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Walnut, Texas, USA
Formation | Walnut |
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Age: | 109 - 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Interval | Middle Albian |
Lithology | marl |
Number of Collections | 4 |
Number of Occurrences | 5 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Bull Creek | Travis County, Texas, USA | Walnut |
Devil's Courthouse Peak | Tom Green County, Texas, USA | Walnut |
Georgetown | Williamson County, Texas, USA | Walnut |
Leander | Williamson County, Texas, USA | Walnut |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Coelosmilia texana species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Coelosmilia : Coelosmilia texana | 109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Epistreptophyllum boesei species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dermosmiliidae : Epistreptophyllum : Epistreptophyllum boesei | 109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Epistreptophyllum shumardi species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dermosmiliidae : Epistreptophyllum : Epistreptophyllum shumardi | 109 - 105.3 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
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 |
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!