Sohl and Koch OFR # 676 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Kimbro; USGS # 14129

Where: Travis County, Texas (30.4° N, 97.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 76.3° 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; 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 4451: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sp. BruguiƩre 1796 file clam
Lima (Lima) sp.
Lima (Lima) kimbroensis Stephenson 1941 file clam
Lima (Lima) kimbroensis Stephenson
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Syncylonema sp. - originally entered as "Syncylonema sp."
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
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
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella webbervillensis clam
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Crassatella sp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardium) sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
Protocardium (Protocardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870 clam
Veniella sp.
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.