Sohl and Koch OFR # 644 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Corsicana; USGS # 32174

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

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 4426: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849 stony coral
Micrabacia spp.
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Otolith
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa nut clam
Nucula percrassa Conrad
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
"Perissonata protexta" = Perrisonota, Malletia longfrons
"Perissonata protexta" = Perrisonota clam
Perissonata protexta (Conrad) non G
Malletia longfrons clam
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
Striarca sp.
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea sp.
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera buboana tellin clam
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
Solyma sp. Conrad 1870 tellin clam
Solyma ? sp.
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
? Periplomya sp. Conrad 1870 clam
Periplomya ? sp. - originally entered as "Periplomya ? sp."
Laternula ? robusta clam
Laternula ? robusta Stephenson - originally entered as "Laternula ? robusta"
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) grandis Stephenson 1941 clam
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) grandis St
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
"Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Diplomoceras trabeatus ammonite
Diplomoceras trabeatus (Morton)
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer
 Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum sp. Wade 1916 snail
Urceolabrum sp.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Graciliala sp. Sohl 1960 snail
Graciliala sp.
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Bellifusus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea transenna Stephenson 1955 snail
Morea transenna Stephenson
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Unident naticids
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Margaritella pumila snail
Margaritella pumila Stephenson
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon Montfort 1810 snail
Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp."