Sohl and Koch OFR # 643 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Corsicana; USGS # 14118

Where: Navarro County, Texas (32.1° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 74.7° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Discoscaphites conradi ammonoid zone, Corsicana Marl Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 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

• 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 4425: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp.
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons clam
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Syncylonema sp. - originally entered as "Syncylonema sp."
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Lucina sp., "Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia
? Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
Lucina ? sp. - originally entered as "Lucina ? sp."
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella webbervillensis clam
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871 ammonite
Sphenodiscus sp.