Sohl and Koch OFR # 730 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Redwood; USGS # 7622

Where: Guadalupe County, Texas (29.8° N, 97.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 76.9° 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; lithified, silty lime mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• Stephenson 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 4493: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Lithophagidae indet.
Lithophagid borings
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra sp.
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sp. BruguiƩre 1796 file clam
Lima (Lima) sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.