Cretaceous
<--- Period:
Pennsylvanian
Period: --->

Phylum Arthropoda:
  • Class - Arachnomorpha
 SubPhylum - Crustacea  Penn. 


Phylum Mollusca:
  • Class - Cephalopoda
     Ammonites  Penn. 
     Nautilus / Nautiloid  Penn. 
     Turrilites
     Baculites
     Belemnites
     Scaphites
     Hamites
  • Class - Gastropoda  Penn. 
  • Class - Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
     Oysters Penn. 
     Clams  Penn. 
     Scallops (Pectens)
     Rudists
  • Class - Scaphopoda
  • Class - Rostroconchia  Penn. 


Phylum Brachiopoda:
  • Class - Brachiopoda  Penn. 


Phylum Echinodermata:
  • Class - Asteroidea
  • Class - Echinoidea
     regular urchins  Penn. 
     irregular urchins
  • Class - Crinoidea  Penn. 


Phylum Chordata:
  •  Fish  Penn. / Perm. 
  •  Sharks  Penn. 
  •  Rays, sawfish
  •  Mammals
  •  Reptiles  (terrestrial) -
     dinosaurs, turtles,
     crocodiles, lizards
  •  Reptiles  (marine) -
     mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs,
     plesiosaurs, pliosaurs
  • C. Synapsida (Dimetrodon)
  • C. Sauropsida (pterosaurs)


Phylum Conulariida:
  • Class - Conularids


Phylum Cnidaria:
  • Class: Anthozoa (coral)  Penn. 
  • Class: Scyphozoa (jellyfish)


Phylum Bryozoa:
  • Class - Bryozoans


Phylum Porifera:
  • Class - Sponges  Penn. 


Phylum Protozoa:
  • Class - Foraminiferida


Phylum Annelida:
 worm tubes  Penn. 


Plants:
 leaves, roots  Penn. 

Trace fossils:
  Trace fossils (burrows, tracks)   Penn. 

Minerals - crystals:
  various


North-Central Texas
Geological Formations
(Cretaceous Period):
 Navarro 
 Group
  
 Taylor 
 Group
  
Marlbrook Marl
Pecan Gap Chalk
Annona Chalk
Wolfe City Sand
Ozan Fm.
 Austin
  Group
Gober Chalk
Brownstown Marl
Blossom Sand
Austin Chalk
  Eagle Ford
  Group
Arcadia Park Fm.
Britton Fm.
Tarrant Fm.
  Woodbine
  Group
Woodbine Fm.
 Washita
  Group
Grayson Marl
Main Street Ls.
Pawpaw Fm.
Weno Ls.
Denton Clay
Fort Worth Ls.
Duck Creek Fm.
Kiamichi Fm.
  Fredericks-
  burg Group 
Goodland Ls.
Walnut Clay
Paluxy Fm.
 Trinity
  Group
Glen Rose Fm.
Twin Mountains

Older Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Triassic layers do not exist in north-central Texas but do exist in west Texas.

North-Central Texas
Geological Formations
(Permian Period):
Geological map and
Stratigraphic chart
(marine) (terrestrial)
 Pease
 River
 Group
  Blaine Fm.
  San Angelo Fm.
 Clear
 Fork
 Group
  Choza Fm.
  Vale Fm.
  Arroyo Fm.
 Albany 
 Group
  Lueders Fm. Waggoner
Ranch
  Clyde Fm.
  Belle Plains Fm. Petrolia
  Admiral Fm. Nocona
 Cisco 
 Group
  Putnam Fm. Archer City
  Moran Fm.
  Pueblo Fm. Markley

North-Central Texas
Geological Formations
(Pennsylvanian Period):
 Cisco
 Group
  Harpersville Fm. Markley
  Thrifty-Graham Fm.
 Canyon 
 Group
  Ranger Limestone
  Placid Shale
  Winchell Ls --
  Chico Ridge Ls.
  Wolf Mountain Sh.
  Palo Pinto Fm.
 Strawn
 Group
  Mineral Wells Fm.
  Brazos River Fm.
  Mingus Fm.
  Grindstone Creek Fm.
  Lazy Bend Fm.
Older Pennsylvanian layers are not exposed at surface level in north-central Texas.


Central-South Texas
Geological Formations
(Cretaceous Period):
 Pepper Sh.
 Buda Ls.
 Del Rio Clay (= Grayson Fm.)
 Georgetown Ls. (= Duck Creek Ls.
.     through Mainstreet Fm.)
  Edwards Ls.
  Comanche Peak Ls.
  Walnut Sh.
  Paluxy Sand
  Glen Rose Ls.

Miscellaneous:
  Street signs