Contents
Illustrations
INTRODUCTION
WHAT ARE FOSSILS?
THE STUDY OF FOSSILS
PRESERVATION OF FOSSILS
DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOSSIL PRESERVATION
WHERE AND HOW TO COLLECT FOSSILS
CLEANING AND PREPARATION OF FOSSILS
HOW FOSSILS ARE NAMED
IDENTIFICATION OF FOSSILS
USE OF IDENTIFICATION KEYS
LIST OF TEXAS COLLEGES OFFERING GEOLOGY COURSES
CATALOGING THE COLLECTION
HOW FOSSILS ARE USED
GEOLOGIC HISTORY
MAIN TYPES OF FOSSILS
BOOKS ABOUT FOSSILS
GLOSSARY
Footnotes
Index
Transcriber's Notes
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712
John T. Lonsdale, Director
Guidebook 2
TEXAS FOSSILS:
An Amateur Collector’s Handbook
By
William H. Matthews III
SEAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
November 1960
Second Printing, July 1963
Third Printing, August 1967
Fourth Printing, June 1971
Fifth Printing, November 1973
Sixth Printing, April 1976
Seventh Printing, November 1978
Eighth Printing, September 1981
Ninth Printing, August 1984
