Sohl and Koch OFR # 732 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Weinert; USGS # 10877

Where: Guadalupe County, Texas (29.7° N, 97.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 76.9° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy lime mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, 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 4495: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"Caryophyllia stephensoni" = Caryophyllia konincki
"Caryophyllia stephensoni" = Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus tirensis ammonite
Sphenodiscus tirensis Stephenson
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites yorkensis ammonite
Scaphites yorkensis Stephenson
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869 clam
Nemodon sp.
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796 file clam
Lima (Lima) sp.
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten (Pecten) venustus scallop
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
 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
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula sp.
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material