PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 819 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as South D ftHanis-2; USGS # 32834

Where: Medina County, Texas (29.3° N, 99.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 78.0° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (Escondido Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; gray sandstone

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 4542: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Lithophagidae indet. Lithophagidae indet. Lithophagid borings
Demospongiae
Clavulina - Clionaidae	Cliona sp. Cliona sp. demosponge Clione sp.
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bivalvia
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) ornata Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Crassostrea cortex, Ostrea sp. Crassostrea cortex oyster Crassostrea cortex (Conrad) Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster Ostrea sp.
Arcida - Arcidae	Striarca cuneata Striarca cuneata clam Striarca cuneata Gabb
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Trachycardium sp. Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle Trachycardium sp.
Gastropoda
Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae	Cerithiella sp., Cerithiella aff. nodoliratum Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail Cerithiella sp. Cerithiella aff. nodoliratum Wade 1926 snail Cerithiella aff. C. nodoliratum (W - originally entered as "Cerithiella aff. nodoliratum"