USGS 11873 Burke Ranch (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.8° N, 100.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wills Point Formation (Midway Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. W. Vaughan and W. P. Popenoe. 1935. The coral fauna of the Midway Eocene of Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3301:325-349 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122617: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Caryophyllia mediavia Vaughan and Popenoe 1935 stony coral |