Chapter 5 : Collecting Localities for Fossils in Austin
Keith Young
Many fossils have been collected in the Austin area. Some of the localities listed in the following pages can be collected without permission. Other localities require permission. The fossils listed are those that have been found at these areas. Undoubtedly not all have been listed.
GLEN ROSE LIMESTONE
West side of Mount Bonnell, Travis County, Texas,
along Mount Bonnell Road.
FORAMINIFERIDA
Lituola subgoodlandensis (Vanderpool)
Haplophragmoides globosa Lozo
H. trinitensis Lozo
Buccicrenata subgoodlandensis (Vanderpool)
Tritaxia glenrosensis
Orbitolina texana (Romer)
PELECYPODA
Neithea irregularis (Bose)
Monopleura sp.
Ceratostreon weatherfordensis (Cragin)
GASTROPODA
Nerinea austinensis (Romer)
Nerinoides sp.
ECHINOIDEA
Loriola texana (Romer)
GLEN ROSE LIMESTONE
East Bull Creek, just east of old Spice Springs Road
Crossing, east of West Loop Bridge, Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Haplophragmoides globosa Lozo
H. trinitensis Lozo
Lituola subgoodlandensis (Vanderpool)
L. camerata Lozo
Ammobaculites goodlandensis Cushman & Alexander
A. laevigata Lozo
T. subcretaceus Cushman & Alexander
Buccicrenata subgoodlandensis (Vanderpool)
Flabellammina alexanderi Cushman
Tritaxia glenrosensis fft-ead
Orbitolina texana (Romer)
Coskinolinoides texanus Keijzer
Dictyoconus walnutensis (Carsey)
Barkerina barkerensis Frizzell & Schwartz
Vitrewebbina laevis (Sollas)
Conorbina conica Lozo
PELECYPODA
Trigonia crenulata (Romer)
Anatina hanseni M. Shitney
Pholadomya knowaltoni Hill
Pleuromya henseli Hill
Ceratostreon weatherfordensis (Cragin)
Ostrea wardi Hill & Vaughan
ECHINOIDEA
Loriola texana (Romer)
ALGAE
Porocystis globularis (Giebel)
GLEN ROSE LIMESTONE
Upper part, between West Bull Creek and East Bull
Creek, along Northwest Loop, Austin, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Igonearca sp.
Modiolus sp.
Trigonia sp.
Arctica roemeri (Cragin)
Pholadomya sp.
Ceratostreon weatherfordensis (Cragin)
GASTROPODA
Lunatia (?) sp.
ECHINOIDEA
Loriola texana (Romer)
VERMES
Serpula sp.
WALNUT FORMATION - Bull Creek Member
Highway 2222, east of Hickmantown, along the hill
below the Feed Lot Cave
PELECYPODA
Gastrochaena sp.
Texigryphaea mucronata (Bagg)
Ceratostreon texanum (Romer)
WALNUT FORMATION - Bee Cave Member
City Park Road, at top of hill south of Bull Creek,
Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Dictyoconus walnutensis (Carsey)
PELECYPODA
Neithea irregularis (Bose)
Texigryphaea mucronata (Gabb)
Ceratostreon texanum (R'O'mer)
GASTROPODA
Tylostoma sp.
CEPHALOPODA
Metengonoceras ambiguum (Hyatt)
M. hilli (Hyatt)
ECHINOIDEA
Loriola whitneyi Ikins
Enallaster texanum (Romer)
WALNUT FORMATION - Bee Cave Member
Just south of Cat Mountain along Walnut Clay Drive,
Austin, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Paleopinna comanchensis (Cragin)
Paraesa sp.
Texigryphaea mucronata (Gabb)
Ceratostreon texanum (Romer)
GASTROPODA
Alipes sp.
Nerinoides sp.
Tylostoma sp.
ECHINOIDEA
Porocystis globularis (Giebel)
WALNUT FORMATION - Bee Cave Member
Travis County Park in Northwest Hills along Balcones
Trail, one block south of Hart Lane, Austin, Travis County,
Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Dictyoconus walnutensis (Carsey)
PELECYPODA
Neithea irregularis (Bose)
Paraesa sp.
Texigryphaea mucronata (Gabb)
Ceratostreon texanum (Romer)
ECHINOIDEA
Loriola whitneyi (Ikins)
Tetragramma taffi Cragin
Enallaster texanus (Romer)
WALNUT FORMATION - Bee Cave Member
Northwest Loop just east of Spicewood Springs ramp,
Austin, Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Dictyoconus walnutensis (Carsey)
PELECYPODA
Igonearca sp.
