Also known as Reef 2699
Where: Hays County, Texas (30.1° N, 98.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 56.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Glen Rose Limestone Formation (Trinity Group), Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)
• older than Glen Rose reef trend (basal Glen Rose)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1932. Corals of the Trinity Group of the Comanchean of central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 6(3):225-256 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74762: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Astrocoenia whitneyi" = Stelidioseris whitneyi
"Astrocoenia whitneyi" = Stelidioseris whitneyi Wells 1932 stony coral | |
"Diploastrea harrisi n. sp." = Astraeofungia diversisepta
"Diploastrea harrisi n. sp." = Astraeofungia diversisepta Hackemesser 1936 stony coral | |
Isastrea whitneyi Wells 1932 stony coral | |
Microsolena texana Wells 1932 stony coral | |
"Orbicella whitneyi" = Latiastrea whitneyi
"Orbicella whitneyi" = Latiastrea whitneyi Wells 1932 stony coral |