Sohl and Koch OFR # 908 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Salado Cr; USGS # 8247

Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.9° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 79.1° W)

• small collection-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, silty limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• Stephenson 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 4585: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Lithophagidae indet.
Lithophagidae indet.
Lithophagid borings
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca sp.
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
Striarca sp.
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea cortex, Ostrea sp.
Crassostrea cortex oyster
Crassostrea cortex (Conrad)
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea sp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp.
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
Trachycardium sp.
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora sp.
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam
Cymbophora sp.
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
indeterminate gastropods
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet.
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Banis siniformis
Banis siniformis Stephenson 1941 moon snail
Banis siniformis Stephenson