Big Wichita River (Arroyo Fm.): Kungurian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Captorhinidae
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| AMNH 4877 | ||||||||||
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Molgophidae
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| Wellstead 1991 | ||||||||||
| UMMPV9769 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Baylor |
| Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 99.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.8° North, 29.0° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Kungurian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Kungurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 283.3 - 274.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Clear Fork | Formation: | Arroyo |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray "shale" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 85342 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller, R. Butler | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht, E. Dunne |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-12-15 15:34:04 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-12-15 15:34:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28784. | R. C. Fox and M. C. Bowman. 1966. Osteology and Relationships of Captorhinus aguti (Cope) (Reptilia: Captorhinomorpha). The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Series Vertebrata 11:1-79 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 58492 | C. F. Wellstead. 1991. Taxonomic revision of the Lysorophia, Permo-Carboniferous lepospondyl amphibians. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 209:1-90 [R. Butler/E. Dunne] |