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Hog Creek, Baylor County, Texas, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)33.7147,-99.3128
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationTexas, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Baylor County, Texas, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Hog Creek, 39 (Arroyo Formation)Romer A. S. (1928)Clear Fork - Arroyo"The beds average about 150 feet above the base of the Clear Fork." Details for Faunal Zone 4 of Romer 1928: "The vertebrate remains are confined to approximately the lowest 250 feet or so of the Clear Fork.."\nthe 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 topclaystone279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Ophiacodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Ophiacodontidae : Ophiacodon279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Dimetrodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenacodontidae : Dimetrodon279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Lysorophus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Lysorophia : Lysorophus279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Diplocaulus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Diplocaulidae : Diplocaulus279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Diplocaulus magnicornis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Diplocaulidae : Diplocaulus : Diplocaulus magnicornis279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Dissorophus multicinctus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Dissorophidae : Dissorophus : Dissorophus multicinctus279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Eryops sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eryopidae : Eryops279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Trimerorhachis sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Trimerorhachidae : Trimerorhachis279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Captorhinus aguti
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Captorhinidae : Captorhinus : Captorhinus aguti279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Labidosaurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Captorhinidae : Labidosaurus279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Labidosaurus hamatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Captorhinidae : Labidosaurus : Labidosaurus hamatus279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian

References

Romer A. S. (1928) Vertebrate faunal horizons in the Texas Permo-Carboniferous red beds, University of Texas Bulletin 2801, 67-108
Olson E. C. (1951) Diplocaulus, a Study in Growth and Variation, Fieldiana: Geology 11 2, 57-154
Seltin R. J. (1959) A review of the family Captorhinidae, Fieldiana: Geology 10 34, 461-509
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