Neithea irregularis (Bose)
Granocardium speciosum (Bose)
Texigryphaea mucronata (Gabb)
Ceratostreon texanus (Romer)
GASTROPODA
Alipes sp.
Turritella sp.
ECHINOIDEA
Tetragramma taffi Craqin
Enallaster texanus (Romer)
WALNUT FORMATION - Cedar Park Member
Bee Cave Road at intersection with West Loop, northeast side of road along cliff, Austin, Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Dictyoconus walnutensis (Carsey)
PELECYPODA
Texigryphaea mucronata (Gabb)
Ceratostreon texanum (R'o'mer)
ECHINOIDEA
verticellate algae
EDWARDS LIMESTONE
Bluff south of Red Bud Trail along the west bank of the Colorado River, Austin, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Chondrodonta munsoni (Hill)
Lucina acutelineataRomer
Monopleura marcida White
M. pinguiscula White
M. texana Romer
Toucasia patagiata (White)
T. texana
Caprinuloidea crassifibra (Romer)
Eoradiolites davidsoni Hill
GASTROPODA
Amauropsis avellana (Romer)
Architectonica planorbis (Romer)
Ceritella glabra Stanton
C. proctori (Cragin)
Cerithium austinense Romer
C. bartonense Stanton
C. coloradoense Stanton
C. kickapooense Stanton
C. obliterogranosum Romer
C. pecosense Stanton
C. shattucki Stanton
Epitonium austinense Stanton
Margarites bartonensis Stanton
M. bartonensis vaughani Stanton
M. browni (Cragin)
Monodonta bartonensis Stanton
M. minuta Stanton
Nerinea pellucida Cragin
Nerita apparata Cragin
Nerinoides austinensis (Romer)
N. gemmata (Stanton)
N. gemmata parvilineata (Stanton)
N. pseudoconvexa (Stanton)
N. subula (R6mer)
Pileolus septangularis Stanton
Rimula vaughani Stanton
Solariella serrata Stanton
Tainostom (?) austinensis Stanton
Trochactaeon parvus Stanton
T-rochus texanus (Romer)
Triforis antiquus Stanton
operculae of neritid gastropods
COELENTERATA
Cladophyllia furcifera (Romer)
Pleurocora texana Romer
P. coalescens Romer
Coelosmilia americans Romer
Parasmilia austinensis Romer
GEORGETOWN LIMESTONE
Pease Park, in Shoal Creek, opposite the hill on Martin
Luther King Jr. (19th) Street, Austin, Travis County, Texas
GASTROPODA
Turritella austinensis Ellisor
T. bonnellensis Ellisor
T. georgetownensis Ellisor
CEPHALOPODA
Plesioturrilites brazoensis (R'O'mer)
Mortoniceras wintoni (Adkins)
Durnovarites adkinsi Young
Graysonites adkinsi Young
GEORGETOWN LIMESTONE
Huck's Slough, just west of the Albert Ulrich Water
Purification Plant on the north side of 34th Street, Austin,
Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Textularia rioensis Carsey
T. washitensis Carsey
Gaudryina boaquensis Loeblich & Tappan
Hedbergella delrioensis (Carsey)
H. washitensis (Carsey)
PELECYPODA
Pecten bonnellensis Kniker
Neithea altana Kniker
N. bellula (Cragin)
N. georgetownensis Kniker
N. subalpina (Bose) var. linki Kniker
N. subirregularis Kniker
N. texana (Romer)
N. theodori Kniker
Neithella wrighti (Shumard)
Texigryphaea (?) gibberosa (Cragin)
Texigryphaea washitaensis (Hill)
Ceratostreon walkeri (White)
Ilymatogyra arietina (Romer)
Arctostrea sp. aff. A. carinata (Lamarch)
GASTROPODA
Turritella bonnellensis Ellisor
T. planilateris Conrad
T. simondsi Ellisor
CEPHALOPODA
Eopachydiscus brazoensis (Shumard)
Pervinguieria equidistans (Cragin)
Drakeoceras kummeli Young
D. lasswitzi Young
BRACHIOPODA
Kingena wacoensis (Shumard)
DEL RIO CLAYSTONE
Just above contact with Georgetown Limestone, Pease
Park, about Martin Luther King Jr. (19th) Street and Shoal
