USGS 00518: Late/Upper Campanian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Trochocyathus gardnerae Wells 1933
Wells 1933
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia hilgardi Stephenson 1916
Wells 1933
synonym of Micrabacia marylandica
n. subsp. occidentalis
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Haustator trilira (Conrad 1860)
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella trilira Conrad
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum pondi (Stephenson 1941)
Epitonium pondi Stephenson
Belliscala crideri
Belliscala crideri Stephenson
Belliscala forbeyi
Belliscala forbeyi (Shumard)
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
? Troostella brevispira
Troostella? brevispira Stephenson
Troostella sublinearis
Troostella sublinearis Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea cancellaria corsicanensis
Morea cancellaria corsicanensis Stephenson
Morea cancellaria crassa
Morea cancellaria crassa Stephenson
Morea marylandica bella
Morea marylandica bella Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ornopsis pulchra
Ornopsis pulchra Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus robustus
Bellifusus robustus Stephenson
Drilluta crassicostata longa
Drilluta crassicostata longa Stephenson
Drilluta crassicostata
Drilluta crassicostata Stephenson
Anomalofusus bellulus
Anomalofusus bellusus Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Amuletum boylei
Amuletum boylei Stephenson
Beretra firma
Beretra firma Stephenson
Lutema hubbardi
Lutema hubbardi Stephenson
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea gracilis (Stephenson 1941)
misspelling Palaeocypraea corsicanana
Cypraea gracilis Stephenson
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
? Arrhoges lobata media
Anchura? lobata media Stephenson
Pterocerella densatus
Pterocerella densatus nacatochanus Stephenson
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes rotundus
Gyrodes rotundus Stephenson
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858
Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad)
Polinices stephensoni
Polinices stephensoni Wade
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
Polinices rectilabrum texanus Stephenson
Banis siniformis Stephenson 1941
Banis siniformis Stephenson
Gastropoda - Procerithiidae
? Nudivagus sp.
Nudivagus? sp.
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna secalina Shumard 1861
Cylichna secalina Shumard
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella whitei
Creonella whitei Stephenson
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula pulchella Shumard 1861
recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
Ringicula pulchella Shumard
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea scatesi
Tornatellaea scatesi Stephenson
Nonacteonina graphoides
original and current combination Nonactaeonina
Nonacteonina graphoides Stephenson
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana corsicana
Nuculana corsicana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia stantoni Stephenson 1941
Trigonia stantoni Stephenson
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Uddenia texana Stephenson 1941
recombined as Cuna texana
Uddenia texana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Ctena parvilineata
Lucina parvilineata Shumard
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha formosa
Liopistha formosa Stephenson
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
Liopistha protexta (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea subplicata
Panope subplicata Shumard
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad 1858)
Leptosolen biplicatus Conrad
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Antillocaprinidae
? Titanosarcolites sp. Trechmann 1924
Titanosarcolites? sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella lineata
Veniella lineata (Shumard)
Etea corsicana
Etea corsicana Stephenson
Tenea parilis
Tenea parilis Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
? Cyclorisma pumila
Cyclorisma? pumila Stephenson
Legumen ellipticum
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora cancellosa
Cymbophora cancellosa Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus hendersoni
Isocardia hendersoni Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Ethmocardium (Ethmocardium) welleri
Cardium (Ethmocardium) welleri Stephenson
Cardium (Pachycardium) wadei
Cardium (Pachycardium) waldei Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia sp. (Conrad 1860)
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia spp.
Tellina munda
Tellina munda Stephenson
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon bowiei
Nemodon bowiei Stephenson
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814
Inoceramus sp. c Stephenson 1941
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814
Inoceramus sp. d Stephenson 1941
Inoceramus ? vanuxemi
Inoceramus vanuxemi Meek and Hayden?
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797
Lima sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
? Syncyclonema (Syncyclonema) archeri
Pecten (Syncyclonema?) archeri Stephenson
? Syncyclonema (Syncyclonema) simplicius
Pecten (Syncyclonema?) simplicius Conrad
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras planoventer Stephenson 1941
Eutrephoceras planoventer Stephenson
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella americana
? category
Belemnitella americana (Morton)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites sp. Parkinson 1811
Scaphites SP.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Solenoceras multicostatum
Solenoceras multicostatum Stephenson
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites undatus Stephenson 1941
Baculites undatus Stephenson
Baculites claviformis Stephenson 1941
Baculites claviformis Stephenson
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Nostoceras helicinum crassum
Nostoceras helicinum crassum Stephenson
Nostoceras helicinum (Shumard 1861)
recombined as Nostoceras (Nostoceras) helicinum
Nostoceras helicinum (Shumard)
Nostoceras hyatti Stephenson 1941
Nostoceras hyatti Stephenson
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
? Serpula lineata Klipstein 1843
Serpula ? lineata (Weller)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Navarro
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 96.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.9° North, 68.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian Ammonoid zone: Nostoceras hyatti
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nacatoch Sand
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Stephenson (1941) had this unit as Maastrichtian, Cobban and Kennedy (1995) have updated it to uppermost Campanian via ammonite zonation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: no entry
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: C.A. White and C. B. Boyle 1887
Metadata
Also known as:Bank of Postoak Creek at north edge of Corsicana, Navarro Co. (See 17012)
Database number:7472
Authorizer:M. Kosnik, W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Kosnik, U. Merkel
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2000-07-18 12:00:01 Last modified:2010-10-14 14:08:18
Access level:the public Released:2000-07-18 12:00:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

444. L. W. Stephenson. 1941. The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro group of Texas. The University of Texas Publication 4101:1-625 [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]
39438 J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]