1.55" Eocene Gastropod (Lapparia) Fossil - Texas

This is a 1.55" long example of Lapparia sp., a genus of gastropod that lived through the Eocene period. It was collected from the Cook Mountain Formation in Brazos County, Texas. A very cool little specimen.

Gastropods, or snails, have been around since the Late Cambrian period. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. There are 611 known families of gastropods, of which 202 families are extinct and appear only in the fossil record.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Lapparia sp.
AGE
LOCATION
Brazos County, Texas
FORMATION
Cook Mountain Formation
SIZE
1.55" long
CATEGORY
ITEM
#211919
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