Creek, Austin, Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Reophax incompta Loeblich & Tappan
Haplophragmoides concavus (Chapman)
Ammobaculites dentonensis Tappan
Ammobaculoides plummerae Loeblich
Triplasia excavatum (Reuss)
Acruliammina longa (Tappan)
Spiroplectammina longa Lalicker
Textularia rioensis Carsey
Trochammina wickendeni Loeblich
Gaudryina bosquensis Loeblich & Tappan
Eggerella graysonensis Tappan
Massilina planoconvex Tappan
Nodosaria lepida Reuss
N. obscura Reuss
Citharina complanata (Reuss)
Dentalina debilis (Berthelin)
D. hanunensis (Franke)
D. striatifera Tappan
Lagena apiculata (Reuss)
Denticulina gaultina (Berthelin)
Marginulina tenuissima Reuss
M. tripleura (Reuss)
Guttulina expolita Bullard
Histopomphus cervicornis (Chapman)
H. redriverensis (Tappan)
Ramulina globulifera Brady
Neobulimina minima Tappan
Bulimina nannina Tappan
Discorbus minima Vieaux
D. minutissima Tappan
Valvulineria asterigerinoides Plummer
Spirillina minima Schacko
Turrisipirillina subconica Tappan
Patellina subcretacea Cushman & Alexander
Heterohelix washitensis (Tappan)
Globorotalia delrioensis Plummer
G. marginaculeata Loeblich & Tappan
Globigerina planispira Tappan
G. ruqosa Plummer
Fursenkoina minuta (Cushman)
Gyroidina loetterlei Tappan
Anomalina petita Carsey
DEL RIO CLAYSTONE
Middle part, at the west bank of Shoal Creek about 32nd
Street, Austin, Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Reophax minuta Tappan
Haplophragmoides concavus (Chapman)
Ammobaculites cuyleri Tappan
A. euides Loeblich & Tappan
A. goodlandensis Cushman & Alexander
A. subcretaceous Cushman & Alexander
Ammobaculoides gainesvillensis Loeblich & Tappan
Spiroplectammina longa Lalicker
Textularia rioensis Carsey
T. washitensis Carsey
Trochammina wickendeni Loeblich
Gaudryina bosquensis Loeblich & Tappan
Gaudryinella delrioensis Plummer
Eggerella graysonensis (Tappan)
Massilina planoconvexa Tappan
Nodosaria amphioxys Reuss
N. barkeri Vieaux
N. lepida Reuss
N. obscura Reuss
N. scotti Tappan
Chrysalogonium granti (,Plummer)
Citharina complanata (Reuss)
C. complanata persistriata (Tappan)
C. duckcreekensis (Tappan)
C. kochii (Romer)
C. recta (Reuss)
Dentalina communis (d'Orbigny)
D. debilis (Berthelin)
D. striatifera (Tappan)
Lagena apiculata (Reuss)
L. sulcata Walker & Jacob
Lenticulina gaultina (Berthelin)
Marginulina enigmata (Bullard)
M. tennuissima Reuss
Saracenaria cushmani Tappan
S. duckcreekensis Tappan
Lingulina furcillata Berthelin
L. nodosaria Reuss
Glandulopleurostomella ozawai (Tappan)
Guttulina expolitaBullard
Pseudopolymorphina roanokensis Tappan
Pyrulina cylindroid (Romer)
Histopomphus cericornis (Chapman)
H. redriverensis (Tappan)
Ramulina globulifera Brady
Washitella typica Tappan
Tristix excavata (Reuss)
Neobulimina minima Tappan
Bulimina nannina Tappan
Discorbis minima Vieaux
D. minutissima Tappan
Valvulineria asterigerinoides Plummer
Spirillina minima Schacko
Guembelitria harrisi Tappan
Heterohelix washitensis (Tappan)
Globorotalia delrioensis Plummer
Hedbergella planispira (Tappan)
H. rugosa (Plummer)
H. delrioensis (Carsey)
H. washitensis (Carsey)
Pleurostomella watersi Cushman
Fursenkoina minuta (Cushman)
Anomalina petita Carsey
PELECYPODA
Ilymatogyra arietina (Romer)
Ostrea perversa Cragin
CEPHALOPODA
Plesioturrilites brazoensis (Romer)
Graysonites spp.
