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Cretaceous Fossil Gallery - Bivalve (pelecypod)
Mollusca, Bivalvia, Hippuritoida
(Phylum, Class, Order)
Red text = needs information
Fossil identification by Jo Cox unless otherwise noted
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Hippuritacea
(Superfamily)
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Sellaea sp. (internal cast) Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co. Texas Collection: Hardin-Simmons University Size: 86 mm long |
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Sellaea sp. (internal cast) Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co. Texas Collection: Judie Ostlien Size: 8 mm wide |
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Caprinloidea sp. (internal cast) Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co. Texas Collection: Judie Ostlien Size: 25 mm long |
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Caprotina (Sellaea) zitteli (internal cast) Common Name: "melting ice-cream cone" Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co. Texas Collection: Judie Ostlien Size: 59 mm wide, 88 mm tall |
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Caprinuloidea planata Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Taylor Co. Texas Collection: Jo Cox Size: ? mm long |
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Caprinuloidea planata Period: Lower Cretaceous Location: Val Verde Co. Texas (Pump Canyon) Collection: Abilene Christian University Natural History Collection Size: 152 mm long |
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Cross-section showing chambers filled with tiny calcite crystals. |
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Eoradiolites sp. Period: Lower Cretaceous Location:Taylor Co. Texas Collection:Judie Ostlien Size: 54 mm tall |
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