is occupied indigenous land where Tawakoni, Wichita, Kiikaapoi ...
Geologic map of Dallas, with Woodbine at left. Woodbine Formation stratigraphic column in Texas. The Woodbine Group is a geological formation in east Texas whose strata date back to the Early to Middle Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous. [1] It is the producing formation of the giant East Texas Oil Field (also known as the "Black Giant ...
Paleogene. Canyon Group / Caddo Creek Formation. Carboniferous. Canyon Group / Graford Formation. Carboniferous. Canyon Group / Palo Pinto Formation. Carboniferous. Canyon Group / Winchell Formation. Carboniferous.