Also known as Verde Cr; USGS # 7685
Where: Medina County, Texas (29.4° N, 99.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 77.7° W)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Escondido Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• Haustator bilira assemblage zone.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified, gray, silty, calcareous sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original calcite, replaced with 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 4532: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Stantonella sp. n. sp., Buccinopsis sp. n. sp.
Stantonella sp. n. sp. Wade 1926 true whelk Stantonella n. sp. (subdued orname - originally entered as "Stantonella n. sp."
Buccinopsis sp. n. sp. Conrad 1857 true whelk Buccinopsis n. sp. (smooth and roun - originally entered as "Buccinopsis n. sp."
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Nuculana sp. n. sp.
Nuculana sp. n. sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam Nuculana n. sp. (large and concentr - originally entered as "Nuculana n. sp."
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"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
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