Kosnik dissertation sample O: Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus indet. Philippi 1844
9 specimens
mak taxon_no=4915; mak name=Cadulus
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium indet. Linnaeus 1758
15 specimens
mak taxon_no=4911; mak name=Dentalium
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
27 specimens
mak taxon_no=6302; mak name=Gastropoda
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Granosolarium coffea (Sohl 1964)
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=2679; mak name=Granosolarium coffea Sohl
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella (Shumard 1861)
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=1181; mak name=Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Lemniscolittorina yonkersi Dockery 1993
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2677; mak name=Lemniscolittorina yonkersi Dockery
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita reticulirata Dockery 1993
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2608; mak name=Nerita reticulirata Dockery
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium faearium Dockery 1993
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2656; mak name=Epitonium faearium Dockery
Striaticostatum micropunctatum Dockery 1993
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2662; mak name=Striaticostatum micropunctatum Dockery
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Tympanotonus (Exechocirsus) cowickeensis (Sohl 1964)
26 specimens
mak taxon_no=2613; mak name=Tympanotonus (Exechocirsus) cowickeensis (Sohl)
Gastropoda - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum mantachieensis (Sohl 1964)
96 specimens
mak taxon_no=2121; mak name=Urceolabrum mantachieensis Sohl
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Tympanotonus (Tympanotonus) binodosus Dockery 1993
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2612; mak name=Tympanotonus (Tympanotonus) binodosus Dockery
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella quadrilira Johnson 1898
15 specimens
mak taxon_no=2605; mak name=Turritella quadrilira Johnson
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877
53 specimens
mak taxon_no=2571; mak name=Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Cossmannia tennesseensis (Wade 1926)
1 specimen
original and current combination Rissoina tennesseensis
mak taxon_no=2617; mak name=Cossmannia tennesseensis (Wade)
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella aequalirata Dockery 1993
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=2647; mak name=Cerithiella aequalirata Dockery
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Sassia carlea Dockery 1993
3 specimens
mak taxon_no=2644; mak name=Sassia carlea Dockery
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Tundora tuberculata Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2472; mak name=Tundora tuberculata Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
? Neogastropoda informal sp. 2 Thiele 1929
3 specimens
mak taxon_no=6336; mak name=Coffee (Neo?)gastropod sp. 2
Neogastropoda informal sp. 4 Thiele 1929
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=6339; mak name=Coffee (Neo)gastropod sp. 4
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea corsicanensis Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2134; mak name=Morea corsicanensis depressa Sohl
Morea transenna Stephenson 1955
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=1426; mak name=Morea transenna Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Sargana stantoni Weller 1907
3 specimens
mak taxon_no=1431; mak name=Sargana stantoni (Weller)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis interstriatus Wade 1926
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=3032; mak name=Pyropsis interstriatus (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitridae informal sp. 1 Swainson 1831
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=6341; mak name=Coffee Mitrid sp. 1 Sohl 1964 331C
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta major Wade 1916
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=3015; mak name=Drilluta major Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Amuletum ? costatum Sohl 1964
16 specimens
mak taxon_no=2155; mak name=Amuletum ? costatum Sohl
Amuletum fasciolatum Wade 1926
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=3061; mak name=Amuletum fasciolatum (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola acuta Wade 1926
4 specimens
mak taxon_no=6335; mak name=Coffee Gastropod sp. 1 (Caveola acuta)
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Trichotropis squamosa Gabb 1876
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2635; mak name=Trichotropis squamosa Gabb
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes major Wade 1926
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2133; mak name=Gyrodes major Wade
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
18 specimens
mak taxon_no=1575; mak name=Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Cassiopidae
Gymnentome unicarinata Dockery 1993
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2603; mak name=Gymnentome unicarinata Dockery
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) tuberculosus Sohl 1964
7 specimens
mak taxon_no=2120; mak name=Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) tuberculosus Sohl
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) paucispirilus Sohl 1964
4 specimens
mak taxon_no=1805; mak name=Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) paucispirilus Sohl
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
49 specimens
mak taxon_no=6301; mak name=Bivalvia
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana informal sp. 1 Link 1807
39 specimens
mak taxon_no=6343; mak name=Coffee Nuculana sp. 1
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula stantoni Stephenson 1923
20 specimens
mak taxon_no=2790; mak name=Nucula stantoni Stephenson
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea falcata (Morton 1827)
4 specimens
mak taxon_no=2747; mak name=Agerostrea falcata (Morton)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea informal indet. 1 Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=6351; mak name=Coffee Ostrea 1 indet.
Ostrea informal indet. 2 Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=6352; mak name=Coffee Ostrea 2 indet.
