Waggoner Ranch Formation

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
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TypeFormation
Unit ofWichita Group
UnderliesArroyo Formation
OverliesPetrolia Formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherClaystone
Location
Coordinates34.0°N 99.0°W / 34.0; -99.0
Approximate paleocoordinates2.2°N 28.5°W / 2.2; -28.5
Region Texas
Country United States
Waggoner Ranch Formation (the United States)
Waggoner Ranch Formation (Texas)

Fossil content

The following fossils have been uncovered from the formation:[1]

Synapsids
Temnospondyls
Reptiles
Cotylosauria
Amphibians

See also

References
  1. Waggoner Ranch Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Romer, 1928
  3. Williston, 1915
  4. Romer & Price, 1940
  5. Williston, 1914
  6. Vaughn, 1955
  7. Fox & Bowman, 1966
  8. Clark & Carroll, 1973
  9. Heaton, 1979
  10. Sumida et al., 2010

Bibliography
  • Sumida, S. S.; J. Dodick; A. Metcalf, and G. Albright. 2010. Reiszorhinus olsoni, a New Single-Tooth-Rowed Captorhinid Reptile from the Lower Permian of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30. 704–714.
  • 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., and R. L. Carroll. 1973. Romeriid Reptiles from the Lower Permian. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144. 353–407.
  • Fox, R. C., 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.
  • Vaughn, P. P. 1955. The Permian reptile Araeoscelis restudied. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113. 305–467.
  • Romer, A. S., and L. I. Price. 1940. Review of the Pelycosauria. Geological Society of America Special Paper 28. 1–538.
  • 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 39. 575–579.
  • Williston, S. W. 1914. Broiliellus, a new genus of amphibians from the Permian of Texas. Journal of Geology 22. 49–56.
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