DEL RIO CLAYSTONE
Upper part, at the intersection of Barton Springs Road
and Lamar Boulevard, Austin., Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Cribratina texana (Conrad)
Ammobaculites dentonensis Tappan
Flabellammina alexanderi Cushman
Placopsilina minima Tappan
Acruliaramina longa (Tappan)
Textularia rioensis Carsey
Trochammina wickendeni Loeblich
Eggerella graysonensis (Tappan)
Massilina planoconvexaTappan)
Nodosaria lepida Reuss
N. obscura Reuss
Citharina complanata persistriata (Tappan)
C. duckcreekensis (Tappan)
C. recta (Reuss)
Dentalina communis (d'Orbigny)
D. debilis (Berthelin)
D. triatifera (Tappan)
Lagena apiculata (,Reuss)
Lenticulina gaultina (Berthelin)
Marginulina enigmata (Bullard)
M. tripleura (-Reuss)
Glandulopleurostomella ozawai (Tappan)
Histopomphus cervicornis (-Chapman)
Ramulina pullardaeFrizzell
R. globulifera BFa-dy
Tristix acutanglula (Reuss)
Neobulimina minima Tappan
Bulimina nannina Tappan
Discorbis minima Vieaux
D. minutissima Tappan
Heterohelix washitensis (Tappan)
Globorotalia delrioensis Plummer
G. marginaculeata Loeblich & Tappan
Hedbergella rugosa (Plummer)
H. planispira (Tap-pan)
Gyroidina loetterlei Tappan
Anomalina petita Carsey
BUDA LIMESTONE
Bear Creek, south of Manchaca, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Pecten manchacensis Kniker
Neithea budensis Kniker
N. simondsi Kniker
N. whitneyi Kniker
Ceratostreon walkeri (White)
GASTROPODA
Turritella budaensis Whattuck
T. manchacensis Ellisor
CEPHALOPODA
Mantelliceras budaense Adkins
Budaiceras eleganitor (Lasswitz)
Faraudiella roemeri (Lasswitz)
COELENTERATA
Actinostromaria dehorneae Wells
Axosmilia quaylei (Wells)
A. whitneyi (Wells)
PORIFERA
Verticellites budaensis Wells
BUDA LIMESTONE
West Bouldin Creek at the Missouri Pacific Railroad
track,, Austin, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Granocardium budaensis Shattuck
Homomya vulgaris Shattuck
GASTROPODA
Cerithium texanum Shattuck
Turritella budaensis Shattuck
ECHINOIDEA
Goniopygus sp.
BUDA LIMESTONE
Between Barton Creek and Lamar Boulevard, along the south side of Barton Springs Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Barpatia simondsi Whitney
Trigonia emoryi Conrad
Protocardia texana Conrad
GASTROPODA
Cerithium shumardi Whitney
Cinulia pelleti Whitney
Turritella bartonensis Ellisor
T. budaensis Shattuck
Tylostoma hilli Whitney -.
T. harrisi WhiTney
CEPHALOPODA
Plesioturrilites brazoensis (Romer)
Budaiceras texanum (Shattuck)
ARTHROPODA
Graptocarcinus texanus Romer
BUDA LIMESTONE
Shoal Creek, Austin, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Barbatio simondsi Whitney
Modiolus austinensis (Whitney)
Gervillia invaginata White (?)
Neithea guinquecostatus (Sowerby)
N. roemeri (Hill)
Neithella wrighti (Shummard)
Spondylus cragini Whitney
S. texanus Whitney
Anomia geniculata Whitney
Lima wacoensis Romer
Trigonia emor:ci Conrad
Stearhsia robinsi White
Granocardium budaense Shattuck
Protocardia texana Conrad
Anatina austinensis Shattuch
A. texana Shattuck
Ptychomya ragsdalei (Cragin)
"Isocardia medialis" Conrad
Meretrix leonensis (Conrad)
Paraesa austinensis (Whitney)
Gastrochaena ruperti (Whitney)
Pholadomya roemeri Shattuck
Homomya budaensis Whitney
H. vulgaris Shattuck
Pachymya budaensis Whitney
Texigryphaea roemeri (Marcou)
Exogyra clarki Shattuck
Arctostrea carinata (Lamarck)
GASTROPODA
Cerithium hilli Whitney
C. shumardi Whitney
C. stantoni Whitney
C. (?) texana Shattuck
Cinulia conradi Whitney
Cylindrites whitei Whitney
Fusus simondsi Whitney
F. texanus Shattuck
Harpagodes shumardi (Hill)
Pleurotomaria stantoni Shattuck
Turritella bartonensis Ellisor
T. budaensis Shattuck
T. felteri Ellisor
T. shippi Ellisor
Tylostoma harrisi Whitney
