spiny echinoid or crinoid bit?
2 Straparollus gastropods
Zygopleura? snail (vertical lines)
Goniasma snail (spiraled)
Girtyocoelia beedi sponges
crinoid cup bottoms
(more beed-like than Girtycoleia)
| The first spot was an old quarry. This quarry exposes parts of the Chico Ridge Limestone (Rock Hill limestone member?) | ||
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The gray shale underneath the limestone.
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Roz's finds (pic by Roz)
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Roz's finds: spiny echinoid or crinoid bit? 2 Straparollus gastropods Zygopleura? snail (vertical lines) Goniasma snail (spiraled) Girtyocoelia beedi sponges crinoid cup bottoms |
| Goniasma sp. snail |
crinoid stalk |
Girtyocoelia beedi sponges (more beed-like than Girtycoleia) |
| Tabulipora? bryozoan |
Goniasma sp. gastropods |
Chonetina sp. brachiopods |
| This is a place we find crinoid hash plates and other unique fossils. | ||
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(pic by Roz) |
A gorgeous
Ananias welleri snail |
Ananias welleri snail (close up) |
"oolitic"
limestone |
Cinclidonema texanum (top) (although these are more angular) |
Cinclidonema texanum (side) |
(same species but different one) |
Conularid sp. |
Striatopora moorei coral |
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