Sohl and Koch OFR # 948 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as 10 mi S Eagle pass; USGS # 8225

Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.6° N, 100.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 79.3° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Escondido Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; gray, sandy siltstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• Stephenson 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 4617: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Lithophagidae indet.
Lithophagid borings
Thecostraca
 Cirripedia -
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816 barnacle
Barnacles plates
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea cortex oyster
Crassostrea cortex (Conrad)
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea sp.
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)