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FM 1047, Mills Co. Line, Texas

Location: Farm-to-Market 1047 at the Mills County Line.

What you can find: Fossil sea urchins (Heart urchins, Heteraster texanus, and spiny urchins, Phymosoma Texanum). Also present are various species of gastropod, some scattered bivalves, and a few fragments of ammonites.

Ease of Access: Very easy.

Locality Type: Roadcut

Equipment Needed: None.

Additional Information: Look for the Mills County Line sign, and hunt the roadcut near it for the best results.

Recommended Reading: 

Roadside Geology of Texas

Collector's Guide to Texas Cretaceous Echinoids

A Field Guide to Fossils of Texas

Gem Trails of Texas

Rockhounding Texas

Naturalist's Guide to the Texas Hill Country

Backroads of the Texas Hill Country

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