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_Calamites_: 48
calcite: 10, 11
callus: 59
_Calyptraphorus_: 64
_Camarotoechia_: 55
Cambrian—
derivation and pronunciation: 34
fossils: 40
brachiopods: 55
graptolites: 86
of Franklin Mountains, Llano, Marathon, and Solitario uplifts:
40
camels: 106
_cameratus, Neospirifer_: 58
_Caninia_: 51, 52
_Canis diris_: 102, 103
_domestica_: 22
caprinid: 27, 30
caprock, of High Plains: 35
carbon residues: 10, 86
Carboniferous: 34
_carinata, Ostrea_: 71
Carnivora: 102
carnivores: 102, 103
_Caryocorbula_: 74
_Caryocrinites_: 81
Casey, Josephine: 2
casts: 11
catalog, fossil; number: 31
cement, portland: 19
Cenozoic—
derivation and pronunciation: 33
periods of: 34
rocks in Texas: 43
central Asia: 106
central Texas: 11, 42
Cephalopoda: 56, 66, 75, 78
cephalopods: 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 66, 75, 76, 77, 78
ammonites: 75, 76, 77, 78
ammonoids: 75, 76, 77, 78
belemnoids: 77, 78
ceratites: 75, 78
coleoids: 77, 78
cuttlefish: 78
goniatites: 75, 76
nautiloids: 66, 75, 76
octopus: 66, 78
squid: 66, 78
sutures: 66, 75, 78
ceratites: 75, 78
ceratopsians: 90, 99, 100
_Ceratosaurus_: 90
_Cerithium_: 62
chalicotheres: 104, 106
Chelonia. _See_ turtles.
chisels: 17
chitin: 10
chitons: 56
Chondrichthyes: 87
_Chonetes_: 57
Chordata: 84-102
chordates: 84
amphibians: 89, 92
birds: 100
fishes: 87, 88, 89
graptolites: 40, 84, 86
mammals: 100-107
reptiles: 89-100
_Cladochonus_: 51, 52
_Cladophyllia_: 53
clams: 11, 56, 59. _See also_ pelecypods.
class, taxonomic: 22
classification, binomial nomenclature: 21-22
units of: 22
club mosses: 47
coal: 20, 47
mines: 20, 47
plants: 16, 46, 47, 48
_Cochlespiropsis_: 63
Coelenterata: 49, 51, 84
coelenterates: 49, 51-_53_
Coleoidea: 66
coleoids: 77, 78
collecting bags: 17, 18
columella, corals: 51
gastropods: 59, 60
columnal, crinoid: 81, 82, 83
Comanchean series of Cretaceous: 34. _See also_ Lower Cretaceous.
compass: 19
_Composita subtilita_: 57
compound corals. _See_ corals, colonial.
concretions: 16
coniferous trees: 7
conodonts: 41, 88, 89
_Conus_: 63
Cooper, G. A.: 2, 12
coprolites: 14
corallite: 49, 51
corallum: 51
corals: 11, 24, 26, 27, 49, 51, 52, 53
“button”: 49, 53
colonial: 24, 27, 30, 51, 52, 53
Cretaceous: 53
“horn”: 49, 51, 52
morphology: 51
Pennsylvanian: 52
polyp: 49
solitary: 24, 28, 29, 30, 49, 51, 52, 53
symmetry: 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Tertiary: 53
_Cordaites_: 48
correlation: 32
_Corythosaurus_: 90
cotylosaurs: 89, 92
crabs: 78, 79
_Crassatella_: 72
crayfish: 78
creodonts: 102
Cretaceous—
_See also_ Comanchean and Gulf series.
derivation and pronunciation: 34
fossils: 42-43
arthropods: 79
brachiopods: 56
cephalopods: 66, 67, 76, 77
corals: 53
crocodiles: 95, 96
dinosaurs: 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 97, 99
echinoderms: 83, 84, 85
foraminifers: 49
gastropods: 59, 62
nautiloids: 76
pelecypods: 59, 66, 68-_71_
shark teeth: 88
worms: 78
tubes: 9
of central Texas, Edwards Plateau, Gulf Coastal Plain, High
Plains, north Texas, and Trans-Pecos Texas: 42
“Pyrite Fossil Zone” of: 11
crinoidal limestone: 41, 82, 83
Crinoidea: 81
crinoids: 26, 28, 41, 81, 82, 83
calyx: 81, 82, 83
morphology: 81
stems: 26, 28, 81, 82, 83
Crockett County: 42
Crockett formation: 43
crocodiles: 95, 96
crossopterygians: 87
crustaceans: 79, 80
Culberson County: 35
cuttlefish: 78
cycads: 47, 48
_Cymatoceras_: 75, 76
Cystoidea: 81
cystoids: 81, 82, 83

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