Sohl and Koch OFR # 842: Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Lithophagidae indet.
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Lithophagid borings | ||||||||||
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Clione sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea cortex
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51 specimens | |||||||||
Crassostrea cortex (Conrad) | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bryozoa (encrusting) | ||||||||||
Thecostraca
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Cirripidea indet.
Rafinesque 1816
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Barnacles plates | ||||||||||
= Cirripedia indet.
Rafinesque 1816
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Hendy 2008 | |||||||||
misspelling | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Uvalde |
Coordinates: | 29.1° North, 99.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 78.7° West | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Senonian |
*International age/stage: | Middle - Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Escondido | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | siltstone | ||
Environment: | estuary/bay | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Collection method comments: others collection |
Metadata
Also known as: | Nueces River; USGS # 1770 | ||
Database number: | 4560 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik, A. Hendy | Enterer: | M. Kosnik, A. Hendy |
Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-08-08 12:23:08 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
282. | 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] |
Secondary references:
26349 | A. J. W. Hendy. 2008. Personal opinions and reidentification of pre-Cenozoic Mollusca. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
29915 | J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] |