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From the album: Post Oak Creek
These oysters are common in the creek, and support the Turonian age of the fossils. -
From the album: Post Oak Creek
These oysters are common in the creek, and support the Turonian age of the fossils. -
Here are interior and exterior views of both valves of the Cretaceous oyster, Cameleolopha bellaplicata, collected in Post Oak Creek in Sherman, Texas, The specimen is more oval and elongated that most of the members of its species. The calcite valves with a trace of interior aragonite, mother of pearl, are covered in yellowish calcite cemented sandstone. The larger valve has the remnants of an attached ramose bryozoan that grew on the shell since the muddy Arcadia Park Formation did not provide a great hard ground to grow on. An unidentified domed colonial stone coral species also grow on the
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From the album: Texas Finds
Scientific Name: Cameleolopha bellaplicata Found: North Central Texas Creek Date Found: Spring 2013 Formation: Eagle Ford / Austin Group Size: Various
