Sohl and Koch OFR # 821 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as South D ftHanis; USGS # 8273

Where: Medina County, Texas (29.3° N, 99.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 77.9° 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; silty sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with 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 4544: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella cf. forgemoli turret shell
Turritella cf. T. forgemoli Coquan - originally entered as "Turritella cf. forgemoli"
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea sp.