Walter Shutt farm, Clay County site 19: Asselian - Sakmarian, Texas
collected by WPA 1941

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Amphibamidae
Rubeostratilia texensis n. gen., n. sp. Bourget and Anderson 2011
Bourget and Anderson 2011
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Eryopidae
Eryops sp. Cope 1877
Sphenacodontidae
Dimetrodon sp. Cope 1878
Dipnoi
Dipnoi indet. Müller 1884
Sellards 1941
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Clay
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 98.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.3° South, 30.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Key time interval:Asselian - Sakmarian
Age range of interval:298.90000 - 290.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wichita Formation:Nocona
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Lithology description: lithology not discussed, but figured specimen appears to be preserved in a siltstone or mudstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,concretion
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:TMM
Collectors:WPA Collection dates:1941
Collection method comments: collected "by a Work Projects Administration" project
Taxonomic list comments:additional fauna not discussed
Metadata
Also known as:TMM 31226, WPA, Work Project No. 16321, Henrietta, Snutt, Huggins
Database number:113555
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-08-01 13:17:48 Last modified:2020-01-13 13:55:15
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-01 13:17:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
71468. Anonymous. 1941. The ninth quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30, 1941 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 1-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

36836 H. Bourget and J. S. Anderson. 2011. A new amphibamid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Early Permian of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1):32-49 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
71494 E. H. Sellards. 1941. Final report covering the period from March 4, 1939 ro September 30, 1941 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project iii-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]