Sohl and Koch OFR # 654: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus sp.
Meek 1871
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Sphenodiscus sp. | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Diplomoceratidae
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Diplomoceras sp.
Hyatt 1900
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Diplomoceras sp. | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Baculites sp. | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Hoploscaphites sp. n. sp.
Nowak 1911
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Hoploscaphites n. sp. - originally entered as "Hoploscaphites n. sp." | ||||||||||
Scaphites sp.
Parkinson 1811
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Scaphites sp. | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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29 specimens | |||||||||
Dentalium sp. (ribbed) | ||||||||||
Dentalium leve
Stephenson 1923
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27 specimens | |||||||||
Dentalium leve Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Pseudomalaxis pateriformis
Stephenson 1955
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pseudomalaxis pateriformis Stephen | ||||||||||
Margaritella cf. pumila
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32 specimens | |||||||||
Margaritella cf. M. pumila Stephen - originally entered as "Margaritella cf. pumila" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Actaeon sp.
Oken 1815
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10 specimens | |||||||||
replaced by Acteon | ||||||||||
Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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25 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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? Pachymelania sp.
White 1895
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pachymelania ? sp. - originally entered as "Pachymelania ? sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Vanikoridae
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cf. Megalomphalus sp.
Brusina 1871
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1 specimen | |||||||||
cf. Megalomphalus - originally entered as "cf. Megalomphalus sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Drepanocheilus texanus
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Drepanochilus texanus Stephenson - originally entered as "Drepanochilus texanus" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
Fulgerca aff. attenuata
(Wade 1926)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Fulgerca aff. A. attenuata (Wade) - originally entered as "Fulgerca aff. attenuata" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Deussenia sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Deussenia sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Bellifusus deatsvillensis
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Bellifusus deatsvillensis Stephens | ||||||||||
Anomalofusus sp.
Wade 1916
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Anomalofusus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Amuletum (Lutema) sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Amuletum (Lutema) sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes sp.
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gyrodes sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Scaphandridae
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Ellipsoscapha mortoni
Forbes 1845
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna sp.
Lovén 1846
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cylichna sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Malletia longfrons
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Malletia longfrons (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Perissonata littlei
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19 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Perrisonota | ||||||||||
Perissonata littlei Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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24 specimens | |||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula cuneifrons
(Conrad 1860)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Nucula cunifrons | ||||||||||
Nucula cunifrons Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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103 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
Crenella elegantula
Meek and Hayden 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pteria sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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25 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Syncyclonema ? kingi
Stephenson 1941
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema ? kingi (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? kingi" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amussium ? danei
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10 specimens | |||||||||
corrected as Amusium | ||||||||||
Amusium ? danei (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Amusium ? danei" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis sp.
Sassi 1827
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Limopsis sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon adkinsi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nemodon adkinsi Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca webbervillensis
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens | ||||||||||
Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Arca sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Unicardium concentricum
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Unicardium concentricum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Nymphalucina ? linearea
(Stephenson 1941)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia | ||||||||||
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus sp.
Poli 1795
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Glossus sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Tenea parilis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Tenea parilis Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia (Brevicardium) fragile
(Stephenson 1941)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Protocardium (Brevicardium) fragil - originally entered as "Protocardium fragile" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Vetericardiella webbervillensis
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38 specimens | |||||||||
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Fish parts | ||||||||||
Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Shark parts | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Micrabaciidae
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Micrabacia sp.
Milne-Edwards 1849
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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] |