Sohl and Koch OFR # 655 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Tehuacana; USGS # 13832

Where: Limestone County, Texas (31.8° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 75.0° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; silty 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 4436: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium sp.
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Amussium ? danei" = Amusium
"Amussium ? danei" = Amusium scallop
Amusium ? danei (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Amusium ? danei"
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella webbervillensis clam
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula sp.
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Brevicardium) fragile Stephenson 1941 cockle
Protocardium (Brevicardium) fragil - originally entered as "Protocardium fragile"
 Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen ? linguliformis clam
Leptosolen ? linguliformis Stephen - originally entered as "Leptosolen ? linguliformis"
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp. Dall 1886 clam
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp.
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
"Nuculana sp. C Stephenson, 1941"
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp.
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons clam
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites sp. Meek 1870 ammonite
Discoscaphites sp.
Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
? Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888 snail
Calliomphalus ? sp. - originally entered as "Calliomphalus ? sp."
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna sp.
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Granosolarium) sp. Röding 1798 sundial
Architectonica (Granosolarium) sp.
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium sp.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Laxispira sp. Gabb 1877 turret shell
Laxispira sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes rotundus moon snail
Gyrodes rotundus Stephenson
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858 moon snail
Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Napulus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
? Fusus sp. Bruguière 1789 snail
Fusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Fusus ? sp."
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Bellifusus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Caveola sp.
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Amuletum sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid
Amuletum sp.