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Vale, Texas, USA

FormationVale
Member(s)Lower Vale
Age:279 - 272 Ma
Permian
IntervalKungurian
Lithologysiltstone, claystone, conglomerate
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences28

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Rowland SiteJones County, Texas, USAVale
Taylor County Site 7Taylor County, Texas, USAVale
Locality BW Knox County, Texas, USAVale - Lower Vale

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Vale - Lower Vale290 - 269 Ma
Permian
sandstone/conglomerate5

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Lawnia taylorensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Amblypteridae : Lawnia : Lawnia taylorensis279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Xenacanthus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Xenacanthiformes : Xenacanthidae : Xenacanthus290.1 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
Casea nicholsi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Caseidae : Casea : Casea nicholsi279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Diadectes sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Diadectidae : Diadectes279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Dimetrodon sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenacodontidae : Dimetrodon279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Dimetrodon gigashomogenes
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenacodontidae : Dimetrodon : Dimetrodon gigashomogenes279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Lysorophus tricarinatus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Lysorophia : Lysorophus : Lysorophus tricarinatus279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Diplocaulus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Diplocaulidae : Diplocaulus279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Diplocaulus magnicornis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Diplocaulidae : Diplocaulus : Diplocaulus magnicornis279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Diplocaulus primus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Diplocaulidae : Diplocaulus : Diplocaulus primus279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Diplocaulus recurvatus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Diplocaulidae : Diplocaulus : Diplocaulus recurvatus279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Gnathorhiza dikeloda
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Gnathorhizidae : Gnathorhiza : Gnathorhiza dikeloda279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Gnathorhiza serrata
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Gnathorhizidae : Gnathorhiza : Gnathorhiza serrata279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Seymouria baylorensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Seymouriidae : Seymouria : Seymouria baylorensis279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Waggoneria knoxensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Waggoneriidae : Waggoneria : Waggoneria knoxensis279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Cacops aspidephorus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Dissorophidae : Cacops : Cacops aspidephorus279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Eryopidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eryopidae279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Eryops sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eryopidae : Eryops290.1 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
Eryops megacephalus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eryopidae : Eryops : Eryops megacephalus279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Trimerorhachis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Trimerorhachidae : Trimerorhachis279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Trimerorhachis insignis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Trimerorhachidae : Trimerorhachis : Trimerorhachis insignis279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Captorhinikos valensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Captorhinidae : Captorhinikos : Captorhinikos valensis279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Captorhinoides valensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Captorhinidae : Captorhinoides : Captorhinoides valensis279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Captorhinus aguti
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Captorhinidae : Captorhinus : Captorhinus aguti279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Labidosaurikos meachami
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Captorhinidae : Labidosaurikos : Labidosaurikos meachami279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Taeniopteris sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Crossozamiaceae : Taeniopteris279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Walchia sp.
genus
6Plantae : Pteridophyta : Lycopsida : Lycopodiaceae : Walchia279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian

References

Wilson J. A. (1953) Permian vertebrates from Taylor County, Texas, Journal of Paleontology 27 3, 456-470
Olson E. C. (1958) Fauna of the Vale and Choza: Summary, Review, and Integration of the Geology and the Faunas, Fieldiana Geology 10 32, 397-448
Dalquest W. W., Mamay S.H. (1962) A remarkable concentration of Permian amphibian remians in Haskell County, Texas, Journal of Geology 71, 641-644
Olson E. C., Mead J. G. (1982) The Vale Formation (Lower Permian): Its Vertebrates and Paleoecology, Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 29
Westgate J. W. (1989) Lower vertebrates from an estuarine facies of the Middle Eocene Laredo Formation (Claiborne Group), Webb County, Texas, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9 3, 282-294
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