USGS 16667, San Antonio Road (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Sohl and Koch OFR # 764

Where: Bexar County, Texas (29.4° N, 98.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 77.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; silty claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collected by L.W. Stephenson; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4517: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cassiduloida -
"Hardouinia bexari" = Harduinia, "Hardouinia dalli" = Harduinia
"Hardouinia bexari" = Harduinia sea urchin
Hardouinea bexari Clark
"Hardouinia dalli" = Harduinia sea urchin
Hardouinea dalli Clark
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster wetherbyi de Loriol 1887 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Proraster dalli Clark 1891 heart urchin
Linthia variabilis Slocom 1909 heart urchin
Linthia variabilis Slocum
 Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster americanus Stephenson 1941 heart urchin
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 nautiloid
Eutrephoceras sp.
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Ellipsoscapha sp.
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum bexarense Stephenson 1941 wentletrap
Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephen
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula multicostata Stephenson 1941 snail
Graphidula multicostata Stephenson
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis spp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Anchura sp.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp.
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis scallop
Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis (St
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata Conrad 1858 file clam
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Lima (Lima) kimbroensis Stephenson 1941 file clam
Lima (Lima) kimbroensis Stephenson
Lima (Lima) geronimoensis Stephenson 1941 file clam
Lima (Lima) geronimoensis Stephens
Lima (Lima) sp. BruguiƩre 1796 file clam
Lima (Lima) sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra sp.
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
Pycnodonte sp.
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Laternula ? robusta clam
Laternula ? robusta Stephenson - originally entered as "Laternula ? robusta"
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
Liopistha protexta Conrad
 Myoida -
Eufistulina ripleyana clam
Eufistulana ripleyana (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana"
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.