PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 666 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Walkers Ck-1; USGS # 32180

Where: Milam County, Texas (30.9° N, 97.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 75.6° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, gray, silty claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, 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 4444: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	Baculites sp. Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite Baculites sp.
Ammonitida - Scaphitidae	Scaphites sp. Scaphites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite Scaphites sp.
Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium sp., Dentalium leve Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell Dentalium sp. (ribbed) Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell Dentalium leve Stephenson
Gastropoda
Heterostropha - Ringiculidae	"Ringicula cf. pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella "Ringicula cf. pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail Ringicula cf. R. pulchella Shumard - originally entered as "Ringicula cf. pulchella"
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Striaticostatum sp. Striaticostatum sp. Sohl 1963 wentletrap Striaticostatum sp.
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella sp., Turritella sp. n. sp., Turritella vertebroides, "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, Laxispira monilifera Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella sp. Turritella sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella n. sp. (Multilirate) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp." Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Graciliala sp. Graciliala sp. Sohl 1960 snail Graciliala sp.
Neogastropoda -	Neogastropoda indet. Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail Neogastropods indeterminate
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Bellifusus sp. Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Bellifusus sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Euspira rectilabrum Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Cylichna sp. Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail Cylichna sp.
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana whitfieldi Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Crenella serica Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam Crenella serica Conrad
Ostreida - Flemingostreidae	Cubitostrea tecticosta Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster Exogyra costata Say
Pectinida - Limidae	Lima (Lima) pelagica Lima (Lima) pelagica Morton 1833 file clam Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Syncyclonema simplicius, Syncyclonema ? kingi Syncyclonema simplicius scallop Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" Syncyclonema ? kingi Stephenson 1941 scallop Syncylonema ? kingi (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? kingi"
Arcida - Arcidae	Striarca webbervillensis Striarca webbervillensis clam Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. Dietrich 1933 clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
Pandorida - Laternulidae	Periplomya sp. Periplomya sp. Conrad 1870 clam Periplomya sp.
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei cockle Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis, Tellinimera buboana "Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam Linearia metastriata Conrad Tellinimera buboana tellin clam Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
Carditida - Carditidae	Vetericardiella webbervillensis Vetericardiella webbervillensis clam Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (branching)
unclassified
-	Vertebrata indet. Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Fish parts