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Invertebrates: Corals: Coelosmilia texana (Conrad) (Texas) |
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Written by Keith Minor
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Coelosmilia texana (Conrad, 1857) Remarks - Colllector: Keith Minor
- Formation: Fredericksburg Group, Edwards Formation
- Location: Comanche County, TX
General Info Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature) - 1857 Turbinolia texana Conrad
- 1888 Does not = Parasmilia austinensis Römer
- 1910 Coelosmilia texana (Conrad); Böse
- 1910 Coelosmilia chihuahuensis Böse
- 1914 Trochosmilia texana (Conrad); Felix
- 1919 Parasmilia austinensis Roemer; Adkins and Winton
- 1919 Trochosmilia texana (Conrad); Adkins and Winton
- 1925 Parasmilia texana (Conrad); Winton
- 1928 Coelosmilia chihuahuensis Böse; Adkins
- 1933 Coelosmilia texana (Conrad); Wells
Stratigraphic Occurrence - Fredericksburg Group, Kiamichi Formation of North Texas
- Fredericksburg Group, Edwards Formation of North–Central Texas
- Fredericksburg Group, Goodland Formation of North Texas
- Fredericksburg Group, Finlay Formation of West Texas
- Fredericksburg Group, Walnut Formation of Central Texas
Age - Coelosmilia texana (Conrad) ranges from the Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) salasi (Young) zone to the Adkinsites bravoensis (Böse) zone, Middle Albian Stage to lower Upper Albian Stage (~106 to 101 mya).
Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list) - Bailey County, TX
- Comanche County, TX
- Denton County, TX
- Hudspeth County, TX
- Lamb County, TX
- Lynn County, TX
- Tarrant County, TX
- Tom Green County, TX
- Travis County, TX
- Wise County, TX
Remarks For identification, descriptions, and ranges, see: - Wells, J. W. 1933. Cretaceous Corals of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18 (67), 1–204.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 January 2008 )
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