Texas Fossils

About this eBook

Author

Matthews, William Henry, 1919-

Title

Texas Fossils: An Amateur Collector's Handbook

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QE: Science: Geology

Subject

Paleontology -- Texas

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56315

Release Date

January 5, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TEXAS FOSSILS: An Amateur Collector’s Handbook
2. 2.Contents
3. 3.Illustrations — Texas Fossils An Amateur Collector’s Handbook
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.WHAT ARE FOSSILS?
6. 6.THE STUDY OF FOSSILS — Paleobotany — Invertebrate Paleontology — Vertebrate Paleontology — Micropaleontology
7. 7.PRESERVATION OF FOSSILS — REQUIREMENTS OF FOSSILIZATION — MISSING PAGES IN THE RECORD
8. 8.DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOSSIL PRESERVATION — ORIGINAL SOFT PARTS OF ORGANISMS — ORIGINAL HARD PARTS OF ORGANISMS — Calcareous Remains — Phosphatic Remains — Siliceous Remains — Chitinous Remains — ALTERED HARD PARTS OF ORGANISMS — Carbonization — Petrifaction or Permineralization — Replacement or Mineralization — TRACES OF ORGANISMS — Molds and Casts — Tracks, Trails, and Burrows — Coprolites — Gastroliths — PSEUDOFOSSILS — Dendrites — Slickensides — Concretions
9. 9.WHERE AND HOW TO COLLECT FOSSILS — COLLECTING EQUIPMENT — Hammer — Collecting Bag — Chisels — Wrapping Materials — Map, Notebook, and Pencil — Magnifying Glass — Paper or Cloth Bags — Other Useful Items — WHERE TO LOOK — HOW TO COLLECT
10. 10.CLEANING AND PREPARATION OF FOSSILS
11. 11.HOW FOSSILS ARE NAMED — THE SCIENCE OF CLASSIFICATION — THE UNITS OF CLASSIFICATION
12. 12.IDENTIFICATION OF FOSSILS
13. 13.USE OF IDENTIFICATION KEYS — IDENTIFICATION KEY TO MAIN TYPES OF INVERTEBRATE FOSSILS
14. 14.LIST OF TEXAS COLLEGES OFFERING GEOLOGY COURSES
15. 15.CATALOGING THE COLLECTION
16. 16.HOW FOSSILS ARE USED
17. 17.GEOLOGIC HISTORY — GEOLOGIC COLUMN AND TIME SCALE — THE GEOLOGY OF TEXAS — Physiography — TRANS-PECOS REGION — TEXAS PLAINS — High Plains — North-Central Plains — Edwards Plateau — Grand Prairie — Llano Uplift — GULF COASTAL PLAIN — Geology — PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS — PALEOZOIC ROCKS — MESOZOIC ROCKS — CENOZOIC ROCKS — Tertiary — Quaternary
18. 18.MAIN TYPES OF FOSSILS — PLANT FOSSILS — Classification of the Plant Kingdom — ANIMAL FOSSILS — Phylum Protozoa — Phylum Porifera — Phylum Coelenterata — Phylum Bryozoa — Phylum Brachiopoda — Phylum Mollusca — Phylum Annelida — Phylum Arthropoda — Subphylum Trilobitomorpha — Subphylum Crustacea — Phylum Echinodermata — Subphylum Pelmatozoa — Subphylum Eleutherozoa — Phylum Chordata — Subphylum Hemichordata — Subphylum Vertebrata
19. 19.BOOKS ABOUT FOSSILS — GENERAL WORKS — NONTECHNICAL AND JUVENILE — COLLECTING HELPS — REFERENCE WORKS — SELECTED REFERENCES ON TEXAS FOSSILS [2]
20. 20.GLOSSARY
21. 21.Footnotes
22. 22.Index
23. 23.Transcriber’s Notes

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