Sohl and Koch OFR # 910 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Salado Cr; USGS # 1883

Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.9° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 79.1° W)

• outcrop-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; gray, silty, calcareous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• others 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 4587: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871 ammonite
Sphenodiscus sp.
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
indeterminate gastropods
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail
Gyrodes sp.
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Stantonella interupta" = Stantonella interrupta, Buccinopsis sp.
"Stantonella interupta" = Stantonella interrupta Conrad 1858 true whelk
Stantonella interupta (Conrad)
Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857 true whelk
Buccinopsis sp.
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858 volute
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata clam
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Striarca webbervillensis clam
Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts