Bull Creek, Austin (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Travis County, Texas (30.4° N, 97.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 58.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Walnut Formation, Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

• yellowish clay-marls with thin limestones

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 123290: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Coelosmilia texana Conrad 1857 stony coral