Texas Fossils: An Amateur Collector's Handbook
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Chapters (102)
- TEXAS FOSSILS: An Amateur Collector’s Handbook
- Illustrations
- INTRODUCTION
- WHAT ARE FOSSILS?
- THE STUDY OF FOSSILS
- Paleobotany
- Invertebrate Paleontology
- Vertebrate Paleontology
- Micropaleontology
- PRESERVATION OF FOSSILS
- REQUIREMENTS OF FOSSILIZATION
- MISSING PAGES IN THE RECORD
- 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
- 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
- CLEANING AND PREPARATION OF FOSSILS
- HOW FOSSILS ARE NAMED
- THE SCIENCE OF CLASSIFICATION
- THE UNITS OF CLASSIFICATION
- IDENTIFICATION OF FOSSILS
- USE OF IDENTIFICATION KEYS
- IDENTIFICATION KEY TO MAIN TYPES OF INVERTEBRATE FOSSILS
- LIST OF TEXAS COLLEGES OFFERING GEOLOGY COURSES
- CATALOGING THE COLLECTION
- HOW FOSSILS ARE USED
- 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
- 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
- BOOKS ABOUT FOSSILS
- GENERAL WORKS
- NONTECHNICAL AND JUVENILE
- COLLECTING HELPS
- REFERENCE WORKS
- SELECTED REFERENCES ON TEXAS FOSSILS[2]
- GLOSSARY
- Footnotes
- Index
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