What Can I Find?

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.

Fossils found at Fossil Park

Found at Fossil Park

Crinoid Stalk

Crinoid Stalk

Crinoid Columnal

Crinoid Columnal

Cyclocaudex Crinoid Columnal

Cyclocaudex Crinoid Columnal

Pentaridica Crinoid Columnal

Pentaridica Crinoid Columnal

A Complete Crinoid Top

A Complete Crinoid Top

Crinoid Diagram

Crinoid Diagram

Petalodus Shark Tooth

Petalodus Shark Tooth

Trilobite

Trilobite

Trilobite Diagram

Trilobite Diagram

Archaeocidaris

Archaeocidaris

Floricyclus Crinoid Columnals

Floricyclus Crinoid Columnals

Punctospirifer Brachipods

Punctospirifer Brachipods

Unidentified fossil

Unidentified

Rhombopora Bryozoa possibly

Rhombopora Bryozoa possibly

Neospirifer Brachiopod

Neospirifer Brachiopod

Cyclocaudex Crinoid Columnal

Cyclocaudex Crinoid Columnal

Apographiocrinus Crinoid Cap (calyx)

Apographiocrinus Crinoid Cap (calyx)

Straparollus

Straparollus

Goniasma Snail Gastropod

Goniasma Snail Gastropod

Petalodus Shark Tooth

Petalodus Shark Tooth

Pentaridica Crinoid Columnais

Pentaridica Crinoid Columnais

Unknown Crinoid Cap

Unknown Crinoid Cap

Orthoconic Nautiloids

Orthoconic Nautiloids

Cyclocrista possibly

Cyclocrista possibly