Sohl and Koch OFR # 918 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Eagle pass 22-2; USGS # 32846

Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.7° N, 100.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 79.4° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: lower Member (Escondido Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified limestone

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 4594: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871 ammonite
Sphenodiscus sp.
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, "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
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) pelagica Morton 1833 file clam
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea sp.
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis clam
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata clam
Striarca cuneata Gabb
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera gabbi tellin clam
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora wordeni clam
Cymbophora wordeni (Gardner)
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916 clam
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Deuteropoda
  -
Malacostraca indet. Latreille 1802
Crab parts