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Lost Creek spillway, Jacksboro

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils
Shark teethShark teeth

Also reported: ammonoids.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Why this spot

Finis Shale spillway cut famous for Pennsylvanian ammonoids

Standby of Texas paleo society field trips.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

loose shale, heat

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