The Waggoner Ranch Formation is a geologic formation in northern Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Artinskian to Kungurian stages of the Permian period.[1]
| Waggoner Ranch Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Artinskian-Kungurian ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Wichita Group |
| Underlies | Arroyo Formation |
| Overlies | Petrolia Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Claystone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 34°00′N 99°00′W / 34.0°N 99.0°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 2°12′N 28°30′W / 2.2°N 28.5°W |
| Region |  Texas |
| Country |  United States |
  Waggoner Ranch Formation (the United States)  Waggoner Ranch Formation (Texas) | |
Fossil content
editThe following fossils have been uncovered from the formation:[1]
- Synapsids
- Temnospondyls
- Reptiles
- Cotylosauria
- Amphibians
See also
editReferences
editBibliography
edit- Sumida, S. S.; Dodick, J.; Metcalf, A.; Albright, G. (2010), "Reiszorhinus olsoni, a New Single-Tooth-Rowed Captorhinid Reptile from the Lower Permian of Texas", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30 (3): 704–714, Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..704S, doi:10.1080/02724631003758078
- Heaton, M. J (1979), "Cranial Anatomy of Primitive Captorhinid Reptiles from the Late Pennsylvanian and Early Permian, Oklahoma and Texas", Oklahoma Geological Survey, Bulletin, 127: 1–83
- Clark, J.; Carroll, R. L. (1973), "Romeriid Reptiles from the Lower Permian", Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 144: 353–407
- Fox, R. C.; Bowman, M. C. (1966), "Osteology and Relationships of Captorhinus aguti (Cope) (Reptilia: Captorhinomorpha)", The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Series Vertebrata, 11: 1–79
- Vaughn, P. P (1955), "The Permian reptile Araeoscelis restudied", Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 113: 305–467
- Romer, A. S.; Price, L. I. (1940), "Review of the Pelycosauria", Geological Society of America Special Paper, Geological Society of America Special Papers, 28: 1–538, doi:10.1130/SPE28-p1
- Romer, A. S (1928), "Vertebrate faunal horizons in the Texas Permo-Carboniferous red beds", University of Texas Bulletin, 2801: 67–108
- Williston, S. W (1915), "New genera of Permian reptiles", The American Journal of Science, Series 4, 39 (233): 575–579, Bibcode:1915AmJS...39..575W, doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-39.233.575
- Williston, S. W (1914), "Broiliellus, a new genus of amphibians from the Permian of Texas", Journal of Geology, 22 (1): 49–56, Bibcode:1914JG.....22...49W, doi:10.1086/622132