Sohl and Koch OFR # 684: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Perissonata littlei
3 specimens
original and current combination Perrisonota
Perissonata littlei Gardner
Malletia longfrons
2 specimens
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
3 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
15 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
10 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
3 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
13 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton 1833)
1 specimen
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
14 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
2 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
3 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Syncyclonema ? kingi Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Syncylonema ? kingi (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? kingi"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862
5 specimens
Striarca sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella webbervillensis
1 specimen
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
9 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
3 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea parilis
1 specimen
Tenea parilis Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
28 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Corbula sp.
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
1 specimen
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
5 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Dentalium sp. (ribbed)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
1 specimen
Cylichna sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella (Shumard 1861)
8 specimens
Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Sh
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Actaeon sp. Oken 1815
1 specimen
replaced by Acteon
Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
1 specimen
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916
2 specimens
Morea marylandica Gardner
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Anomalofusus lemniscatus Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Anomalofusus lemniscatus Sohl
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
1 specimen
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima sp. Risso 1826
1 specimen
Eulima sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
1 specimen
"Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
1 specimen
Sphenodiscus sp.
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Travis
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 97.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.8° North, 76.2° 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:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Corsicana Marl
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray silty claystone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,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:Willow Ck-3; USGS # 32338
Database number:4458
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 12:09:27
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]