Sohl and Koch OFR # 667 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Walkers Ck-2; USGS # 32181

Where: Milam County, Texas (30.9° N, 97.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 75.6° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-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 4445: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus deatsvillensis snail
Bellifusus deatsvillensis Stephens
 Neogastropoda -
Fulgerca aff. attenuata Wade 1926 snail
Fulgerca aff. A. attenuata (Wade) - originally entered as "Fulgerca aff. attenuata"
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Graciliala sp. Sohl 1960 snail
Graciliala sp.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
"Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Syncyclonema ? kingi Stephenson 1941 scallop
Syncylonema ? kingi (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? kingi"
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca webbervillensis clam
Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula conchafodentis mussel
Botula conchafodentis (Gardner)
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp. Dall 1886 clam
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp.
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons clam
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)