Sohl and Koch OFR # 603 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Oak Grove; USGS # 16160 : 13568

Where: Bowie County, Texas (33.5° N, 94.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 72.4° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Discoscaphites conradi ammonoid zone, lower Member (Corsicana Marl Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• Stephenson collection

Primary reference: N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1984. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrate Fossils from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the west gulf Coastal Plain. USGS Open File Report 84-687:1-282 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4395: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Lithophagidae indet.
Lithophagid borings
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis spp.
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Napulus sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pugnellus sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes petrosus moon snail
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Bivalvia
 Myoida -
Eufistulina ripleyana clam
Eufistulana ripleyana (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana"
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Veniella conradi (Morton)
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen ellipticum venus clam
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula carolinensis mussel
Botula carolinensis (Conrad)
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869 clam
Nemodon sp.
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Pycnodonte belli oyster
Pycnodonte belli Stephenson
Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
Pycnodonte sp.
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra sp.
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) kimbroensis Stephenson 1941 file clam
Lima (Lima) kimbroensis Stephenson
Lima (Lima) deatsvillensis file clam
Lima (Lima) deatsvillensis Stephen
Lima (Lima) sp. BruguiƩre 1796 file clam
Lima (Lima) sp.
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conrad 1860 scallop
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 nautiloid
Eutrephoceras sp.
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites sp. Meek 1870 ammonite
Discoscaphites sp.
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite
Baculites sp.
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton