Sohl and Koch OFR # 696: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Micrabaciidae
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Micrabacia sp.
Milne-Edwards 1849
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Micrabacia spp. | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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Crab parts | ||||||||||
Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula sp.
Bruguiére 1797
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Lingula sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Perissonata protexta
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Perrisonota | ||||||||||
Perissonata protexta (Conrad) non G | ||||||||||
Malletia longfrons
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Malletia longfrons (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Lima reticulata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) pelagica
(Morton 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Pecten) venustus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton | ||||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca webbervillensis
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Vetericardiella webbervillensis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crassatella sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinimera buboana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana" | ||||||||||
Tellinimera gabbi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) terra - originally entered as "Caesticorbula terramaria" | ||||||||||
Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium leve
Stephenson 1923
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Dentalium leve Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna sp.
Lovén 1846
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cylichna sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Creonella sp.
Wade 1917
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Creonella sp. | ||||||||||
Creonella triplicata
Wade 1917
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Creonella triplicata Wade | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Drepanocheilus sp.
Meek 1864
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Drepanochilus sp. - originally entered as "Drepanochilus sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Striaticostatum sparsum
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Striaticostatum sparsum Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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91 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
Laxispira sp.
Gabb 1877
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Laxispira sp. | ||||||||||
Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Bone material | ||||||||||
Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Shark parts | ||||||||||
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: | 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 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-3; USGS # 32201 | ||
Database number: | 4467 | ||
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 12:09:53 |
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] |