Taylor County, WPA Site 9 (Permian of the United States)

Also known as John Guitar estate, Work Project No.13107

Where: Taylor County, Texas (32.4° N, 99.7° W: paleocoordinates 1.3° N, 29.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vale Formation (Clear Fork Group), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone and conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by WPA in 1939–1940

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: Anonymous. 1939. The third quarterly report covering the quarter ending December 31,1939 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 207420: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.01.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Pelycosauria -
Pelycosauria indet. Cope 1878 pelycosaur