Sohl and Koch OFR # 662 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Big Elm Ck-2; USGS # 32179

Where: Falls County, Texas (31.4° N, 96.7° W: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 75.2° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Discoscaphites conradi ammonoid zone, upper Member (Corsicana Marl Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous siltstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: bulk,

• Sohl 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 4441: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
Scaphites sp.
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium sp. (ribbed)
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium sp. d'Orbigny 1850 clam
Unicardium sp.
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia, Myrtea stephensoni
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Myrtea stephensoni clam
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Periplomya sp. Conrad 1870 clam
Periplomya sp.
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula sp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Brevicardium) fragile Stephenson 1941 cockle
Protocardium (Brevicardium) fragil - originally entered as "Protocardium fragile"
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera buboana tellin clam
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
Tellinimera gabbi tellin clam
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella webbervillensis clam
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Modiolus sp.
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Amussium ? danei" = Amusium, Pecten (Pecten) venustus
"Amussium ? danei" = Amusium scallop
Amusium ? danei (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Amusium ? danei"
Pecten (Pecten) venustus scallop
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema ? kingi Stephenson 1941 scallop
Syncylonema ? kingi (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? kingi"
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster
Crassostrea sp.
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
Limopsis sp.
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis clam
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca webbervillensis clam
Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa nut clam
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Nucula sp.
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons, "Perissonata littlei" = Perrisonota
Malletia longfrons clam
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
"Perissonata littlei" = Perrisonota clam
Perissonata littlei Gardner
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon sp. Stephenson 1955 snail
Ecoacteon sp. - originally entered as "Ecoacteon sp."
 Sorbeoconcha -
Tintorium cf. pogodaformis snail
Tintorium cf. T. pogodaformis - originally entered as "Tintorium cf. pogodaformis"
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate
 Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail
Morea marylandica Gardner
 Neogastropoda - Moreidae
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) sp. snail
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus deatsvillensis snail
Bellifusus deatsvillensis Stephens
"Bellifusus aff. angulicostata" = Bellifusus angulicostatus Sohl 1964 snail
Bellifusus aff. B. angulicostata S - originally entered as "Bellifusus aff. angulicostata"
Remera juncea snail
Remera juncea (Gardner)
Fusinus aff. macnairyensis Wade 1926 snail
Fusinus aff. F. macnairyensis Sohl - originally entered as "Fusinus aff. macnairyensis"
Anomalofusus sp. Wade 1916 snail
Anomalofusus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Remnita anomalocostata Wade 1926 turrid
Remnita anomalocostata (Wade)
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Turboella crebricostata snail
Turboella crebricostata
 Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum tuberculatum snail
Urceolabrum turberculatum callistu
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Turritella sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella n. sp. (Multilirate) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp."
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
 Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae
cf. Megalomphalus sp. Brusina 1871 snail
cf. Megalomphalus - originally entered as "cf. Megalomphalus sp."
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum sp. Sohl 1963 wentletrap
Striaticostatum sp.
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer
Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) microcancelli Stephenson 1941 snail
Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) mic
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna sp.
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845 snail
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Margaritella pumila snail
Margaritella pumila Stephenson
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina, "Actaeon sp." = Acteon
"Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina snail
Nonacteonina sp.
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon Montfort 1810 snail
Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp."
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail
Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Sh
Deuteropoda
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Malacostraca indet. Latreille 1802
Crab parts