Sycamore Creek, Forth Worth (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Tarrant County, Texas (32.8° N, 97.3° W: paleocoordinates 30.1° N, 59.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pawpaw Formation (Washita Group), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments

• shallow water conditions unsuited for reef corals

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 123265: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Trochocyathus sellardsi n. sp., Trochocyathus wintoni n. sp., "Blagrovia palmerae n. sp." = Smilotrochus palmerae
Trochocyathus sellardsi n. sp. Wells 1933 stony coral
Trochocyathus wintoni n. sp. Wells 1933 stony coral
"Blagrovia palmerae n. sp." = Smilotrochus palmerae Wells 1933 stony coral