Where: Collin County, Texas (33.2° N, 96.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 68.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wolfe City Member (Taylor Marl Formation), Early/Lower Campanian to Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
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 123413: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Hindeastraea collinensis" = Hindeastraea discoidea
"Hindeastraea collinensis" = Hindeastraea discoidea White 1888 stony coral |