Where: Baylor County, Texas (33.7° N, 99.0° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 29.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Petrolia Formation (Wichita Group), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)
• Belle Plain Formation of Romer (1974)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. W. Hook and N. Hotton. 1991. A New Sphenacodontid Pelycosaur (Synapsida) from the Wichita Group, Lower Permian of North-Central Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(1):37-44 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 181054: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 16.08.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ctenorhachis jacksoni n. gen. n. sp.
Ctenorhachis jacksoni n. gen. n. sp. Hook and Hotton 1991 synapsid USNM 437710 (holotype: assorted articulated vertebrae, attached pelvis, and several fragmentary ribs)
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