Road Cut exposures in the fossiliferous Glen Rose formation in the area Southwest of Fort Worth. Additional exposures well to the South around Johnson City.
Who knows? Roadcuts so probably OK
Exposures West of Austin and South of Johnson City near the junction of US281 and US290
ammonites, bivalves, gastropods, algae, worm tubes, echinoids, forams
Fredricksburg Formation (Lower Cretaceous) Glen Rose Limestone (Lower Cretaceous) fossiliferous limestones and chalks Trinity sands (Lower Cretaceous)
Note that the upper beds are thought to be deeper water deposits than the lower beds.
- "Tarpley","Bandera","TX","on Hondo Creek, 4 km downstream and 4 km upstream","Cretaceous","Glen Rose","diverse ammonoidea,bivalves,corals,sponges,forams,dinosaurs-bones","TX0042","29.6569,-99.2761MCU","|",,,
- "Johnson City","Blanco","TX","in roadcuts along US281",'Cretaceous","Glen Rose","fossils(abundant)","TX0078","30.2767,-98.4117MCU","|",,,
- "Twin Mountain","Coryell","TX","40km N of Proctor","Cretaceous,Lower","Glen Rose","invertebrates,vertebrates-Pycnodontidae-scales","TX0477""'http://northtexasfossils.com'","31.3816,-98.0140GA","|",,,
- "Cresson","Hood","TX","About 2.8km NE on TX377 in roadcut at Scorpion Hill ","Cretaceous,Lower","Glen Rose","invertebrates(abundant)","TX0469""'http://paleo.cc/paluxy/glenroseareas.jpg'","32.5519,-97.6073GA","|",,,
- "Cresson","Hood","TX","In roadcuts on TX377 from about 4km NE to turnoff on right to Lake Benbrook","Cretaceous,Lower","Glen Rose","invertebrates(abundant)","TX0470""'http://paleo.cc/paluxy/glenroseareas.jpg'","32.6000,-97.5696GA","|",,,
- "Cresson","Hood","TX","SW In roadcuts on TX377 between Cresson and Granbury","Cretaceous,Lower","Glen Rose","invertebrates(abundant)","TX0472""'http://paleo.cc/paluxy/glenroseareas.jpg'","32.4828,-97.6832GA","|",,,
- "Lake Benbrook","Hood","TX","In exposures along North and Northwest shores of lake","Cretaceous,Lower","Glen Rose","invertebrates(abundant)","TX0471""'http://paleo.cc/paluxy/glenroseareas.jpg'","32.6582,-97.4680GA","|",,,
- "Garner Ranch","Kimble","TX","13 km W of Kerrville 23 km N of Kerrville-Junction Road","Cretaceous","Glen Rose","ammonoidea,bivalves,corals,sponges,forams,dinosaurs-bones","TX0222""|",,,
- "Dinosaur Valley State Park","Somervell","TX","Glen Rose","footprints","TX0310","32.2564,-97.8111MCU","|",
- "Glen Rose","Somervell","TX","6.4km W,400m below fourth crossing of Paluxy River above Glen Rose","Cretaceous","Glen Rose","vertebrates-dinosaurs-tracks","TX0314","CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission""32.2344,-97.7550MCU","|",,,
- "Glen Rose","Somervell","TX","Along US 67 between Glen Rose and Stephenville. Good exposures of","Cretaceous","Goodland|Duck Creek|Fort Worth|Weno|PawPaw","Exogyra,lima,Pecten,Gryphaea,Lunatia,Turritella,Hemiaster,Phymosoma,Enallaster,sponges - Porocystis","TX0315","32.2344,-97.7550MCU","|",,,
- "Glen Rose","Somervell","TX","S along TX144 to and well beyond Walnut Grove In roadcuts","Cretaceous,Lower","Glen Rose","invertebrates(abundant)","TX0474""'http://paleo.cc/paluxy/glenroseareas.jpg'","32.1611,-97.7474GA","|",,,
- "Glen Rose","Somervell","TX","SW In roadcuts along TX67","Cretaceous,Lower","Glen Rose","invertebrates(abundant)","TX0473""'http://paleo.cc/paluxy/glenroseareas.jpg'","32.2127,-97.7910GA","|",,,
- "Glen Rose","Somervell","TX","SW in roadcuts along CR2013 SE of TX67","Cretaceous,Lower","Glen Rose","invertebrates(abundant)","TX0475""'http://paleo.cc/paluxy/glenroseareas.jpg'","32.1512,-97.8745GA","|",,,
- "Glen Rose","Somervell","TX","SW in roadcuts along CR205 and CR2009 SE of TX67","Cretaceous,Lower","Glen Rose","invertebrates(abundant)","TX0476""'http://paleo.cc/paluxy/glenroseareas.jpg'","32.1902,-97.8121GA","|",,,
- "Glen Rose","Somervell","TX","in 15 outcrops between Uvalde,Kinney County to the Paluxy River in Sommerville County","Cretaceous","Glen Rose","vertebrates-Reptilia-dinosaurs-tracks - Acrocanthosaurus,Tyrannosaurus,Hadrosauroidea?","TX0316","32.2344,-97.7550MCU","|",,,
- "Glen Rose","Somervell","TX""Cretaceous","Glen Rose","ammonoidea,bivalves,corals,sponges,forams,dinosaurs-bones","TX0311","32.2344,-97.7550MCU","|",
- "Glen Rose","Somervell","TX""Cretaceous","Glen Rose","vertebrates-Macrepistius","TX0312","CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission""32.2344,-97.7550MCU","|",
- "Paluxy River","Somervell","TX","vertebrates-Reptilia-dinosaurs-tracks at eight sites along about 4 km of river about 3 km W of Glen Rose,TX","?","TX0318","32.3547,-98.0286MCU","|",
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