rwise Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Found this in the Commanche Peak, Hood Co.,TX. It differs from many Tylostoma in the same area. Can anyone help me id? Swirls at the top are interesting. Thanks in advance for any help. Thanks for your help in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Would be helpful to know the age ... time period. Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Anchura sp.? Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwise Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 Time period.....Goodland Formation, in Hood Co., TX Thanks for your help in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 What is the geological time period of the Goodland Formation Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 What is the geological time period of the Goodland Formation Early Cretaceous. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwise Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 this is from Lance Halls website (www.northtexasfossils.com) on Goodland Formation: The name "Goodland" is used only in north Texas from about Hood county northward. From Hood county southward the equivalent limestones are called the Edwards and Comanche Peak Formations. The difference between the Edwards and Goodland is that the Edwards contains an abundant fauna of rudists and large corals while the Goodland contains no rudists except maybe as rare isolated specimens and no large corals. Otherwise many of the other fossils are identical. The Geology of Denton County " Goodland. This limestone formation named after the village of Goodland in southern Oklahoma, starting with thickness of about twenty feet, at the Red River, increases rapidly in thickness to the southwest ; at the same time the upper portion becomes hard and indurated, the lower soft and marly and south of the Brazos is considered as two formations. The upper or hard portion, south of the Brazos, is called Edwards; the lower softer portion is called Comanche Peak. The Goodland formation is highly fossiliferous and in certain parts of the western part of Tarrant County is a Mecca for fossil collectors. In Denton County most of the exposures of the Goodland are in rather inaccessible parts of the western and northwestern part of the county, although well worth visiting by any one in search of fossils. Characteristic and horizon marking fossils are numerous in this formation and are described and figured in the chapter on paleontology. The thickness of the Goodland in Denton County ranges from a measured 42 feet in the northwestern part of the county to an estimated 75 feet in the southwestern part. In the western part of Tarrant County, near Lake Worth. the thickness is 116 feet. The limestone of the Goodland occurs in thick massive ledges separated by seams of marl. This limestone is unusually white and chalky in appearance. Chemical analyses made for cement projects in Tarrant County have shown that most of this material is composed of over 98 per cent pure crystalline calcium carbonate. This limestone with the combination of the overlying Kiamitia clay makes a perfect Portland cement mixture, although in Denton County this combination does not offer possibilities at present because of the inaccessibility of all good exposures which contain both Goodland and Kiamitia. " Thanks for your help in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 That's nice ... I was just wondering what the time period was without spending time searching the web. Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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