T. hilli Whitney
Volutilithies austinensis Whitney
CEPHALOPODA
Paracymatoceras hilli (Shattuck)
Plesioturrilites brazoensis (Romer)
P. roembri (Whitney)
Turrilites wysogorski Lasswitz
Budaiceras curvatum (Lasswitz)
B. elegantior (Lasswitz)
B. evae (Lasswitz)
B. hyatti (Shattuck)
Faraudiella roemeri (Lasswitz)
F. texanum (Shattuck)
Hantelliceras budaense Adkins
M. saxbyi (Sharpe)
ECHINOIDEA
Cottaldia rotula Clark
Holectypus planatus Romer
Nucleolites angustatus (Clark)
Enallaster bravoense Bose
E. traski Witney
Hemiaster calvini Clark
COELENTERATA
Actinostromaria dehorneae Wells
Astrocoenia budaensis Wells
Epistreptophyllum budaensis (Wells)
Trochoseris shattucki Wells
Trocharea bakerae (Wells)
Dimorpharaea manchacaensis Wells
Budaia travisensis Wells
Axosmilia saxifisi (Wells)
Montastrea texana (Vaughan)
Caryophillia comanchei Wells
PORIFERA
Verticellites budaensis Wells
ARTHROPODA
Graptocaricinus texanus Romer
EAGLE FORD FORMATION
Travis-Wi.Iliamson County line, east of Interstate
Highway 35
CEPHALOPODA
Baculites gracilis Shumard
Proplacenticeras pseudoplacenta (Hyatt)
Kanabiceras septemseriatim (Cragin)
Pseudaspidoceras sp. aff. P. armatum (Pervinquiere)
Coilopoceras chispaense Adkins
C. eaglefordense Adkins
C.springeri Hyatt
Prionocyclus hyatti Stanton
EAGLE FORD FORMATION
West Bouldin Creek-, Austin, Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Heterohelix globulosa (Ehrenberg)
Hedbergella rugosa (Plummer)
PELECYPODA
Nicaisolopha lugubris (Conrad)
CEPHALOPODA
Coilopoceras eaglefordense Adkins
Prionocyclus hyatti Stanton
EAGLE FORD FORMATION
Along tributary to Walnut Creek, Oak Haven Waterfall,
Watters Park, Austin, Travis County, Texas
CEPHALOPODA
Baculites gracilis Shumard
Scaphites morrowi Jeletzky
Kanabiceras septemseriatim (Cragin)
Pseudaspidoceras sp. aff. P. armatum (Pervinquiere)
Pseudaspidoceras adkinsi (Kummel and Decker, 1954)
Coilopoceras chispaense Adkins
C. colleti Hyatt
C. eaglefordense Adkins
C. springeri Hyatt
Prioncyclus hyatti Stanton
ATCO FORMATION
West Bouldin Creek, Austin, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Inoceramus subquadratus Schulter
CEPHALOPODA
Peroniceras haasi Young
VINSON FORMATION
Hancock Golf Course, Waller Creek, Austin, Travis
County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Idonearca sp.
Exogyra sp. aff, E. aquila Goldfuss
Rhynchostreon.(?)-sp. aff. R. suborbiculata (Lamarck)
CEPHALOPODA
Texanites texanus (Romer)
VINSON FORMATION
Vinson Creek, just south of Bluff Springs Road, mile
south of Onion Creek Bridge, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Exogyra sp. aff. E. aquila Goldfuss
Rhynchostreon (?)-sp. aff. R. suborbiculata (Lamarck)
Aegerostria sp.
JONAH FORMATION
San Gabriel River crossing at Jonah, Williamson County,
Texas
PELECYPODA
Idonearca sp.
Spondylus quadalupae Romer
Pychodonte aucella (Romer)
Actinostreon travisana (Stephenson)
CEPHALOPODA
Texanites americanus (Lasswitz)
ECHINOIDEA
Hemiaster texanus Bose
DESSAU FORMATION
Little Walnut Creek, upstream from the bridge at
Highway 290, Austin, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Inoceramus spp.
Spondylus guadalupae Romer
Pychodonte aucella (Romer)
Exogyra laeviuscula Romer
E. ponderosa Romer
E. tigrina Stephenson
CEPHALOPODA
Glyptoxoceras ellisoni Young
Smedaliceras durhami Young
Scaphites sp. cfr. S. leei Reeside
Submortoniceras tequesquetense Young
BRACHIOPODA
Terebratulina quadalupae (ROmer)
CRINOIDEA
Marsupites americanus Springer
DESSAU FORMATION
Old Turnersville Road crossing of Rinard Creek, southwest of Pilot Knob, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Pychodonte aucella (Romer)
Exogyra laeviuscula Romer
E. tigrina Stephenson
CEPHALOPODA
Anapachydiscus sp.
