Also known as Reef 2699
Where: Comal County, Texas (29.9° N, 98.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 56.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-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 74764: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.08.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
"Centrastrea vaughani n. sp." = Mesomorpha vaughani
"Centrastrea vaughani n. sp." = Mesomorpha vaughani Wells 1932 stony coral | |
"Astrocoenia whitneyi" = Stelidioseris whitneyi
"Astrocoenia whitneyi" = Stelidioseris whitneyi Wells 1932 stony coral | |
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Siderofungia irregularis Felix 1891 stony coral | |
Parasmilia bullardi n. sp.
Parasmilia bullardi n. sp. Wells 1932 stony coral | |
""Montastrea" whitneyi" = Montastraea, ""Montastrea" comalensis" = Montastraea
""Montastrea" whitneyi" = Montastraea stony coral
""Montastrea" comalensis" = Montastraea stony coral | |
Isastrea whitneyi n. sp.
Isastrea whitneyi n. sp. Wells 1932 stony coral | |