Shoal Creek, Austin, upper Buda Formation (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Travis County, Texas (30.3° N, 97.8° W: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 63.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Buda Limestone Formation), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; limestone

• The fauna of the upper beds seems to indicate deeper water because of the absence of reef-building types.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123262: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
"? Frechia sp." = Epistreptophyllum
"? Frechia sp." = Epistreptophyllum Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
"Leptophyllia "sp. 1"" = Acrosmilia, "Leptophyllia "sp. 2"" = Acrosmilia
"Leptophyllia "sp. 1"" = Acrosmilia d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
"Leptophyllia "sp. 2"" = Acrosmilia d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia comanchei n. sp.
Caryophyllia comanchei n. sp. Wells 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Placotrochus texanus
Placotrochus texanus Vaughan 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Budaia travisensis
Budaia travisensis Wells 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Pleurosmilia saxifisi
Pleurosmilia saxifisi Wells 1933 stony coral