Sohl and Koch OFR # 924 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as North Eagle pass; USGS # 8218

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, gray, 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 4599: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Eulima clara Wade 1926 snail
Eulima ? clara Wade
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella vertebroides
"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Stantonella interupta" = Stantonella interrupta
"Stantonella interupta" = Stantonella interrupta Conrad 1858 true whelk
Stantonella interupta (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858 volute
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata clam
Striarca cuneata Gabb
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea sp.
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. n. sp.
Corbula sp. n. sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula n. sp. (large) - originally entered as "Corbula n. sp."
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
Trachycardium sp.
 Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata Conrad 1858 clam
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartemya fentressensis clam
Astartemya fentressensis Stephenso
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell
Dentalium leve Stephenson