Power's Place, 1 mi. NW of Valley Mills, Bosque Co. [Comanche Peak Limestone] (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Bosque County, Texas (31.7° N, 97.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 57.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Comanche Peak Limestone Formation (Fredericksburg Group), Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Comanche Peak Limestone, which overlies the Walnut Clay and is overlain by the Edwards Limestone. It is a lateral correlative of the Goodland Limestone. AGE: late Middle Albian; Manuaniceras carbonarium zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Carbonate marine setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not specifically stated in text, but probably limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Adkins in 1929

• COLLECTOR: Adkins, 1929. REPOSITORY: Most University of Texas (UT), but also Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas (BEG).

Primary reference: K. Young. 1966. Texas Mojsisoviciziinae (Ammonoidea) and the zonation of the Fredricksburg. Geological Society of America Memoir 100:1-225 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82869: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.08.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxonomic group described by systematic publication (Mojsisoviciinae; Ammonoidea). NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with relatively modern nomenclature and species resolution identifications.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
? Parasmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae
Manuaniceras supani Lasswitz 1904 ammonite
"Venezoliceras acutocarinatum" = Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) ammonite