Sohl and Koch OFR # 20: Early/Lower 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. | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea 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 vertebroides
Morton 1834
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
Turritella tippana
Conrad 1858
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella tippana Conrad | ||||||||||
Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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? Hydrotribulus sp.
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hydeotribulus ? sp. - originally entered as "Hydeotribulus ? sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Deussenia bellalirata
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Deussenia bellalirata (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Longoconcha sp.
Stephenson 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Longoconcha spp. | ||||||||||
Liopeplum cf. nodosum
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Liopeplum cf. L. nodosum - originally entered as "Liopeplum cf. nodosum" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Con | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica (Granosolarium) sp.
Röding 1798
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Architectonica (Granosolarium) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Lithophaga sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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51 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
Crenella elegantula
Meek and Hayden 1862
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Idonearca capax | ||||||||||
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris rotundata
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109 specimens | |||||||||
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Arctostrea falacata
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Arctostrea falacata (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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70 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Pycnodonte aff. belli
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Pycnodonte aff. P. belli - originally entered as "Pycnodonte aff. belli" | ||||||||||
Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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17 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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2 specimens | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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10 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Pseudolimea reticulata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) pelagica
(Morton 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton) | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) acutilineata
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Limatula acutilineata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
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2 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan | ||||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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16 specimens | |||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyprimeria alta
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cyprimeria alta Conrad | ||||||||||
Cyclorisma parva
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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 sp.
Bruguière 1789
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis
Gardner 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner | ||||||||||
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte culebrensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Astarte? culebrensis (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Vetericardiella sp.
Chavan 1969
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Vetericardiella sp. | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonoidea
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Ammonoidea indet.
Zittel 1884
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"Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04 | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras dekayi
(Morton 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Pontotoc |
Coordinates: | 34.4° North, 88.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.9° North, 66.3° 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: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Foram zone: | Gansserina gansseri |
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Chiwapa | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
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. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic silty sandstone | ||
Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,replaced with 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: | Center Hill Church; USGS # 32322 | ||
Database number: | 4111 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-07-25 19:01:36 |
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:
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] |