Thaxton Ranch: Wolfcampian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Clay
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 98.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.3° South, 29.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Cisuralian
10 m.y. bin: Permian 1-2
*Period:Early/Lower Permian - Early/Lower Permian
Key time interval: Wolfcampian
Age range of interval: 298.9 - 286 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wichita
Stratigraphy comments: possibly from the Admiral Fm. (p. 127)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Texas Ranch
Database number:13048
Authorizer:C. Sidor Enterer:C. Sidor
Modifier:T. Liebrecht Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-01-17 12:27:41 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-01-17 12:27:41
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
4333.5% 41180R. E. DeMar. 1967. Two new species of Broiliellus (amphibians) from the Permian of Texas. Fieldiana Geology 16(5):117-129 [C. Sidor/C. Sidor/M. Carrano]