Sohl and Koch OFR # 696 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Littig quarry-3; USGS # 32201

Where: Travis County, Texas (30.3° N, 97.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 76.3° 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, silty 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 4467: 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
Bone material
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
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)
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca webbervillensis
Striarca webbervillensis clam
Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) pelagica, "Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata
Lima (Lima) pelagica Morton 1833 file clam
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten (Pecten) venustus, Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
Pecten (Pecten) venustus scallop
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera buboana, Tellinimera gabbi
Tellinimera buboana tellin clam
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
Tellinimera gabbi tellin clam
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium eufaulensis
Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp., Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula sp.
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria clam
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) terra - originally entered as "Caesticorbula terramaria"
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella webbervillensis
Vetericardiella webbervillensis clam
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Crassatella sp.
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, Laxispira sp., Turritella sp., "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Laxispira sp. Gabb 1877 turret shell
Laxispira sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp.
"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum sparsum
Striaticostatum sparsum Sohl 1964 wentletrap
Striaticostatum sparsum Sohl
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Drepanocheilus sp.
Drepanocheilus sp. Meek 1864 snail
Drepanochilus sp. - originally entered as "Drepanochilus sp."
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet.
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella sp., Creonella triplicata
Creonella sp. Wade 1917 snail
Creonella sp.
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917 snail
Creonella triplicata Wade
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp.
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna sp.
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Lingula sp.
Deuteropoda
  -
Malacostraca indet.
Malacostraca indet. Latreille 1802
Crab parts