Also known as B.E.G. 30996; W.P.A. quarry, Work Project No. 13107
Where: Taylor County, Texas (32.1° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 29.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Vale Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• "22 feet above the Vale-Standpipe contact"
•the base and top of the Clear Fork Group (i.e., Arroyo, Vale, and Choza formations) are both within the Kungurian: see Wardlaw 2005 (Permophiles) for the base, and DiMichele et al. 2001 (J Paleont) for the top
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; gray, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by WPA in 1940
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: Anonymous. 1940. The fifth quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30, 1940 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 1-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67736: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.12.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cycadopsida | |
Taeniopteris multinervis cycads | |
Walchia | |
Walchia sp. Sternberg 1825 | |
Peltaspermopsida | |
? Odontopteris sp. Brongniart 1825 |