Quitman Mountains (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Hudspeth County, Texas (31.1° N, 105.5° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 65.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Edwards Limestone Formation (Fredericksburg Group), Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 123294: 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
Parasmilia austinensis Roemer 1888 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Pleurocora coalescens Roemer 1888 stony coral