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Fredericksburg - Comanche Peak, Texas, USA

Group	Fredericksburg
Formation	Comanche Peak
Age:	109 - 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Interval	Middle Albian
Lithology	limestone
Number of Collections	5
Number of Occurrences	9

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Jarrell	Williamson County, Texas, USA	Fredericksburg - Comanche Peak
Santa Fe railroad quarry	Bell County, Texas, USA	Fredericksburg - Comanche Peak
Leon Springs	Pecos County, Texas, USA	Fredericksburg - Comanche Peak
Twelvemile Mesa	Pecos County, Texas, USA	Fredericksburg - Comanche Peak
Bull Creek Valley Decapods	Travis County, Texas, USA	Fredericksburg - Comanche Peak

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Pagurus travisensis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Pagurus : *Pagurus travisensis*	109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stelidioseris bellensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinastreidae : Stelidioseris : *Stelidioseris bellensis*	109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ogilviastraea richardsi species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Agariciidae : Ogilviastraea : *Ogilviastraea richardsi*	109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Astrocoenia nidiformis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Astrocoeniidae : Astrocoenia : *Astrocoenia nidiformis*	109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Axosmilia craginiana species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Axosmiliidae : Axosmilia : *Axosmilia craginiana*	109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Diploastrea hilli species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Diploastreidae : Diploastrea : *Diploastrea hilli*	109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Latomeandridae : Ovalastrea : *Ovalastrea fredericksburgensis*	109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pyrina parryi species	7	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinoneoida : Conulidae : Pyrina : *Pyrina parryi*	109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Clark W. B., Twitchell M. W. (1915) The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54, 1-341

Wells J. W. (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

Stenzel H. B. (1945) Decapod Crustaceans from the Cretaceous of Texas, The University of Texas Publication 4401, 401-477

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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