Sohl and Koch OFR # 964 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as West Farias; USGS # 13315

Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.6° N, 100.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 79.2° 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, glauconitic, yellow, 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 4630: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella cf. forgemoli, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira
Turritella cf. forgemoli turret shell
Turritella cf. T. forgemoli Coquan - originally entered as "Turritella cf. forgemoli"
"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Conrad 1857 ammonite
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
Trachycardium sp.
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria depressa venus clam
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bathytormus pteropsis Conrad 1860 clam
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad)
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte belli oyster
Pycnodonte belli Stephenson