Sohl and Koch OFR # 15: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Clione sp. | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bryozoa (encrusting) | ||||||||||
Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bryozoa (branching) | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus squamosus
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Hamulus squamosus Gabb | ||||||||||
Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella hilgardi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Turritella hilgardi Sohl | ||||||||||
Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
Turritella tippana
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Turritella tippana Conrad | ||||||||||
Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Bellifusus curvicostatus
Wade 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki
Durham 1944
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Ringicula (Ringiculina) clarki | ||||||||||
Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki Ga | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Botula carolinensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Botula carolinensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
Crenella elegantula
Meek and Hayden 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
(Conrad 1862)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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35 specimens | |||||||||
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Pycnodonte aff. belli
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Pycnodonte aff. P. belli - originally entered as "Pycnodonte aff. belli" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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7 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Pseudolimea reticulata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) acutilineata
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Limatula acutilineata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myoida
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Eufistulina sp.
(Eames 1951)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Eufistulana | ||||||||||
Eufistulana sp. - originally entered as "Eufistulana sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula monmouthensis
Gardner 1916
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Union |
Coordinates: | 34.5° North, 88.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° North, 66.2° West | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Senonian |
*International age/stage: | Middle - Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Chiwapa | Member: | basal | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: No forams have been recovered from this unit, it is assigned to the Gansserina gansseri zone by Mancini et al. (1996) by sequence stratigraphy and the biostratigraphy of surrounding units. Haustator bilira assemblage zone. PJW: Nyborg et al. provide updated stratigraphy that restricts Chiwapa to Racemiguembelina fructicosa/CC25/Discoscaphites conradi zones. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic silty sandstone | ||
Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Collection method comments: Sohl collection |
Metadata
Also known as: | Mound City; USGS # 32309 | ||
Database number: | 4106 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-08-08 19:53:11 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
281. | N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open File Report 87-194:1-172 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
63727 | T. Nyborg, G. E. Phillips, B. V. Bakel and F. J. Vega. 2017. A new genus and species of raninoid crab from the Upper Cretaceous of Mississippi. 91:291-298 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] | |
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] |