Sohl and Koch OFR # 656 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Grosebeck; USGS # 13132 : 13124 : 13131

Where: Limestone County, Texas (31.5° N, 96.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 40.5° N, 63.9° W (Wright 2013)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Discoscaphites conradi ammonoid zone, Corsicana Marl Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (72.2 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• others 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 4437: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella webbervillensis
Vetericardiella webbervillensis clam
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca webbervillensis
Striarca webbervillensis clam
Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Oligoptycha ? americana
Oligoptycha ? americana Wade 1926 snail
Oligoptycha americana (Wade) ? - originally entered as "Oligoptycha americana ?"
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Amuletum sp.
Amuletum sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid
Amuletum sp.
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria ? matroni
Cancellaria ? matroni Stephenson 1941 snail
Cancellaria ? matroni Stephenson - originally entered as "Cancellaria ? matroni"
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Graciliala sp.
Graciliala sp. Sohl 1960 snail
Graciliala sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes rotundus, Euspira rectilabrum
Gyrodes rotundus moon snail
Gyrodes rotundus Stephenson
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp., Turritella vertebroides
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp.
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium sp.
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell
Dentalium leve Stephenson