Suboftoniceras tequesquetense Young
BRACHIOPODA
Terebratulina guadalupae (Romer)
DESSAU FORMATION
Brushy Creek, just downstream from old iron bridge on
Hutto-New Sweden Road, Williamson County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Idonearca sp.
Inoceramus spp.
Pychodonte aucella (Romer)
Exogyra laeviuscdla Romer
E. ponderosa Romer
E. tigrina Stephenson
CEPHALOPODA
Eutrephoceras campbelli Meek
Glyptoxoceras ellisoni Young
Texanites shiloensis Young
Bevanites bevahensis Collignon
Submortoniceras tequesquetense Young
Australiella pattoni Young
Larroisiceras dentatocarinatum (Romer)
Pseudoshloenbachia mexicana (Renz)
BRACHYOPODA
Terebratulina guadalupae (Romer)
BURDITT FORMATION
Little Walnut Creek, just upstream from the bridge at
Highway 290, Austin, Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Citharina texana (Cushman)
Marginotruncana concavata (Cushman)
PELECYPODA
Ostrea centerensis Stephenson
CEPHALOPODA
Smedaliceras durhami Young
Parapuzosia boesei Scott & Moore
Eupachydiscus jimenezi (Renz)
CRINOIDEA
Marsupites americanus Springer
BURDITT FORMATION
Old Turnersville Road crossing of Rinard Creek, south-
west of Pilot Knob, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Ostrea centerensis Stephenson
CEPHALOPODA
Smedaliceras durhami Young
Parapuzosia boesesi Scott & Moore
Eupachydiscus jimenezi (Renz)
Submortoniceras vanuxemi (Morton)
Menabites densinodosus (Renz)
PFLUGERVILLE FORMATION
Bridge over Little Walnut Creek at Springdale Road,
Austin, Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Manorella proteus Grice
Siphogaudryina austinana Cushman
Pseudogaudryina ellisorae Cushman
Dentalina alternate (Jones)
Frondicularia watersi Cushman
F. inversa Reuss
Tseudofrondicularia intermittens (Reuss)
P. bidentata (Cushman)
Kyphopyxa christneri (Carsey)
Lagena acuticosta Reuss
L. globosa Montagu
L. hispidaReuss
Saracenaria triangularis (d'Orbigny)
Ramulina aculeata (d'Orbigny)
Buliminella carseyae Plummer
Eouviqerina austinana Cushman
Pseudouvigerina plummerae Cushman
Hasteri voluta (White)
Globotruncana fornicate Plummer
Planulina texana Cushman
Cibicides constrictus (Hagenow)
Anomalina nelsoni (Berry)
PELECYPODA
Neithea casteeliKniker
Idonearca sp.
Exogyra ponderosa (Romer)
E. ponderosa erraticostata Stephenson
CEPHALOPODA
Menapites walnutensis Young
BRACHIOPODA
Terebratulina guadalupae (Romer)
PFLUGERVILLE FORMATION
Little Walnut Creek, upstream from the bridge at Highway 290, Austin, Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Gaudryina austinana (Cushman)
G. eliisorae (Cushman)
Pseudogaudryinella capitosa (Cushman)
Pseudoclayulina clavata (Cushman)
Loxostomoides cushmani (Wickendeni)
PELECYPODA
Exogyra ponderosa erraticostata Stephenson
Aegerostria sp.
PFLUGERVILLE FORMATION
South bank of Walnut Creek at old Sprinkle Road crossing, north of Austin, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Inoceramus sp.
Pychodonte aucella (Romer)
Exogyra ponderosa Romer
E. ponderosa erraticostata Stephenson
Aegerostria sp.
Actinostreon travisana (Stephenson)
CEPHALOPODA
Baculites sp. indet.
