Sohl and Koch OFR # 694 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Littig quarry; USGS # 32200

Where: Travis County, Texas (30.3° N, 97.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 76.3° 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; gray 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 4465: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
"Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite
Baculites sp.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus deatsvillensis snail
Bellifusus deatsvillensis Stephens
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna sp.
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca webbervillensis clam
Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium concentricum clam
Unicardium concentricum (Conrad)
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula amica Gardner 1916 nut clam
Nucula amica Gardner
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
"Perissonata littlei" = Perrisonota
"Perissonata littlei" = Perrisonota clam
Perissonata littlei Gardner
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium pauperculum tusk shell
Dentalium pauperculum Meek and Hay
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell
Dentalium leve Stephenson