Where: Bell County, Texas (31.1° N, 97.5° W: paleocoordinates 28.6° N, 57.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Comanche Peak Limestone Formation (Fredericksburg Group), Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
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 123329: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Astrocoenia bellensis n. sp." = Stelidioseris bellensis
"Astrocoenia bellensis n. sp." = Stelidioseris bellensis Wells 1933 stony coral | |
Astrocoenia nidiformis Cragin 1895 stony coral | |
"? Placohelia richardsi n. sp." = Ogilviastraea richardsi
"? Placohelia richardsi n. sp." = Ogilviastraea richardsi Wells 1933 stony coral | |
"Favoidioseris fredericksburgensis n. gen. n. sp." = Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis
"Favoidioseris fredericksburgensis n. gen. n. sp." = Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis Wells 1933 stony coral and n. subsp. alta
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