Waggoner Ranch Formation
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Waggoner Ranch Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Artinskian-Kungurian ~ | |
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°WCoordinates: 34°00′N 99°00′W / 34.0°N 99.0°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 2°12′N 28°30′W / 2.2°N 28.5°W |
Region | Texas |
Country | United States |
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
- Reptiles
- Cotylosauria
- Amphibians
See also
References
Bibliography
- Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30. 704–714. ; ; , and . 2010. Reiszorhinus olsoni, a New Single-Tooth-Rowed Captorhinid Reptile from the Lower Permian of Texas.
- Oklahoma Geological Survey, Bulletin 127. 1–83. . 1979. Cranial Anatomy of Primitive Captorhinid Reptiles from the Late Pennsylvanian and Early Permian, Oklahoma and Texas.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144. 353–407. , and . 1973. Romeriid Reptiles from the Lower Permian.
- The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Series Vertebrata 11. 1–79. , and . 1966. Osteology and Relationships of Captorhinus aguti (Cope) (Reptilia: Captorhinomorpha).
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113. 305–467. . 1955. The Permian reptile Araeoscelis restudied.
- Geological Society of America Special Paper 28. 1–538. , and . 1940. Review of the Pelycosauria.
- University of Texas Bulletin 2801. 67–108. . 1928. Vertebrate faunal horizons in the Texas Permo-Carboniferous red beds.
- The American Journal of Science 39. 575–579. . 1915. New genera of Permian reptiles.
- Journal of Geology 22. 49–56. . 1914. Broiliellus, a new genus of amphibians from the Permian of Texas.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Coordinates not on Wikidata
- Geologic formations of Texas
- Permian System of North America
- Permian geology of Texas
- Artinskian Stage
- Kungurian
- Limestone formations of the United States
- Shale formations of the United States
- Permian northern paleotropical deposits
- Paleontology in Texas