Smithville region: Middle Eocene, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Oculinidae
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Oculina singleyi n. sp.
Vaughan 1900
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia desmophyllum
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Balanophyllia irrorata
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var. coniformis | ||||||||||
Endopachys maclurii
(Lea 1833)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiidae
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Discotrochus orbignianus
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Madracis johnsoni
Vaughan 1900
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
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Turbinolia pharetra
Lea 1833
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum cuneiforme
(Lonsdale 1845)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Paracyathus alternatus
Vaughan 1900
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Platytrochus stokesi
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Bastrop |
Coordinates: | 30.0° North, 97.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.8° North, 87.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 48.60000 - 37.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Claiborne | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Claiborne Group |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 88089 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2009-04-01 04:20:40 | Last modified: | 2009-04-01 06:20:40 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-01-08 10:39:56 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13490. | T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |