PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 814 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Hondo Cr; USGS # 7687

Where: Medina County, Texas (29.3° N, 99.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 77.8° 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, yellow, sandy limestone

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 4537: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae	Sphenodiscus sp. Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871 ammonite Sphenodiscus sp.
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella sp. Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella sp.
Neogastropoda -	Neogastropoda indet. Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail Neogastropods indeterminate
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Deussenia sp. Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Deussenia sp.
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Bellifusus sp. Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Bellifusus sp.
Bivalvia
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster Ostrea sp.
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria, Anomia (Anomia) ornata Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Arcida - Arcidae	Striarca sp., Linter acutata Striarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam Striarca sp. Linter acutata clam Linter acutata Stephenson
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora berryi Cymbophora berryi clam Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Cardiida - Veneridae	Cyprimeria sp. Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864 venus clam Cyprimeria major Gardner
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Trachycardium sp. Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle Trachycardium sp.
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Tellina sp., "Linearia sp." = Linearis Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam Tellina sp. "Linearia sp." = Linearis Conrad 1860 tellin clam Linearia sp.
Carditida - Astartidae	Astartemya fentressensis Astartemya fentressensis clam Astartemya fentressensis Stephenso
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (encrusting)
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.
unclassified
-	Vertebrata indet. Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Shark parts