Also known as Quihi; USGS # 32832
Where: Medina County, Texas (29.4° N, 99.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 77.7° W)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Escondido Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• Haustator bilira assemblage zone.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original calcite, replaced with 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 4530: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, Turritella sp., "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
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Nuculana sp. n. sp., Nuculana sp.
Nuculana sp. n. sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam Nuculana n. sp. (large and concentr - originally entered as "Nuculana n. sp."
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Corbula sp. n. sp.
Corbula sp. n. sp. Bruguière 1789 clam Corbula n. sp. (large) - originally entered as "Corbula n. sp."
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Tellinimera gabbi tellin clam Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
Liothyris cf. carolinensis Conrad 1875 tellin clam Liothyris cf. L. carolinensis (Con - originally entered as "Liothyris cf. carolinensis"
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