Sohl and Koch OFR # 472 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Water Witch Station; USGS # 16277

Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.4° N, 74.0° W: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 48.9° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Haustator bilira other zone, lower Member (Sandy Hook Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• Stephenson collection

Primary reference: N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open File Report 87-194:1-172 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4379: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
"Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail
Morea marylandica Gardner
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Dolicholatirus sp. Bellardi 1884 snail
Dolicholatirus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis spp.
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium aff. weeksi Wade 1926 cerith snail
Cerithium aff. Certhium weeksi Wa - originally entered as "Cerithium aff. weeksi"
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula amica Gardner 1916 nut clam
Nucula amica Gardner
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella crenalirata clam
Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
 Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata Conrad 1858 clam
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Brevicardium) sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
Protocardium (Brevicardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
Pecten (Pecten) venustus scallop
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea mesenterica" = Lopha mesenterica
"Ostrea mesenterica" = Lopha mesenterica Morton 1834 oyster
Ostrea mesenterica Morton
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis clam
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts