USGS 16667, San Antonio Road (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Sohl and Koch OFR # 764

Where: Bexar County, Texas (29.4° N, 98.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 77.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; silty claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collected by L.W. Stephenson; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4517: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Proraster dalli Clark 1891 heart urchin
Linthia variabilis Slocom 1909 heart urchin
Linthia variabilis Slocum
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster wetherbyi de Loriol 1887 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster americanus Stephenson 1941 heart urchin
 Cassiduloida -
"Hardouinia bexari" = Harduinia, "Hardouinia dalli" = Harduinia
"Hardouinia bexari" = Harduinia sea urchin
Hardouinea bexari Clark
"Hardouinia dalli" = Harduinia sea urchin
Hardouinea dalli Clark
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 nautiloid
Eutrephoceras sp.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Anchura sp.
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula multicostata Stephenson 1941 snail
Graphidula multicostata Stephenson
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis spp.
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum bexarense Stephenson 1941 wentletrap
Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephen
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Ellipsoscapha sp.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp.
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Laternula ? robusta clam
Laternula ? robusta Stephenson - originally entered as "Laternula ? robusta"
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
Liopistha protexta Conrad
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
 Myoida -
Eufistulina ripleyana clam
Eufistulana ripleyana (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana"
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
Pycnodonte sp.
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra sp.
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) geronimoensis Stephenson 1941 file clam
Lima (Lima) geronimoensis Stephens
Lima (Lima) sp. BruguiƩre 1796 file clam
Lima (Lima) sp.
"Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata Conrad 1858 file clam
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Lima (Lima) kimbroensis Stephenson 1941 file clam
Lima (Lima) kimbroensis Stephenson
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis scallop
Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis (St
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.