Shell No. 1 Chapman Well: Late Albian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Toucasia texana
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinuloideidae
Texicaprina vivari
Youngicaprina sangabrieli Mitchell 2013
Scott et al. 2016
Caprinuloidea romeri Mitchell 2013
Scott et al. 2016
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Eoradiolites davidsoni
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
Petalodontia felixi Douvillé 1900
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Chondrodontidae
Chondrodonta munsoni
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Endostomatidae
Corynella cf. mexicana Rigby and Scott 1981
Rigby and Scott 1981
Orbitolinidae
Dictyoconus walnutensis
unclassified
Coskinolinoides texanus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Waller
Coordinates: 30.0° North, 96.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.1° North, 58.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Albian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 4
Key time interval: Late Albian
Age range of interval: 106.2 - 100.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Fredericksburg Formation:Stuart City
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Middle-basal Upper Albian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: reef flat, frame and slope
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1298
Database number:84766
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Krause
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2008-11-11 00:55:38 Last modified:2024-05-11 22:14:43
Access level:the public Released:2008-11-11 00:55:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
28444. R. W. Scott and H. F. Filkorn. 2007. Barremian-Albian rudist zones, U.S. Gulf Coast. In R. W. Scott (ed.), Cretaceous rudists and carbonate platforms: environmental feedback, SEPM Special Publication 87:167-180 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

36678 J. K. Rigby and R. W. Scott. 1981. Sponges from the Lower Cretaceous Mural Limestone in Arizona and northern Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 55(3):552-562 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
62811 R. W. Scott, C. Whitney, R. W. Hojnacki; Yulin and X. Lai. 2016. Albian rudist biostratigraphy (Bivalvia), Comanche shelf to shelf margin, Texas. Carnets de Géologie 16(21) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]