Sohl and Koch OFR # 654: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
1 specimen
Sphenodiscus sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Diplomoceras sp. Hyatt 1900
1 specimen
Diplomoceras sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Baculites sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Hoploscaphites sp. n. sp. Nowak 1911
4 specimens
Hoploscaphites n. sp. - originally entered as "Hoploscaphites n. sp."
Scaphites sp. Parkinson 1811
2 specimens
Scaphites sp.
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
29 specimens
Dentalium sp. (ribbed)
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
27 specimens
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudomalaxis pateriformis Stephenson 1955
1 specimen
Pseudomalaxis pateriformis Stephen
Margaritella cf. pumila
32 specimens
Margaritella cf. M. pumila Stephen - originally entered as "Margaritella cf. pumila"
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Actaeon sp. Oken 1815
10 specimens
replaced by Acteon
Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp."
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
25 specimens
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
15 specimens
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Gastropoda - Thiaridae
? Pachymelania sp. White 1895
1 specimen
Pachymelania ? sp. - originally entered as "Pachymelania ? sp."
Gastropoda - Vanikoridae
cf. Megalomphalus sp. Brusina 1871
1 specimen
cf. Megalomphalus - originally entered as "cf. Megalomphalus sp."
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Drepanocheilus texanus
5 specimens
Drepanochilus texanus Stephenson - originally entered as "Drepanochilus texanus"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
1 specimen
Neogastropods indeterminate
Fulgerca aff. attenuata (Wade 1926)
7 specimens
Fulgerca aff. A. attenuata (Wade) - originally entered as "Fulgerca aff. attenuata"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Deussenia sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus deatsvillensis
9 specimens
Bellifusus deatsvillensis Stephens
Anomalofusus sp. Wade 1916
14 specimens
Anomalofusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Amuletum (Lutema) sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Amuletum (Lutema) sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Gyrodes sp.
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845
1 specimen
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
3 specimens
Cylichna sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons
7 specimens
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Perissonata littlei
19 specimens
original and current combination Perrisonota
Perissonata littlei Gardner
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
24 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula cuneifrons (Conrad 1860)
4 specimens
original and current combination Nucula cunifrons
Nucula cunifrons Conrad
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
103 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
1 specimen
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
1 specimen
Pteria sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
25 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Syncyclonema ? kingi Stephenson 1941
21 specimens
Syncylonema ? kingi (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? kingi"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Amussium ? danei
10 specimens
corrected as Amusium
Amusium ? danei (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Amusium ? danei"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827
4 specimens
Limopsis sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon adkinsi
1 specimen
Nemodon adkinsi Stephenson
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca webbervillensis
7 specimens
Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
Arca sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium concentricum
2 specimens
Unicardium concentricum (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
5 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
10 specimens
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
3 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus sp. Poli 1795
3 specimens
Glossus sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea parilis
2 specimens
Tenea parilis Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Brevicardium) fragile (Stephenson 1941)
2 specimens
Protocardium (Brevicardium) fragil - originally entered as "Protocardium fragile"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella webbervillensis
38 specimens
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Limestone
Coordinates: 31.7° North, 96.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.0° North, 75.0° 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:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
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:Tehuacana; USGS # 32177
Database number:4435
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 12:07:05
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]