PBDB Collection

USGS 10854, Indio Ranch (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Sohl and Koch OFR # 967

Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.5° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 79.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (Escondido Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified, glauconitic, gray, sandy siltstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collected by L.W. Stephenson; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4632: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Pholad indet. Pholad indet. Pholad borings
Demospongiae
Clavulina - Clionaidae	Cliona sp. Cliona sp. demosponge Clione sp.
Echinoidea
Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae	Faujasia chelonium n. sp. Faujasia chelonium n. sp. Cooke 1953 sand dollar
Cassiduloida -	Hardouinia mortonis Hardouinia mortonis Michelin 1850 sea urchin subsp. emmonsi
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (encrusting, boring and rolling)
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.
Bivalvia
Arcida - Arcidae	Striarca cuneata Striarca cuneata clam Striarca cuneata Gabb
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea plumosa, Crassostrea cortex, Ostrea sp. Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster Ostrea plumosa Morton Crassostrea cortex oyster Crassostrea cortex (Conrad) Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster Ostrea sp.
Ostreida - Flemingostreidae	Cubitostrea tecticosta Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) ornata Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Trachycardium sp. Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle Trachycardium sp.
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora inflata, Cymbophora sp. Cymbophora inflata clam Cymbophora inflata Stephenson Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam Cymbophora sp.
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae	Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Conrad 1857 ammonite Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)
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
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Buccinopsis perryi Buccinopsis perryi true whelk Buccinopsis perryi Conrad
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Deussenia sp. Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Deussenia sp.
Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae	? Paladmete sp. ? Paladmete sp. Gardner 1916 snail Paladmete ? sp. - originally entered as "Paladmete ? sp."
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Liopeplum cretaceum, Volutomorpha sp. Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858 volute Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad) Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877 volute Volutomorpha sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Pugnellus (Pugnellus) goldmani Pugnellus (Pugnellus) goldmani snail Pugnellus (Pugnellus) goldmani Gar