Fossil Finds: Mineral Wells Fossil Park

Around 310 to 320 million years ago, long before the first dinosaurs were born, this part of Texas was teeming with marine life. A shallow ocean reef composed of sponges, coral, brachiopds, bivalves, snails, nautiloids, ammonites and crinoids lefts their fossil for us to find. Below are example of the fossils I have personally found in the park. The Site is upper or late Pennsylvanian or Carboniferous Period. Palo Pinto County, Mineral Wells, Texas

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Porifera (sponges)

Sponge Wewokella

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Sponge Wewokella

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Sponge

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Sponge Wewokella

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Sponge Wewokella

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Sponge Wewokella

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Cnidaria (coral)

Coral Cladochonus fragilis

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Coral Lyphophyllidum

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Bryozoan

Bryozoan Tabulipora Maeandrostia kansasensis

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Brachiopoda

Brachiopoda Punctospirifer kentuckensis

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Brachiopoda Linoproductus prattenianus

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Brachiopoda Enteletes hemiplicatus

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Brachiopoda Eridmatus

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Brachiopoda Chonetinella flemingi

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Brachiopoda Composita ovata

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Brachiopoda Eridmatus texanus

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Brachiopoda Kutorginella lasalensis

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Brachiopoda Neochonetes acanthophorus

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Brachiopoda Spiriferid

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Mollusca – Class: Gastropoda (snails)

Snail Bellerophon

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Snail Meekospira

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Snail Solensicus

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Snail Trepospira illinoisensis

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Mollusca – Class: Cephalopoda (ammonite)

Ammonite Gonioloboceras

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Ammonite Gonioloboceras

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Ammonite Metacoceras

Nautiloid Psuedothoceras

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Echinodermata – Class: Echinoidea

Sea Urchin Archaeocidaris

Plate Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Echinodermata – Class: Crinoidea

Crinoid Columns

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Crinoid Columns

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Crinoid Columns

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Crinoid Columns

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Crinoid Columns

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Crinoid Columns

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Crinoid Columns Floricyclus

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Crinoid Columns Floricyclus

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Crinoid Columns

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Crinoid Columns

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Crinoid Plates

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Crinoid Calyx

Pennsylvanian (upper Carboniferous)

Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Palo Pinto County, Texas

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Arthropoda – Class: Trilobite

I have not found any yet!

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata- Class: Chondrichthyes

Shark tooth

I have not found any yet!

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