Texas Pennsylvanian Fossils

Arthropods 

Scroll through images or click to enlarge.  Fossils are in alphabetical order by Genus.

Collections are from Mike DeBrock (MD), Josh Hanley (JH), Dr. Peter Holterhoff (PH), Mark McKinzie (MM),  John McLeod (JM), ), Dr. Ben Neuman (BN), Bob Williams (BW), Sveta Earnest (SE), and Rodney Wise (RW).  

All scales are shown in millimeters unless otherwise noted.

Images

Taxonomy/Stratigraphy/
Location/Collection

Images

Taxonomy/Stratigraphy/
Location/Collection

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropodia

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Archaeostraca

Family: Rhinocarididae

Genus: Dithyrocaris

Species: sp

Finis Shale, Graham Formation

Lost Creek Dam, Jacksboro, TX

Collection: JH

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropodia

Class: Trilobita

Order: Proetida

Family: Phillipsiidae

Genus: Ditomopyge

Species: scitula

Finis Shale, Graham Formation

Lost Creek Dam, Jacksboro, TX

Collection: JH

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropodia

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Decapoda

Suborder: Pleocyemata

Family: Palaeopalaemonidae

Genus: Palaeopalaemon

Species: newberryi

Finis Shale, Graham Formation

Lost Creek Dam, Jacksboro, TX

Collection: JH