USGS 16667, San Antonio Road: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas
collected by L.W. Stephenson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
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Hardouinia bexari
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | |||||||||
corrected as Harduinia | ||||||||||
Hardouinea bexari Clark | ||||||||||
Hardouinia dalli
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | |||||||||
corrected as Harduinia | ||||||||||
Hardouinea dalli Clark | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Hemiasteridae
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Hemiaster wetherbyi
de Loriol 1887
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Proraster dalli
(Clark 1891)
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Linthia variabilis
Slocom 1909
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | |||||||||
Linthia variabilis Slocum | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Micrasteridae
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Micraster americanus
(Stephenson 1941)
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | |||||||||
Bryozoa (encrusting) | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | |||||||||
Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras sp.
Hyatt 1894
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Eutrephoceras sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Scaphandridae
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Ellipsoscapha sp.
Stephenson 1941
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Ellipsoscapha sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Striaticostatum bexarense
(Stephenson 1941)
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephen | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Graphidula multicostata
Stephenson 1941
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Graphidula multicostata Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Pyropsis spp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Anchura sp.
Conrad 1860
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Anchura sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Nuculana sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
original and current combination Neitheops | ||||||||||
Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis (St | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) acutilineata
Conrad 1858
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Limatula acutilineata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) kimbroensis
Stephenson 1941
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Lima (Lima) kimbroensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) geronimoensis
Stephenson 1941
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Lima (Lima) geronimoensis Stephens | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) sp.
BruguiƩre 1796
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Lima (Lima) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra sp.
Say 1820
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
Exogyra sp. | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 20 specimens | ||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Pycnodonte sp.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Pycnodonte sp. | ||||||||||
Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Laternulidae
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Laternula ? robusta
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Laternula ? robusta Stephenson - originally entered as "Laternula ? robusta" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myoida
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Eufistulina ripleyana
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
original and current combination Eufistulana | ||||||||||
Eufistulana ripleyana (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana" | ||||||||||
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | |||||||||
Clione sp. | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Bexar |
Coordinates: | 29.4° North, 98.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 77.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Senonian |
*International age/stage: | Middle - Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Ammonoid zone: | Discoscaphites conradi |
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Corsicana Marl | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | silty claystone | ||
Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Collectors: | L.W. Stephenson |
Metadata
Also known as: | Sohl and Koch OFR # 764 | ||
Database number: | 4517 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Kosnik, U. Merkel |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-11-19 23:12:45 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26335. | 1% 20600 | C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
29915 | J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] | |
282 | 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] |