PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 928 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Eagle pass; USGS # 8217

Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.7° N, 100.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 79.4° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: lower Member (Escondido Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified, calcareous siltstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original 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 4601: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names

unclassified
-	Vertebrata indet. Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Shark parts
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	"Baculites columna" = Trachybaculites columna "Baculites columna" = Trachybaculites columna Morton 1834 ammonite Baculites columna Morton
Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae	Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Conrad 1857 ammonite Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)
Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium leve Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell Dentalium leve Stephenson
Gastropoda
Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae	Ellipsoscapha mortoni Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845 snail Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Cylichna sp. Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail Cylichna sp.
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
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Banis siniformis, "Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani, Euspira sp. Banis siniformis Stephenson 1941 moon snail Banis siniformis Stephenson "Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gabb 1861 moon snail Gyrodes spillmani Gabb Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837 moon snail Euspira sp.
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Graphidula sp. n. sp., "Bellifusus aff. angulicostata" = Bellifusus angulicostatus Graphidula sp. n. sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Graphidula n. sp. (smooth) - originally entered as "Graphidula n. sp." "Bellifusus aff. angulicostata" = Bellifusus angulicostatus Sohl 1964 snail Bellifusus aff. B. angulicostata S - originally entered as "Bellifusus aff. angulicostata"
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	"Stantonella interupta" = Stantonella interrupta "Stantonella interupta" = Stantonella interrupta Conrad 1858 true whelk Stantonella interupta (Conrad)
Neogastropoda - Olividae	"Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula" = Ancillus acutula "Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula" = Ancillus acutula Stephenson 1941 olive snail Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula (Stephe
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Liopeplum sp., Liopeplum rugosum, Liopeplum cretaceum Liopeplum sp. Dall 1890 volute Liopeplum sp. Liopeplum rugosum Stephenson 1955 volute Liopeplum rugosum Stephenson Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858 volute Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
Neogastropoda -	Fulgerca sp. Fulgerca sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Fulgerca sp.
Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae	Eulima clara Eulima clara Wade 1926 snail Eulima ? clara Wade
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Malletiidae	Malletia longfrons Malletia longfrons clam Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nucula sp. Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam Nucula sp.
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster Ostrea sp.
Arcida - Arcidae	Striarca sp. Striarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam Striarca sp.
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Trachycardium sp. Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle Trachycardium sp.
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"Linearia sp." = Linearis, ? Tellina sp. "Linearia sp." = Linearis Conrad 1860 tellin clam Linearia sp. ? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam Tellina ? sp. - originally entered as "Tellina ? sp."
Cardiida - Veneridae	Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana venus clam Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana (Con
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora berryi, Cymbophora inflata Cymbophora berryi clam Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) Cymbophora inflata clam Cymbophora inflata Stephenson
Pholadida - Corbulidae	? Caestocorbula sp., Corbula sp. n. sp., Corbula sp. n. sp. ? Caestocorbula sp. Vincent 1910 clam Caesticorbula ? sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula ? sp." Corbula sp. n. sp. Bruguière 1789 clam Corbula n. sp. (large) - originally entered as "Corbula n. sp." Corbula sp. n. sp. Bruguière 1789 clam Corbula n. sp. (small) - originally entered as "Corbula n. sp."
Solenida - Pharidae	Leptosolen biplicata Leptosolen biplicata Conrad 1858 clam Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Carditida - Astartidae	Astartemya fentressensis Astartemya fentressensis clam Astartemya fentressensis Stephenso