Sohl and Koch OFR # 625: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trochocyathidae indet.
Trochocyathid coral
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum sp. Sohl 1963
1 specimen
Striaticostatum sp.
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon sp. Stephenson 1955
1 specimen
Ecoacteon sp. - originally entered as "Ecoacteon sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
10 specimens
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Longoconcha spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Hydrotribulus sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Hydeotribulus ? sp. - originally entered as "Hydeotribulus ? sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
7 specimens
Bellifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Medionapus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Medionapus sp.
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Pugnellus sp.
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Anchura sp.
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. (Gabb 1868)
34 specimens
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus
1 specimen
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus
1 specimen
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
2 specimens
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
2 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Bivalvia - Myoida
Eufistulina sp. (Eames 1951)
3 specimens
original and current combination Eufistulana
Eufistulana sp. - originally entered as "Eufistulana sp."
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella crenalirata
1 specimen
Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
4 specimens
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
3 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
7 specimens
Trachycardium sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
1 specimen
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma sp. Dall 1902
1 specimen
Cyclorisma sp.
Legumen ellipticum
8 specimens
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. (Conrad 1862)
1 specimen
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
7 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
11 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
4 specimens
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
15 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
7 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
16 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
3 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
2 specimens
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Diplomoceras sp. Hyatt 1900
1 specimen
Diplomoceras sp.
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus squamosus
Hamulus squamosus Gabb
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Hunt
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 96.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.0° North, 74.2° 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 Ammonoid zone: Discoscaphites conradi
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Corsicana Marl Member:basal
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous,calcareous 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:Quinlin-2; USGS # 32169
Database number:4414
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2016-08-08 12:06:19
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
282. N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 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 [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]