Sohl and Koch OFR # 662 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Big Elm Ck-2; USGS # 32179

Where: Falls County, Texas (31.4° N, 96.7° W: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 75.2° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous siltstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: bulk,

• Sohl 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 4441: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Deuteropoda
  -
Malacostraca indet. Latreille 1802
Crab parts
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
Scaphites sp.
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium sp. (ribbed)
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Margaritella pumila snail
Margaritella pumila Stephenson
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail
Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Sh
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina, "Actaeon sp." = Acteon
"Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina snail
Nonacteonina sp.
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon Montfort 1810 snail
Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp."
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum sp. Sohl 1963 wentletrap
Striaticostatum sp.
 Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum tuberculatum snail
Urceolabrum turberculatum callistu
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella n. sp. (Multilirate) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp."
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
 Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae
cf. Megalomphalus sp. Brusina 1871 snail
cf. Megalomphalus - originally entered as "cf. Megalomphalus sp."
 Sorbeoconcha -
Tintorium cf. pogodaformis snail
Tintorium cf. T. pogodaformis - originally entered as "Tintorium cf. pogodaformis"
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate
 Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail
Morea marylandica Gardner
 Neogastropoda - Moreidae
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) sp. snail
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus deatsvillensis snail
Bellifusus deatsvillensis Stephens
"Bellifusus aff. angulicostata" = Bellifusus angulicostatus Sohl 1964 snail
Bellifusus aff. B. angulicostata S - originally entered as "Bellifusus aff. angulicostata"
Anomalofusus sp. Wade 1916 snail
Anomalofusus sp.
Remera juncea snail
Remera juncea (Gardner)
Fusinus aff. macnairyensis Wade 1926 snail
Fusinus aff. F. macnairyensis Sohl - originally entered as "Fusinus aff. macnairyensis"
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Remnita anomalocostata Wade 1926 turrid
Remnita anomalocostata (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Turboella crebricostata snail
Turboella crebricostata
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon sp. Stephenson 1955 snail
Ecoacteon sp. - originally entered as "Ecoacteon sp."
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer
Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) microcancelli Stephenson 1941 snail
Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) mic
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845 snail
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna sp.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons, "Perissonata littlei" = Perrisonota
Malletia longfrons clam
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
"Perissonata littlei" = Perrisonota clam
Perissonata littlei Gardner
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa nut clam
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Nucula sp.
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Modiolus sp.
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster
Crassostrea sp.
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema ? kingi Stephenson 1941 scallop
Syncylonema ? kingi (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? kingi"
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten (Pecten) venustus, "Amussium ? danei" = Amusium
Pecten (Pecten) venustus scallop
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
"Amussium ? danei" = Amusium scallop
Amusium ? danei (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Amusium ? danei"
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
Limopsis sp.
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis clam
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca webbervillensis clam
Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium sp. d'Orbigny 1850 clam
Unicardium sp.
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia, Myrtea stephensoni
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Myrtea stephensoni clam
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Periplomya sp. Conrad 1870 clam
Periplomya sp.
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula sp.
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Brevicardium) fragile Stephenson 1941 cockle
Protocardium (Brevicardium) fragil - originally entered as "Protocardium fragile"
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera buboana tellin clam
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
Tellinimera gabbi tellin clam
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella webbervillensis clam
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.