PBDB Collection

USGS 7686, Hondo Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Medina County, Texas (29.3° N, 99.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.2° N, 67.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Haustator bilira other zone, 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; yellow, silty, calcareous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

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

• Stephenson collection

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 4536: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Demospongiae
Clavulina - Clionaidae	Cliona sp. Cliona sp. demosponge Clione sp.
Deuteropoda
-	Malacostraca indet. Malacostraca indet. Latreille 1802 Crab parts
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (encrusting and rolling)
Sedentaria
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Malletiidae	Malletia longfrons Malletia longfrons clam Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana sp. Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam Nuculana sp.
Arcida - Arcidae	Linter sp., Striarca cuneata Linter sp. Stephenson 1937 clam Linter sp. Striarca cuneata clam Striarca cuneata Gabb
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) ornata Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea bella, Ostrea sp., Crassostrea cortex, "Ostrea plumosa" = Acutostrea plumosa Ostrea bella oyster Ostrea bella Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster Ostrea sp. Crassostrea cortex oyster Crassostrea cortex (Conrad) "Ostrea plumosa" = Acutostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster Ostrea plumosa Morton
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Trachycardium sp. Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle Trachycardium sp.
Gastropoda
-	Gastropoda indet. Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail indeterminate gastropods
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 sp. n. sp., Buccinopsis perryi Buccinopsis sp. n. sp. Conrad 1857 true whelk Buccinopsis n. sp. (smooth and roun - originally entered as "Buccinopsis n. sp." Buccinopsis perryi true whelk Buccinopsis perryi Conrad
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Liopeplum cretaceum Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858 volute Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Banis sp., Gyrodes sp. Banis sp. Stephenson 1941 moon snail Banis ? sp. Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail Gyrodes sp.
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae	"Sphenodiscus lenticularis" = Sphenodiscus lobatus, Sphenodiscus intermedius, Sphenodiscus pleurisepta "Sphenodiscus lenticularis" = Sphenodiscus lobatus Tuomey 1856 ammonite Sphenodiscus lenticularis (Owen) Sphenodiscus intermedius Böse 1928 ammonite Sphenodiscus intermedius Boese Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Conrad 1857 ammonite Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)
Nautilida - Nautilidae	Eutrephoceras dekayi Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834 Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Echinoidea
Calycina - Phymosomatidae	Rachiosoma hondoensis n. sp. Rachiosoma hondoensis n. sp. Cooke 1953 sea urchin