Sohl and Koch OFR # 694: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium pauperculum
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| Dentalium pauperculum Meek and Hay | ||||||||||
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Dentalium leve
Stephenson 1923
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Dentalium leve Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca webbervillensis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Unicardium concentricum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Unicardium concentricum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Perissonata littlei
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Perrisonota | ||||||||||
| Perissonata littlei Gardner | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula amica
Gardner 1916
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Nucula amica Gardner | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Baculites sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna sp.
Lovén 1846
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cylichna sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Bellifusus deatsvillensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Bellifusus deatsvillensis Stephens | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Travis |
| Coordinates: | 30.3° North, 97.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.8° North, 76.3° 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: | 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: | uppermost | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray 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: | Littig quarry; USGS # 32200 | ||
| Database number: | 4465 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-07-28 16:28:02 |
| 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] |