Franklin Mountains, coral biostrome: Maysvillian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Sarcinulida
- Syringophyllidae
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Calapoecia cf. ungava
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Paleofavosites prayi n. sp.
Flower 1961
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Paleofavosites kuellmeri n. sp.
Flower 1961
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Anthozoa
- Lichenariida
- Lyoporidae
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Nyctopora nondescripta n. sp.
Flower 1961
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Palaeoporitidae
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Protrochiscolithus alemanensis n. sp.
Flower 1961
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
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Pragnellia delicatula n. sp.
Flower 1961
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Halysitidae
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? Catenipora sp.
Lamarck 1816
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Stauriidae
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Palaeophyllum thomi
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Cyathophylloides burksae n. sp.
Flower 1961
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | El Paso |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 106.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.1° South, 78.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Katian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 |
| Key time interval: | Maysvillian | Conodont zone: | Oulodus robustus |
| Age range of interval: | 450.40000 - 449.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Montoya | Formation: | Aleman | ||
| Local section: | Franklin Mountian | Local bed: | 18-25 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 18-25 m above the base | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: coral biostrome, 1.8-3.5 m thick | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 2780 | ||
| Database number: | 80617 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-30 05:28:48 | Last modified: | 2015-01-16 21:28:40 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-04-30 05:28:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27124. | R. H. Flower. 1961. Montoya and related colonial corals. Memoir New Mexico State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources 7(1):3-97 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |