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Wichita - Petrolia, Texas, USA

Group	Wichita
Formation	Petrolia
Age:	290 - 279 Ma Permian
Interval	Artinskian
Lithology	claystone/"limestone", "shale"
Number of Collections	7
Number of Occurrences	30

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Head of Godwin Creek	Baylor County, Texas, USA	Wichita - Petrolia
Trematops locality	Baylor County, Texas, USA	Wichita - Petrolia
Rattlesnake Canyon	Archer County, Texas, USA	Wichita - Petrolia
Woodrum's	Archer County, Texas, USA	Wichita - Petrolia
Emily Irish Land Grant Locality	Baylor County, Texas, USA	Wichita - Petrolia
Castle Hollow	Baylor County, Texas, USA	Wichita - Petrolia

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Wichita - Belle Plains	290 - 279 Ma Permian	claystone/"limestone"	71
Wichita - Waggoner Ranch	279 - 268 Ma Permian	limestone/"shale", "limestone"/claystone, claystone	45

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Blattodea order	4	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Ideliopsis ovalis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Grylloblattodea : Ideliidae : Ideliopsis : *Ideliopsis ovalis*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Actinohymen russelli species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Megasecoptera : Bardohymenidae : Actinohymen : *Actinohymen russelli*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Diadectes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Diadectidae : *Diadectes*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Diadectes sideropelicus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Diadectidae : Diadectes : *Diadectes sideropelicus*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Edaphosaurus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Edaphosauridae : *Edaphosaurus*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Edaphosaurus boanerges species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Edaphosauridae : Edaphosaurus : *Edaphosaurus boanerges*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Ophiacodon retroversus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Ophiacodontidae : Ophiacodon : *Ophiacodon retroversus*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Ophiacodon uniformis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Ophiacodontidae : Ophiacodon : *Ophiacodon uniformis*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Ctenorhachis jacksoni species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenacodontidae : Ctenorhachis : *Ctenorhachis jacksoni*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Dimetrodon booneorum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenacodontidae : Dimetrodon : *Dimetrodon booneorum*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Dimetrodon milleri species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenacodontidae : Dimetrodon : *Dimetrodon milleri*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Cardiocephalus sternbergi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria : Gymnarthridae : Cardiocephalus : *Cardiocephalus sternbergi*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Archeria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Archeriidae : *Archeria*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Archeria crassidisca species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Archeriidae : Archeria : *Archeria crassidisca*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Tersomius texensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Amphibamidae : Tersomius : *Tersomius texensis*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Platyhystrix sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Dissorophidae : *Platyhystrix*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Eryops sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eryopidae : *Eryops*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Eryops megacephalus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eryopidae : Eryops : *Eryops megacephalus*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Phonerpeton whitei species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Trematopidae : Phonerpeton : *Phonerpeton whitei*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Trimerorhachis insignis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Trimerorhachidae : Trimerorhachis : *Trimerorhachis insignis*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Zatrachys serratus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Zatracheidae : Zatrachys : *Zatrachys serratus*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Captorhinus laticeps species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Captorhinidae : Captorhinus : *Captorhinus laticeps*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Protocaptorhinus pricei species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Captorhinidae : Protocaptorhinus : *Protocaptorhinus pricei*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian

References

Case E. C. (1910) New or little known reptiles and amphibians from the Permian (?) of Texas, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 28, 163-181

Romer A. S. (1928) Vertebrate faunal horizons in the Texas Permo-Carboniferous red beds, University of Texas Bulletin 2801, 67-108

Romer A. S. (1937) New genera and species of pelycosaurian reptiles, Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 16, 89-95

Romer A. S., Price L. I. (1940) Review of the Pelycosauria, Geological Society of America Special Paper 28, 1-538

Carpenter F. M. (1948) A Permian insect from Texas, Psyche 55, 101-103

Romer A. S. (1957) The Appendicular Skeleton of the Embolomerous Amphibian Archeria, Contributions from the Museum of Geology University of Michigan 13 5, 103-159

Carpenter F. M. (1962) A Permian megasecopteron from Texas, Psyche 69, 37-41

Clark J., Carroll R. L. (1973) Romeriid Reptiles from the Lower Permian, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144 5, 353-407

Hook R. W., Hotton N. (1991) A New Sphenacodontid Pelycosaur (Synapsida) from the Wichita Group, Lower Permian of North-Central Texas, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11 1, 37-44

Pawley K. (2007) The Postcranial Skeleton of Trimerorhachis insignis Cope, 1878 (Temnospondyli: Trimerorhachidae): A Plesiomorphic Temnospondyl from the Lower Permian of North America, Journal of Paleontology 81 5, 873-894

Kissel R. (2010) Morphology, Phylogeny, and Evolution of Diadectidae (Cotylosauria: Diadectomorpha), University of Toronto

Schoch R. R., Milner A. R. (2014) Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I

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