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Escondido - uppermost, Medina County, Texas, USA

Formation	Escondido
Member	uppermost
Age:	72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Interval	Maastrichtian
Tectonic Setting	Passive margin
Lithology	sandstone
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	16

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Sohl and Koch OFR # 818	Medina County, Texas, USA	Escondido - uppermost

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Bryozoa phylum	2	Animalia : Bryozoa	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Micrabacia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Micrabaciidae : *Micrabacia*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Striarca sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Noetiidae : *Striarca*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trachycardium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : *Trachycardium*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Liothyris sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : *Liothyris*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Unicardium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Mactromyidae : *Unicardium*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ostrea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : *Ostrea*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anomia argentaria species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : Anomia : *Anomia argentaria*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lima (Lima) pelagica species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Lima : *Lima (Lima) pelagica*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Veniella conradi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Cycloconchidae : Veniella : *Veniella conradi*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Corbicula sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Cyrenidae : *Corbicula*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Glossus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Glossidae : *Glossus*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cerithiella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Newtoniellidae : *Cerithiella*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cerithiella nodoliratum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Newtoniellidae : Cerithiella : *Cerithiella nodoliratum*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cerithiella semirugatum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Newtoniellidae : Cerithiella : *Cerithiella semirugatum*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pachymelania sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Hemisinidae : *Pachymelania*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Sohl N. F., Koch C. F. (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

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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