Sohl and Koch OFR # 851 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Nueces River; USGS # 18106

Where: Zavala County, Texas (29.1° N, 98.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 77.6° W)

• outcrop-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, gray, sandy, calcareous siltstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• others 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 4565: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
Trachycardium sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea bella oyster
Ostrea bella
Crassostrea cortex oyster
Crassostrea cortex (Conrad)
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte belli oyster
Pycnodonte belli Stephenson
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata clam
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.