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Index

TEXAS FOSSILS: An Amateur Collector’s Handbook Contents Illustrations INTRODUCTION WHAT ARE FOSSILS? THE STUDY OF FOSSILS

Paleobotany Invertebrate Paleontology Vertebrate Paleontology Micropaleontology

PRESERVATION OF FOSSILS

REQUIREMENTS OF FOSSILIZATION MISSING PAGES IN THE RECORD

DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOSSIL PRESERVATION

ORIGINAL SOFT PARTS OF ORGANISMS ORIGINAL HARD PARTS OF ORGANISMS

Calcareous Remains Phosphatic Remains Siliceous Remains Chitinous Remains

ALTERED HARD PARTS OF ORGANISMS

Carbonization Petrifaction or Permineralization Replacement or Mineralization

TRACES OF ORGANISMS

Molds and Casts Tracks, Trails, and Burrows Coprolites Gastroliths

PSEUDOFOSSILS

Dendrites Slickensides Concretions

WHERE AND HOW TO COLLECT FOSSILS

COLLECTING EQUIPMENT

Hammer Collecting Bag Chisels Wrapping Materials Map, Notebook, and Pencil Magnifying Glass Paper or Cloth Bags Other Useful Items

WHERE TO LOOK HOW TO COLLECT

CLEANING AND PREPARATION OF FOSSILS HOW FOSSILS ARE NAMED

THE SCIENCE OF CLASSIFICATION THE UNITS OF CLASSIFICATION

IDENTIFICATION OF FOSSILS USE OF IDENTIFICATION KEYS

LIST OF TEXAS COLLEGES OFFERING GEOLOGY COURSES CATALOGING THE COLLECTION HOW FOSSILS ARE USED GEOLOGIC HISTORY

GEOLOGIC COLUMN AND TIME SCALE THE GEOLOGY OF TEXAS

Physiography TRANS-PECOS REGION TEXAS PLAINS High Plains North-Central Plains Edwards Plateau Grand Prairie Llano Uplift GULF COASTAL PLAIN

Geology

PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS PALEOZOIC ROCKS MESOZOIC ROCKS CENOZOIC ROCKS Tertiary Quaternary

MAIN TYPES OF FOSSILS

PLANT FOSSILS

Classification of the Plant Kingdom

ANIMAL FOSSILS

Phylum Protozoa Phylum Porifera Phylum Coelenterata Phylum Bryozoa Phylum Brachiopoda Phylum Mollusca Phylum Annelida Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Subphylum Crustacea Phylum Echinodermata Subphylum Pelmatozoa Subphylum Eleutherozoa Phylum Chordata Subphylum Hemichordata Subphylum Vertebrata

BOOKS ABOUT FOSSILS

GENERAL WORKS NONTECHNICAL AND JUVENILE COLLECTING HELPS REFERENCE WORKS SELECTED REFERENCES ON TEXAS FOSSILS[2]

GLOSSARY Footnotes Index Transcriber’s Notes