Shoal Creek, Austin, upper Buda Formation: Cenomanian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Axosmiliidae
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Pleurosmilia saxifisi
Wells 1933
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Amphiastreidae
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Budaia travisensis
Wells 1933
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dermosmiliidae
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? Frechia sp.
Gregory 1900
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| synonym of Epistreptophyllum | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acrosmiliidae
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Leptophyllia informal sp. 1
Reuss 1854
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| synonym of Acrosmilia | |||||||
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Leptophyllia informal sp. 2
Reuss 1854
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| synonym of Acrosmilia | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Caryophyllia comanchei n. sp.
Wells 1933
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Placotrochus texanus
(Vaughan 1903)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Travis |
| Coordinates: | 30.3° North, 97.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.9° North, 63.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Buda Limestone | Member: | Upper |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | deep subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: The fauna of the upper beds seems to indicate deeper water because of the absence of reef-building types. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 123262 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-01-16 20:04:44 | Last modified: | 2012-01-16 03:04:44 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-01-16 20:04:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39438. | J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |