PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 937 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as SE Eagle pass; USGS # 1481

Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.7° N, 100.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 79.4° 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; lithified, gray, sandy, calcareous siltstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with 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 4608: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium leve Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell Dentalium leve Stephenson
Bivalvia
Arcida - Arcidae	Striarca cuneata, Arca sp. Striarca cuneata clam Striarca cuneata Gabb Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark Arca ? sp.
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864 scallop Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Pectinida - Limidae	Lima (Lima) sellardsi Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson 1941 file clam Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson
Carditida - Astartidae	Astartemya fentressensis Astartemya fentressensis clam Astartemya fentressensis Stephenso
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Corbula sp. n. sp. Corbula sp. n. sp. Bruguière 1789 clam Corbula n. sp. (large) - originally entered as "Corbula n. sp."
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Trachycardium sp. Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle Trachycardium sp.
Cardiida - Tellinidae	? Tellina sp. ? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam Tellina ? sp. - originally entered as "Tellina ? sp."
Nuculanida - Malletiidae	Malletia longfrons Malletia longfrons clam Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nucula sp. Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam Nucula sp.
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae	Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Conrad 1857 ammonite Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Graphidula sp. n. sp. Graphidula sp. n. sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Graphidula n. sp. (smooth) - originally entered as "Graphidula n. sp."