Sohl and Koch OFR # 708: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cancellaria ? matroni Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Cancellaria ? matroni Stephenson - originally entered as "Cancellaria ? matroni"
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) malleiformis Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) mallei - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus malleiformis"
Syncyclonema ? travisanus (Stephenson 1941)
13 specimens
Syncylonema ? travisanus (Stephens - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? travisanus"
Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl 1960
1 specimen
Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
1 specimen
"Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima leavigata (Lea 1843)
2 specimens
recombined as Eulima laevigata
Eulima leavigata Wade
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
2 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula (Stephenson 1941)
2 specimens
recombined as Ancillus acutula
Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula (Stephe
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ornopsis sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Ornopsis sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete elegans
1 specimen
Paladmete elegans Stephenson
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
4 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea gramdis
1 specimen
Tornatellaea gramdis Stephenson
Actaeon sp. Oken 1815
1 specimen
replaced by Acteon
Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp."
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringicula) anfractoline
4 specimens
Ringicula (Ringicula) anfractoline
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella deusseni
2 specimens
Creonella deusseni Stephenson
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
2 specimens
Cylichna sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca webbervillensis
17 specimens
Striarca webbervillensis (Stephens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Syncylonema sp. - originally entered as "Syncylonema sp."
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
1 specimen
Pteria sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
7 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
4 specimens
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
1 specimen
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella webbervillensis
18 specimens
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
2 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Uddenia sp. Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Uddenia sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
3 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Nucula sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana coloradoensis
3 specimens
Nuculana coloradoensis Stephenson
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
1 specimen
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana whitfieldi
1 specimen
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Perissonata littlei
2 specimens
original and current combination Perrisonota
Perissonata littlei Gardner
Perissonata sp. (Conrad 1869)
2 specimens
original and current combination Perrisonota
Perrisonota sp.
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus
1 specimen
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium navarroi
1 specimen
Dentalium navarroi Stephenson
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
8 specimens
Dentalium leve Stephenson
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Travis
Coordinates: 30.2° North, 97.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.7° North, 76.4° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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: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:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Stephenson collection
Metadata
Also known as:Webberville; USGS # 13910 : 7601
Database number:4477
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 12:11:29
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]