CM-1-1 (Brazos River K-T boundary, TX): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum cf. bexarense (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa
Neotaenioglossa indet. Haller 1882
2 specimens
Anchura or amuletum
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus ? sp. Meek 1871
4 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
13 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte aff. culebrensis
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria grovensis Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Tellina n sp. aff. munda
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora cancellosa
5 specimens
Cymbophora ? subtilis
1 specimen
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869
2 specimens
includes: C. sp. a (round)(10), C. sp. b (smooth)(1)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula aff. torta
3 specimens
Corbula linteroidea
1 specimen
Corbula ? williardi
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides aff. mattiformis
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Dreissena tippana Conrad 1858
2 specimens
recombined as Cuneolus tippana
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella aff. serica Conrad 1860
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Idonearca sp. Conrad 1862
2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Cucullaea (Idonearca)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca webbervillensis
11 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia ensiformis Conrad 1858
1 specimen
recombined as Gervilliopsis ensiformis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Phelopteria sp. Stephenson 1953
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
3 specimens
Agerostrea falcata (Morton 1827)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
2 specimens
Gryphaeostrea sp. Conrad 1865
2 specimens
Gryphaeostrea sp. aff. vomer
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
12 specimens
Ostrea aff. congesta Conrad 1843
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. n. sp. (Meek 1865)
1 specimen
Syncyclonema sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Anomia argentaria Morton 1833
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana corsicana
2 specimens
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
10 specimens
includes: N. sp. b (3), N. sp. d (2), N. sp. e (1), and N. sp. (4)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Falls
Coordinates: 31.3° North, 96.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.6° North, 75.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian Nannofossil zone: Prediscosphaera quadripunctata
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Corsicana Marl
Stratigraphy comments: Discoscaphites iris ammonoid zone - Landman et al., 2004
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray unlithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: fossiliferous clay (described as a massive gray claystone with evenly dispersed shells in hansen et al. 1987)
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:5554
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-10-13 11:31:02 Last modified:2019-02-21 22:53:14
Access level:the public Released:1999-10-13 11:31:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

333. T. A. Hansen, B. Upshaw, E. G. Kauffman and W. Gose. 1993. Patterns of molluscan extinction and recovery across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in east Texas; report on new outcrops. Cretaceous Research 14:685-706 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]

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]
28506 J. A. Sessa, M. E. Patzkowsky, and T. J. Bralower. 2009. Impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages. Geology 37(2):115-118 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]