PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 654 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Tehuacana; USGS # 32177

Where: Limestone County, Texas (31.7° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 75.0° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

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 4435: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae	Micrabacia sp. Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849 stony coral Micrabacia spp.
unclassified
-	Vertebrata indet., Vertebrata indet. Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Fish parts Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Shark parts
Gastropoda
Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae	cf. Megalomphalus sp. cf. Megalomphalus sp. Brusina 1871 snail cf. Megalomphalus - originally entered as "cf. Megalomphalus sp."
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira, Laxispira monilifera "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Cerithioidea - Thiaridae	? Pachymelania sp. ? Pachymelania sp. White 1895 snail Pachymelania ? sp. - originally entered as "Pachymelania ? sp."
Neogastropoda -	Neogastropoda indet., Fulgerca aff. attenuata Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail Neogastropods indeterminate Fulgerca aff. attenuata Wade 1926 snail Fulgerca aff. A. attenuata (Wade) - originally entered as "Fulgerca aff. attenuata"
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Deussenia sp. Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Deussenia sp.
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Bellifusus deatsvillensis, Anomalofusus sp. Bellifusus deatsvillensis snail Bellifusus deatsvillensis Stephens Anomalofusus sp. Wade 1916 snail Anomalofusus sp.
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Amuletum (Lutema) sp. Amuletum (Lutema) sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid Amuletum (Lutema) sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Drepanocheilus texanus Drepanocheilus texanus snail Drepanochilus texanus Stephenson - originally entered as "Drepanochilus texanus"
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Gyrodes sp. Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail Gyrodes sp.
Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae	Ellipsoscapha mortoni Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845 snail Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Cylichna sp. Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail Cylichna sp.
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	Margaritella cf. pumila, Pseudomalaxis pateriformis Margaritella cf. pumila snail Margaritella cf. M. pumila Stephen - originally entered as "Margaritella cf. pumila" Pseudomalaxis pateriformis Stephenson 1955 snail Pseudomalaxis pateriformis Stephen
Heterostropha - Acteonidae	"Actaeon sp." = Acteon "Actaeon sp." = Acteon Montfort 1810 snail Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp."
Bivalvia
Nuculida - Nuculidae	"Nucula cuneifrons" = Nucula cunifrons "Nucula cuneifrons" = Nucula cunifrons Conrad 1860 nut clam Nucula cunifrons Conrad
Nuculanida - Malletiidae	Malletia longfrons, "Perissonata littlei" = Perrisonota Malletia longfrons clam Malletia longfrons (Conrad) "Perissonata littlei" = Perrisonota clam Perissonata littlei Gardner
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana whitfieldi Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Carditida - Carditidae	Vetericardiella webbervillensis Vetericardiella webbervillensis clam Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
Lucinida - Lucinidae	"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia "Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Lucinida - Mactromyidae	Unicardium concentricum Unicardium concentricum clam Unicardium concentricum (Conrad)
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Corbula sp. Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam Corbula sp.
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Tenea parilis Tenea parilis clam Tenea parilis Conrad
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora berryi Cymbophora berryi clam Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Cardiida - Glossidae	Glossus sp. Glossus sp. Poli 1795 clam Glossus sp.
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Protocardia (Brevicardium) fragile Protocardia (Brevicardium) fragile Stephenson 1941 cockle Protocardium (Brevicardium) fragil - originally entered as "Protocardium fragile"
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Crenella serica, Crenella elegantula Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam Crenella serica Conrad Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Nemodon adkinsi Nemodon adkinsi clam Nemodon adkinsi Stephenson
Arcida - Arcidae	Striarca webbervillensis, Arca sp. Striarca webbervillensis clam Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark Arca sp.
Arcida - Limopsidae	Limopsis sp. Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam Limopsis sp.
Ostreida - Pteriidae	Pteria sp. Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster Pteria sp.
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	"Amussium ? danei" = Amusium "Amussium ? danei" = Amusium scallop Amusium ? danei (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Amusium ? danei"
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Syncyclonema simplicius, Syncyclonema ? kingi Syncyclonema simplicius scallop Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" Syncyclonema ? kingi Stephenson 1941 scallop Syncylonema ? kingi (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? kingi"
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae	Sphenodiscus sp. Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871 ammonite Sphenodiscus sp.
Ammonitida - Scaphitidae	Hoploscaphites sp. n. sp., Scaphites sp. Hoploscaphites sp. n. sp. Nowak 1911 ammonite Hoploscaphites n. sp. - originally entered as "Hoploscaphites n. sp." Scaphites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite Scaphites sp.
Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae	Diplomoceras sp. Diplomoceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite Diplomoceras sp.
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	Baculites sp. Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite Baculites sp.
Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium sp., Dentalium leve Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell Dentalium sp. (ribbed) Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell Dentalium leve Stephenson
Polychaeta
Serpulimorpha -	Hamulus onyx Hamulus onyx Morton 1834 Hamulus onyx Morton