The most common fossil found at Mineral Wells Fossil Park are the stalks of crinoids (sea lilies). While crinoids may look like weird plants, they are actually animals. There are likely dozens of species found here, each with their own design and ornamentation. Some even have spikes.
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Photography and diagrams by Lance Hall.
Found at Fossil Park
Crinoid Stalk
Crinoid Columnal
Cyclocaudex Crinoid Columnal
Pentaridica Crinoid Columnal
A Complete Crinoid Top
Crinoid Diagram
Petalodus Shark Tooth
Trilobite
Trilobite Diagram
Archaeocidaris
Floricyclus Crinoid Columnals
Punctospirifer Brachipods
Unidentified
Rhombopora Bryozoa possibly
Neospirifer Brachiopod
Cyclocaudex Crinoid Columnal
Apographiocrinus Crinoid Cap (calyx)
Straparollus
Goniasma Snail Gastropod
Petalodus Shark Tooth
Pentaridica Crinoid Columnais
Unknown Crinoid Cap
Orthoconic Nautiloids
Cyclocrista possibly