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
Hardouinia bexari
Sohl and Koch 1984
corrected as Harduinia
Hardouinea bexari Clark
Hardouinia dalli
Sohl and Koch 1984
corrected as Harduinia
Hardouinea dalli Clark
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster wetherbyi de Loriol 1887
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Proraster dalli (Clark 1891)
Linthia variabilis Slocom 1909
Sohl and Koch 1984
Linthia variabilis Slocum
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster americanus (Stephenson 1941)
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Sohl and Koch 1984
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Sohl and Koch 1984
Hamulus onyx Morton
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894
Sohl and Koch 1984 1 specimen
Eutrephoceras sp.
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941
Sohl and Koch 1984 1 specimen
Ellipsoscapha sp.
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephenson 1941)
Sohl and Koch 1984 1 specimen
Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula multicostata Stephenson 1941
Sohl and Koch 1984 1 specimen
Graphidula multicostata Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
Sohl and Koch 1984 2 specimens
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
Sohl and Koch 1984 4 specimens
Anchura sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
Sohl and Koch 1984 1 specimen
Nuculana sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
Sohl and Koch 1984 3 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis
Sohl and Koch 1984 7 specimens
original and current combination Neitheops
Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis (St
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad 1858
Sohl and Koch 1984 10 specimens
recombined as Limatula acutilineata
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Lima (Lima) kimbroensis Stephenson 1941
Sohl and Koch 1984 1 specimen
Lima (Lima) kimbroensis Stephenson
Lima (Lima) geronimoensis Stephenson 1941
Sohl and Koch 1984 1 specimen
Lima (Lima) geronimoensis Stephens
Lima (Lima) sp. BruguiƩre 1796
Sohl and Koch 1984 1 specimen
Lima (Lima) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
Sohl and Koch 1984 1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
Sohl and Koch 1984 3 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
Sohl and Koch 1984 7 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
Sohl and Koch 1984 6 specimens
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
Sohl and Koch 1984 20 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
Sohl and Koch 1984 4 specimens
Pycnodonte sp.
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
Sohl and Koch 1984 6 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
Sohl and Koch 1984 2 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
Sohl and Koch 1984 1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Laternula ? robusta
Sohl and Koch 1984 2 specimens
Laternula ? robusta Stephenson - originally entered as "Laternula ? robusta"
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
Sohl and Koch 1984 1 specimen
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Myoida
Eufistulina ripleyana
Sohl and Koch 1984 1 specimen
original and current combination Eufistulana
Eufistulana ripleyana (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana"
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
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% 20600C. 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]