USGS 12894 Mustang Creek, Taylor (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Williamson County, Texas (30.6° N, 97.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 69.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Taylor Marl Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; marl

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 123479: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
"Micrabacia taylorensis n. sp." = Micrabacia radiata
"Micrabacia taylorensis n. sp." = Micrabacia radiata Goldfuss 1827 stony coral