USGS 14546 Old Slate Shoals, Red River (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Lamar County, Texas (33.9° N, 95.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 59.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Woodbine Group, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1947. Coral Studies, Part III. Three new Cretaceous corals from Texas and Alabama, Part IV. A new species of Phyllangia from the Florida Miocene, Part V. A new Coenocyathus from Florida. Bulletins of American Paleontology 31(123):162-176 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123575: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Astrangia (Coenangia) lamarensis n. sp. Wells 1947 stony coral