Locality KI (Upper Vale Formation): Kungurian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Dipnoi
- Gnathorhizidae
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Gnathorhiza serrata
Cope 1883
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1 element | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Captorhinidae
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Labidosaurikos barkeri
Olson 1954
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Olson 1954 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Labidosaurikos meachami | ||||||||||
| CMNH UR 109 | ||||||||||
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Captorhinikos valensis
Olson 1954
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Olson 1954 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| CMNH UR 108 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Knox |
| Coordinates: | 33.7° North, 99.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.4° North, 29.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Kungurian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Permian | *Epoch: | Rotliegendes |
| Key time interval: | Kungurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 283.50000 - 273.01000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Clear Fork | Formation: | Vale | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "base of upper part of the Vale Formation" (Olson, 1954) the base and top of the Clear Fork Group (i.e., Arroyo, Vale, and Choza formations) are both within the Kungurian: see Wardlaw 2005 (Permophiles) for the base, and DiMichele et al. 2001 (J Paleont) for the top | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 27705 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | R. Whatley, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-12-21 12:49:27 | Last modified: | 2009-01-09 09:43:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-12-21 12:49:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4326. | 5% 43620 | E. C. Olson. 1951. Fauna of upper Vale and Choza: 1-5. Fieldiana: Geology 10(11):89-128 [J. Alroy/C. Sidor/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 26907 | ETE | E. C. Olson. 1954. Fauna of the Vale and Choza: 9. Captorhinomorpha. Fieldiana: Geology 10(19):211-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |