Brushy Creek, Round Rock, lower Buda Formation (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Williamson County, Texas (30.5° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 63.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• shallow water, submerged bank where reef conditions did not prevail

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 123263: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria hoffmeisteri n. sp.
Thamnasteria hoffmeisteri n. sp. Wells 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
"Protethmos budaensis" = Epistreptophyllum budaensis
"Protethmos budaensis" = Epistreptophyllum budaensis Wells 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
? Stephanomorpha saxirotundi n. sp.
? Stephanomorpha saxirotundi 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 n. sp.
Pleurosmilia saxifisi n. sp. Wells 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea manchacaensis
Dimorpharaea manchacaensis Wells 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
"Paracyclolites bakerae n. gen. n. sp." = Areopsammia bakerae
"Paracyclolites bakerae n. gen. n. sp." = Areopsammia bakerae Wells 1933 stony coral