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Fossilized skeleton of the Permian primitive four-limbed animal Seymouria †Seymouria – type locality for genus †Seymouria baylorensis – type locality for species †Shouchangoceras †Sigillaria †Sigillaria brardii †Slaugenhopia – type locality for genus; Solemya – tentative report †Solenochilus †Solenopora †Spermatodus
This list of the Paleozoic life of Texas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Texas and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
Due to the alternating rising and falling of local sea levels a variety of life from both land and sea would be preserved in its fossil record. Cretaceous vertebrate life of Texas included amphibians, birds, dinosaurs, fish, and reptiles. [4] Almost a quarter of Texas is covered by Cretaceous rocks and are a good source of fossils. [6]
Beginning of animal evolution. [54] [55] 720–630 Ma Possible global glaciation [56] [57] which increased the atmospheric oxygen and decreased carbon dioxide, and was either caused by land plant evolution [58] or resulted in it. [59] Opinion is divided on whether it increased or decreased biodiversity or the rate of evolution. [60] [61] [62 ...
During the Permian, the bonebed was the site of a freshwater pond. After a catastrophic event this became the burial site for a variety of terrestrial and marine animals. [15] As a result, the bonebed contains a cross-section of life during the early Permian. Plant remains found in the bonebed include Calamites, ferns, and conifers. [6]
The Texas Horned Lizard is the official state reptile of Texas. Synonymous with "horny toad," the Texas horned lizard is a spiky reptile famous for its ability to shoot blood from its eyes as a ...
With the end of 2018 comes the near-certain reality that some critters, after millions of years of existence on Earth, are gone for good. There's little question that humanity's continued ...
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