informal Ostrea type 1
7 specimens
mak taxon_no=6347; mak name=Coffee oyster type 1
informal Ostrea type 2
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=6348; mak name=Coffee oyster type 2
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
3 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
mak taxon_no=6360; mak name=Gryphaea vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra ponderosa
3 specimens
mak taxon_no=1771; mak name=Exogyra ponderosa Roemer
Exogyra indet. Say 1820
17 specimens
mak taxon_no=4163; mak name=Exogyra
Exogyra upatoiensis Stephenson 1914
8 specimens
mak taxon_no=6353; mak name=Exogyra upatoiensis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=4103; mak name=Pinna
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Paranomia scabra
5 specimens
mak taxon_no=509; mak name=Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Anomia argentaria Morton 1833
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=1850; mak name=Anomia argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes informal sp. 1 Meek 1864
24 specimens
mak taxon_no=6344; mak name=Coffee Camptonectes sp. 1 (inflated)
Camptonectes informal sp. 2 Meek 1864
30 specimens
mak taxon_no=6345; mak name=Coffee Camptonectes sp. 2 (flat)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus informal sp. 1 Sowerby 1814
8 specimens
mak taxon_no=6359; mak name=Coffee Inoceramus sp. 1
Bivalvia - Arcida
Arcacea indet. Lamarck 1809
5 specimens
corrected as Arcoidea
mak taxon_no=6012; mak name=Arcacea
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea carolinensis Gabb 1876
13 specimens
recombined as Idonearca carolinensis
mak taxon_no=3173; mak name=Cucullaea carolinensis (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris informal sp. 1 Da Costa 1778
8 specimens
mak taxon_no=6356; mak name=Coffee Glycymeris sp. 1
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca indet. Conrad 1862
3 specimens
mak taxon_no=4039; mak name=Striarca
Striarca umbonata Conrad 1875
137 specimens
mak taxon_no=3170; mak name=Striarca umbonata (Conrad)
Arca (Barbatia) carolinensis (Conrad 1849)
1 specimen
recombined as Barbatia carolinensis
mak taxon_no=6357; mak name=Arca (Barbatia) carolinensis (Conrad)
Nemoarca informal sp. 1 Conrad 1869
7 specimens
mak taxon_no=6358; mak name=Coffee Nemoarca sp. 1
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia indet. Bruguière 1789
4 specimens
mak taxon_no=4244; mak name=Trigonia
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina parva Stephenson 1923
76 specimens
mak taxon_no=1946; mak name=Lucina parva Stephenson
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Ascaulocardium armatum Morton 1833
0 specimens
mak taxon_no=3137; mak name=Ascaulocardium armatum (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulidae indet. Lamarck 1818
16 specimens
mak taxon_no=5037; mak name=Corbulidae
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
58 specimens
mak taxon_no=6340; mak name=Coffee Corbulid sp. 1 (cf. C. monmouthensis)
Corbula crassiplica Gabb 1860
112 specimens
mak taxon_no=6342; mak name=Coffee Corbulid sp. 2 (cf. C. crassiplica)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
52 specimens
mak taxon_no=5208; mak name=Veneridae
Veneridae informal sp. 3 Rafinesque 1815
18 specimens
mak taxon_no=6363; mak name=Coffee Venerid sp. 3
Cyprimeria alta
18 specimens
mak taxon_no=968; mak name=Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Cyprimeria informal sp. 1 Conrad 1864
35 specimens
mak taxon_no=6362; mak name=Coffee Venerid (Cyprimeria) sp. 2
Aphrodina informal sp. 1 Conrad 1869
36 specimens
mak taxon_no=6361; mak name=Coffee Venerid (Aphrodina) sp. 1
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
8 specimens
mak taxon_no=749; mak name=Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Criocardium) dumosum Conrad 1870
90 specimens
mak taxon_no=6355; mak name=Cardium (Criocardium) dumosum Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia magnoliensis
41 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
mak taxon_no=911; mak name=Linearia magnoliensis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Scambula perplana Conrad 1869
11 specimens
mak taxon_no=832; mak name=Scambula perplana Conrad
    = Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822
Guardado et al. 2021
Crassatella hodgei (Stephenson 1923)
23 specimens
mak taxon_no=2764; mak name=Crassatella hodgei (Stephenson)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Uddenia texana Stephenson 1941
9 specimens
recombined as Cuna texana
mak taxon_no=836; mak name=Uddenia texana Stephenson
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus indet.
36 specimens
mak taxon_no=4001; mak name=Hamulus
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
4 specimens
mak taxon_no=2856; mak name=Vertebrata
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
0 specimens
mak taxon_no=6220; mak name=Vertebrate pieces
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=6332; mak name=Coffee tooth type 1
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=6333; mak name=Coffee tooth type 2
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus (Roemer 1852)
3 specimens
mak taxon_no=6330; mak name=Scapanorhynchus texanus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Lee
Coordinates: 34.4° North, 88.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.3° North, 60.0° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous - Late/Upper Cretaceous
*International age/stage:Early/Lower - Middle Campanian - Early/Lower - Middle Campanian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian Foram zone: Globotruncanita elevata
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Selma Formation:Coffee Sand Member:Chapelville
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Coffee Sand ranges from the Globotruncanita elevata to Globotruncana ventricosa zone according to Mancini et al. (1996).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic unlithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: unlithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Articulated whole bodies:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Bioerosion:occasional
Encrustation:occasional
Feeding/predation traces:drill holes,repair scars
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:1.000 Maximum sieve size:1.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:FMNH
Taxonomic list comments:The author has more current taxonomy with authorities, but this data was not added due to structural limitations.
Metadata
Also known as:MGS 129
Database number:32142
Authorizer:M. Kosnik, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Kosnik, P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2003-06-06 07:22:41 Last modified:2022-10-07 16:25:41
Access level:the public Released:2003-06-06 07:22:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8646. M. A. Kosnik. 2005. Changes in Late Cretaceous - early Tertiary benthic marine assemblages: analyses from the North American coastal plain shallow-shelf. Paleobiology 31(3):459-479 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

83571 R. Guardado, R. Lockwood, L. Wingard and P. Wagner. 2021. Phylogenetics of Crassattella. [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
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]