Delawarella delawarensis (Morton)
McKOWN FORMATION
McKown Quarry, below McKinney Falls State Park, north
bank of Onion Creek, Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Exogyra ponderosa ertaticostata Stephenson
CEPHALOPODA
Delawarella delawarensis (Morton)
SPRINKLE FORMATION
About seven feet above the base, on Little Walnut
Creek, 0.2 miles downstream from the bridge on Springdale
Road, Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Spiroplectammina lalickeri Albritton & Phleger
Clavulina clavata (Cushman)
Pseudogaudryinella capitosa serrulata (Cushman)
Nodosaria affinis Reuss
Dentalina legumen Reuss
Frondicularia intermittens Reuss
Hyphopyxa christneri (Carsey)
Lagena acuticosta Reuss
L. hispida Reuss
Buliminella canadaensis Plummer
Neobulimina canadensis Cushman & Wickenden
Eouvlgerina aculeata Cushman
Bulimina exigua Cushman & Parker
B. rudita Cushman & Parker
Valvulineria infrequens morrow
Heterohelix globocarinata (Cushman)
H. plummerae (Loetterle)
Globotruncana cretacea Cushman
Fursenkoina tegulata (Reuss)
Loxostomum cushmani Wickenden
Nonionella austinanaCushman
Gyroidina depressa (Altn)
Planulina texana Cushman
PECAN GAP CHALK
Walnut Hill Area, east of Austin, Travis County,
Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Ammodiscus cretaceus (Reuss)
Haplophragmoides excavatus Cushman & Waters
Ammobaculites stephensoni Cushman
Clavulinoides disjunctus (Cushman)
C. trilaterus (Cushman)
C. whitei (Cushman & Jarvis)
Spiroplectammina cretosa Cushman
S.semicomplanata (,Carsey)
Bolivinopsis rosula (Ehrenberg)
Textularia ripleyensis Berry
T. subconica Franke
Gaudryina bentonensis (Carmen)
Pseudogaudryina ellisorae Cushman
Clavulina clavata (.Cushman)
Heterostomella americans Cushman
H. austinana Cushman
Tritaxia ellisorae Cushman
Arenobulimina americana Cushman
Dorothia conula (Reuss)
D. oxycona (Reuss)
Eggerella trochoides (Reuss)
Nodosaria amphioxys Reuss
N. navarroana Cushman
N. obscura Reuss
N. caudigera (Schwager)
Chrysalogonium eximium Cushman
C. texanum Cushman
Citharina multicostata (Cushman)
C. wadei (,Kelley)
Dentalina aculeata Cushman
D. alternate (Jones)
D. planata Cushman
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C. constrictus (Hagenow)
Plearostomella alexanderi (Cushman)
P. stephensoni (Cushman
P. subnodosa (Reuss)
Nodosarella gracillima Cushman
Loxostomum cushmani Wickenden
L. eleyi (C shman)
L. plaitum (Carsey)
Pullenia americans Cushman
Allomorphina minuta Cushman
Nonionella austinana Cushman
Gyroidina depressa (Alth)
G. globosa (Hagenow)
Globorotalites conicus (Carsey)
G. umbilicates (Loetterle)
Anomdlina ammonoides (Reuss)
A. clementiana (d'Orbigny)
A. henbesti Plummer
A. nelsoni (Berry)
A. inguis Jennings
PELECYPODA
Inoceramus spp.
Atreta cretacea (Stephenson)
Pychodonte vesicularis (Lamarch)
Exogyra ponderosa erraticostata Stephenson
CEPHALOPODA
Exiteloceras sp.
Baculites taylotensis Adkins
Hoplitoplacenticeras vari (Marrot)
Pachydiscus travisi (Adkins)
ECHINOIDEA
Echinocorys texanus (Cragin)
BERGSTROM FORMATION
Concretion zone near gate to Sandahl's Farm near Manda,
Travis County, Texas
PELECYPODA
Nuculana tarensis Stephenson
Paleopinna laqueata Conrad
Inoceramus proximus Tuomy
Lima reticulate Forbes
Trigonia eufalensis Gabb
Cardium cliffwoodensis Weller
C. penderense Stephenson
C. ripleyanum
C. tenuistriatum (Whitfield)
C. vaughani Stephenson
Cymbophora triqonalis Stephenson
Glossus cliffwoodensis Weller
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Liophistna (Cymella) bella (Conrad)
Agerostria falcata (Morton)
GASTROPODA
Amauropsis meekana Whitfield
Anchura johnsoni Stephenson
A. pergracilis Johnson
A. solitaria Whitfield
Cypraea mortoni Gabb
Gyrodes altispira (Bagg)
G. alveata Conrad
Morea cancellaria Conrad
Natica abyssian Morton
N. globulella Whitfield
Polinices (Euspira) halli (Gabb)
Pyrifusus marylandicus Gardner
Pyropsis reileyi Whitfield
Scalaria hercules Whitfield
CEPHALOPODA
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Baculites anceps Lamarck
B. asper Morton
B. ovatus Say
