Hiram Hall Ranch (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Kerr County, Texas (30.1° N, 99.6° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 60.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone

• corals did not produce any true reefs (bioherms), the colonies growing in scattered clumps amid the surrounding and underlying caprinids, the whole perhaps forming a biostrome

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 123308: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
? Diploastrea vaughani n. sp. Wells 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parasmilia austinensis Roemer 1888 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Favoidioseris fredericksburgensis" = Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis
"Favoidioseris fredericksburgensis" = Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis Wells 1933 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
"Archohelia sp." = Petrophyllia
"Archohelia sp." = Petrophyllia Conrad 1855 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
"Orbicella edwardsensis n. sp." = Eocolumastrea rosae
"Orbicella edwardsensis n. sp." = Eocolumastrea rosae Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Astrocoenia pattoni n. sp." = Stelidioseris pattoni, "Astrocoenia guadalupae" = Actinastrea guadalupae
"Astrocoenia pattoni n. sp." = Stelidioseris pattoni Wells 1933 stony coral
"Astrocoenia guadalupae" = Actinastrea guadalupae Roemer 1849 stony coral