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This list of the prehistoric life of Texas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Texas.
This list of the Paleozoic life of Texas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Texas and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
Baioconodon Baiomys † Baiomys rexroadi † Baiotomeus † Baiotomeus douglassi Bairdia † Bairdia oviformis A living Balanophyllia stony coral Balanophyllia † Balanophyllia augustinensis – type locality for species † Balanophyllia desmophyllum † Balanophyllia irrorata † Balanophyllia ponderosa Balanus Balcis † Balcis exilis † Balcis tenua † Balcis wheeleri Three fossilized ...
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The prehistoric bony fish of Texas are known largely from Cretaceous rocks. Fossils include mostly teeth, vertebrae, and scales, although sometimes well preserved skeletons are found in the Austin Chalk member. [6] During the Turonian Texas was home to the fish Pachyrhizodus leptopsis. [15] Early Cretaceous heart urchins and biscuit urchins.
A fossil reveals how a now-extinct species of dugong was swimming in the sea about 15 million years ago when it was preyed upon by a crocodile and a tiger shark.
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The Waco Mammoth National Monument is found in Waco, Texas. The location of the monument lies on along the Bosque River, within 100 acres of wooded parkland. [12] It is theorized that due to the proximity to the river, the deaths of the uncovered prehistoric animals were a result of flash flooding, drowning the creatures about 67,000 years ago.