Where: Denton County, Texas (33.0° N, 97.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 61.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Grayson Marl Formation (Washita Group), Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• Repository: Texas Christian University (only holotypes sent to USNM)
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 123286: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Parasmilia graysonensis n. sp. Wells 1933 stony coral |