Fossil Finds: Ladonia Fossil Park
Upper Cretaceous Ladonia Fossil Park, Ozan Formation, Ladonia, Texas. The infamous Sulfur River runs northeast of the Dallas and Fort Worth area. Ladonia Fossil Park is situated on the northside of the river and has late or upper Cretaceous limestones – known to hold cephalopods called ammonites and baculites with the rare mosasaur bone fragment.
Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Mollusca – Class: Bivalve (clams)
Clam imprint
Cretaceous
Ladonia Fossil Park, Ozan Formation, Ladonia, Texas
Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Mollusca – Class: Cephalopoda (squid and octopi)
Baculites (red zone)
Cretaceous
Ladonia Fossil Park, Ozan Formation, Ladonia, Texas
Baculites
Cretaceous
Ladonia Fossil Park, Ozan Formation, Ladonia, Texas
Ammonite
Cretaceous
Ladonia Fossil Park, Ozan Formation, Ladonia, Texas
Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata – Class: Reptilia
Mosasaur Vertebrae (purchased)
Cretaceous
Ladonia Fossil Park, Ozan Formation, Ladonia, Texas
Mosasaur Vertebrae (purchased)
Cretaceous
Ladonia Fossil Park, Ozan Formation, Ladonia, Texas
Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata – Class: Reptilia/Mammalia
Two Fossil Bone Fragments and tooth
(Cenozoic mammal tooth)
Cretaceous
Ladonia Fossil Park, Ozan Formation, Ladonia, Texas