Sohl and Koch OFR # 668 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Walkers Ck-3; USGS # 32182

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, silty 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 4446: 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
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
"Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite
Baculites sp.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum tuberculatum snail
Urceolabrum turberculatum callistu
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus deatsvillensis snail
Bellifusus deatsvillensis Stephens
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna sp.
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Margaritella pumila snail
Margaritella pumila Stephenson
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888 snail
Calliomphalus sp.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons clam
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella webbervillensis clam
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera buboana tellin clam
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula sp.
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea sp.
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca webbervillensis clam
Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell
Dentalium leve Stephenson