Sohl and Koch OFR # 814: Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Linter acutata
1 specimen
Linter acutata Stephenson
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862
2 specimens
Striarca sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876
5 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
2 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartemya fentressensis
5 specimens
Astartemya fentressensis Stephenso
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
16 specimens
Trachycardium sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia sp. (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia sp.
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Tellina sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864
1 specimen
Cyprimeria major Gardner
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
2 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
1 specimen
Sphenodiscus sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
3 specimens
Turritella sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
8 specimens
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Deussenia sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Bellifusus sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Medina
Coordinates: 29.3° North, 99.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.2° North, 77.8° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
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:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Escondido
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow lithified sandy "limestone"
Environment:estuary/bay Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Stephenson collection
Metadata
Also known as:Hondo Cr; USGS # 7687
Database number:4537
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2016-08-08 12:21:48
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

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]