Earth:Waggoner Ranch Formation
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| Waggoner Ranch Formation Stratigraphic range: Artinskian-Kungurian ~290–268 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Wichita Group |
| Underlies | Arroyo Formation |
| Overlies | Petrolia Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Claystone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 34°00′N 99°00′W / 34.0°N 99.0°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 2°12′N 28°30′W / 2.2°N 28.5°W |
| Region | Texas |
| Country | United States |
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The Waggoner Ranch Formation is a geologic formation in northern Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Artinskian to Kungurian stages of the Permian period.[1]
Fossil content
The following fossils have been uncovered from the formation:[1]
- Synapsids
- Temnospondyls
- Broiliellus texensis[5]
- Eryops megacephalus[2]
- Eryops sp.[2]
- Trimerorhachis sp.[2]
- Reptiles
- Cotylosauria
- Amphibians
- Diplocaulus sp.[2]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Texas
- Paleontology in Texas
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Waggoner Ranch Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Romer, 1928
- ↑ Williston, 1915
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Romer & Price, 1940
- ↑ Williston, 1914
- ↑ Vaughn, 1955
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Fox & Bowman, 1966
- ↑ Clark & Carroll, 1973
- ↑ Heaton, 1979
- ↑ Sumida et al., 2010
Bibliography
- Sumida, S. S.; Dodick, J.; Metcalf, A.; Albright, G. (2010), "Reiszorhinus olsoni, a New Single-Tooth-Rowed Captorhinid Reptile from the Lower Permian of Texas", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (3): 704–714, doi:10.1080/02724631003758078, Bibcode: 2010JVPal..30..704S
- Heaton, M. J (1979), "Cranial Anatomy of Primitive Captorhinid Reptiles from the Late Pennsylvanian and Early Permian, Oklahoma and Texas", Oklahoma Geological Survey, Bulletin 127: 1–83
- Clark, J.; Carroll, R. L. (1973), "Romeriid Reptiles from the Lower Permian", Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144: 353–407
- Fox, R. C.; Bowman, M. C. (1966), "Osteology and Relationships of Captorhinus aguti (Cope) (Reptilia: Captorhinomorpha)", The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Series Vertebrata 11: 1–79
- Vaughn, P. P (1955), "The Permian reptile Araeoscelis restudied", Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113: 305–467
- Romer, A. S.; Price, L. I. (1940), "Review of the Pelycosauria", Geological Society of America Special Paper, Geological Society of America Special Papers 28: 1–538, doi:10.1130/SPE28-p1
- Romer, A. S (1928), "Vertebrate faunal horizons in the Texas Permo-Carboniferous red beds", University of Texas Bulletin 2801: 67–108
- Williston, S. W (1915), "New genera of Permian reptiles", The American Journal of Science, Series 4 39 (233): 575–579, doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-39.233.575, Bibcode: 1915AmJS...39..575W
- Williston, S. W (1914), "Broiliellus, a new genus of amphibians from the Permian of Texas", Journal of Geology 22 (1): 49–56, doi:10.1086/622132, Bibcode: 1914JG.....22...49W
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