Placenticeras intercalate Meek
P. placenta (Dekay)
Manambolites ricensis Young
COELENTERATA
Micrabacia americans Meek & Hayden
M. cribraria Stephenson
M. rotatilis georgiana Stephenson
M. rotatilis Stephenson
Trochocyathes conoides (Bagg & Horn)
CORSICANA FORMATION
Cottonwood Creek Valley, northeast Travis County,
Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Bulimina aspera Cushman & Parker
B. ovulum Reuss
Epistomella glabrata (Cushman)
Siphonina prima Plummer
Planulina correcta (Carsey)
Cibicides harperi (Sandidge)
Pleurostomella alexanderi immensia Cushman
Loxostomum plaitum (Carsey)
Anomalia nelsoni Berry
PELECYPODA
Crenella serica Conrad
Lima kimbroensis Stephenson
Venericardia webbervillensis Stephenson
Exogyra costata (Say)
VERMES
Hamqlus onyx Morton
CORSICANA FORMATION
In gully in west facing-slope on Cottonwood Creek
Valley, 1/4 mile west of Kimbro and 2 miles south of Manda,
Travis Co unty, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Haplophragmoides calculus Cushman & Waters
Ammobaculites coprolithiformis (Schwager)
Trochammina diagonis (Carsey)
Dorthia bullata (Carsey)
D. glabrata (Cushman)
Plectina waters Cushman
Nodosaria lagenoides (Olszewaki)
Citharina multicostata Cushman
C. webbervillensis (-Carsey)
Dentalina basiplanata Cushman
D. confluens Reuss
Lenticulina navarroensis (Plummer)
L. spissocastatus Cushman
Marginulina silicula (,Plummer)
Saracenaria saratogana Howe & Wallace
Vaginulina cretacea Plummer
Pseudopolymorphina- cuvleri Plummer
Pyrulina cylindroides (R6mer)
Pseudouvigerina seligi (Cushman)
Heterohelix costulata (Cushman)
H. globulosa (Ehrenberg)
Gublerina carseyae (Plummer)
Nonionella robusta Plummer
CORSICANA FORMATION
Jones' Crossing of Onion Creek, from 80-foot bluff downstream from Austin-Bastrop highway bridge, Travis County, Texas
FORAMINIFERIDA
Reophax texana Cushman & Waters
ff-aplophragmoides calculus Cushman & Waters
H. excavatus Cushman & Waters
Ammobaculites coprolithiformis (Schwager)
A. texanus Cushman
Triplasia insignis (Plummer)
T. trilatera (Cushman)
T. trilatera plummerae (Sandidge)
Quinqueloculina antigua angusta Franke
Spiroplectammina semicomplanate (Carsey)
Trochammina diagonis (Carsey)
T. gyroides (-Cushman & Waters)
Bolivinopsis rosula (Ehrenberg)
Gaudryina rudita Sandidge
G. rugosa d'Orbigny
Plectina watersi Cushman
Dorothia bulleta (Carsey)
Nodosaria affinis Reuss
N. gracilitatis Cushman
N. manifesta Reuss
N. navarroana Cushman
Citharina multicostata (Cushman)
C. navarroana Cushman
C. webbervillensis (Carsey)
Dentalina angusticostata Cushman
D. basiplanata Cushman
D. communis d'Orbigny
D. crinita Plummer
D. elicatula Cushman
D. legumen (Reuss)
D. loreniana d'Orbigny
D. megalopolitana Reuss
Frondicularia clarki Bagg
Lagena acuticosta Reuss
L. hispida Reuss
Lenticulina navarroensis Plummer
L. taylorensis (Plummer)
Marginulina curvatum Cushman
M. navarroana Cushman
Neoflabellina reticulate (Reuss)
Planularia dissona (Plummer)
Saraceharia saratogana Howe & Wallace
Vaginulina cretacea Plummer
V. simondsi Carsey
Vaginulinopsis linearea (.Carsey)
Globulina lacrima Reuss
G. lacrima horrida Reuss
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- N. gracilitatis Cushman
- N. manifesta Reuss
- N. navarroana Cushman
- Citharina multicostata (Cushman)
- C. navarroana Cushman
- C. webbervillensis (Carsey)
- Dentalina angusticostata Cushman
- D. basiplanata Cushman
- D. communis d'Orbigny
- D. crinita Plummer
- D. elicatula Cushman
- D. legumen (Reuss)
- D. loreniana d'Orbigny
- D. megalopolitana Reuss
- Frondicularia clarki Bagg
- Lagena acuticosta Reuss
- L. hispida Reuss
- Lenticulina navarroensis Plummer
- L. taylorensis (Plummer)
- Marginulina curvatum Cushman
- M. navarroana Cushman
- Neoflabellina reticulate (Reuss)
- Planularia dissona (Plummer)
- Saraceharia saratogana Howe & Wallace
- Vaginulina cretacea Plummer
- V. simondsi Carsey
- Vaginulinopsis linearea (.Carsey)
- Globulina lacrima Reuss
- G. lacrima horrida Reuss
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