Sohl and Koch OFR # 862 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Conejo; USGS # 32839

Where: Zavala County, Texas (29.1° N, 100.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 78.9° 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; lithified 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 4576: 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 - Thiaridae
Pachymelania sp. n. sp.
Pachymelania sp. n. sp. White 1895 snail
Pachymelania n. sp. (Escondido) - originally entered as "Pachymelania n. sp."
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira sp.
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837 moon snail
Euspira sp.
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet.
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Bellifusus sp.
? Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Bellifusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Bellifusus ? sp."
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea cortex
Crassostrea cortex oyster
Crassostrea cortex (Conrad)
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata
Striarca cuneata clam
Striarca cuneata Gabb