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Cretaceous Fossil Gallery - Bivalve (pelecypod)
Mollusca, Bivalvia, Ostreoida
(Phylum, Class, Order)
Red text = needs information
Fossil identification by Jo Cox unless otherwise noted
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Ostreacea
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Ceratostreon (Exogyra) texanum Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: south of Kerrville, Texas Collection: Betty White Size: 93 mm long |
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Ceratostreon (Exogyra) texanum Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co., Texas Collection: Jo Cox Size: ? mm long |
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Exogyra whitneyi Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: ?, Texas Collection: Judie Ostlien Size: 153 mm long |
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Ilyrnatogyra (Exogyra) arietina Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: ?, Texas Collection: Hardin-Simmons University Size: 36 mm long |
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Ilyrnatogyra (Exogyra) arietina Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co., Texas Collection: Jo Cox Size: ? mm long |
2 specimens |
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Rastellum carinatum Common Name: "denture clam" Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Lake Texoma, Texas Collection: Jo Cox Size: ? mm long |
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Rastellum carinatum Common Name: "denture clam" Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: ?, Texas Collection: Hardin-Simmons University Size: 76 mm long |
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Texigryphea pitcheri Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co., Texas Collection: Hardin-Simmons University Size: 67 mm long |
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Texigryphea mucronata Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co., Texas Collection: Jo Cox Size: 61 mm long |
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Texigryphea mucronata Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co., Texas Collection: Hardin-Simmons University Size: 64 mm long |
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Texigryphea sp. Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co., Texas Collection: Judie Ostlien Size: ? mm long |
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Texigryphea sp. Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Nolan Co., Texas, near Rotan Collection: Judie Ostlien Size: ? mm long |
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Pectinacea
(Superfamily)
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Neithea duplicicosta Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co. Texas Collection: Jo Cox Size: 45 mm long |
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Neithea sp. (impression in chert) Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co. Texas Collection: Judie Ostlien Size: 53 mm long |
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Pecten sp. Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: ?, Texas Collection: Hardin-Simmons University Size: 43 mm long |
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