Sohl and Koch OFR # 952 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Saus Cr; USGS # 582

Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.6° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 79.3° 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, calcareous sandstone

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 4620: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea sp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
Trachycardium sp.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira
"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837 moon snail
Euspira sp.
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis perryi true whelk
Buccinopsis perryi Conrad
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858 volute
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) goldmani snail
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) goldmani Gar