Sohl and Koch OFR # 944 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as 4 mi SE Eagle pass; USGS # 8222

Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.7° N, 100.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° 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 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 4614: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea cortex oyster
Crassostrea cortex (Conrad)
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora inflata clam
Cymbophora inflata Stephenson
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium sp.
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate