USGS 07545: Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus sp.
Cossmann 1888
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Calliomphalus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutomorpha retifera
Dall 1907
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Volutomorpha retifera Dall | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Anomalofusus bellulus
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Anomalofusus bellusus Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Mataxa valida
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Mataxa valida Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete corbuliformis
Stephenson 1941
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Paladmete corbuliformis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Anchura sp.
Conrad 1860
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Anchura spp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices stephensoni
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Polinices stephensoni Wade | ||||||||||
Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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Polinices rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Scaphandridae
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Ellipsoscapha striatella
Shumard 1861
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Ellipsoscapha striatella (Shumard) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna secalina
Shumard 1861
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Cylichna secalina Shumard | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Tornatellaea scatesi
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Tornatellaea scatesi Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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Spironema perryi
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Spironema perryi Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides mattiformis
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Lucina mattiformis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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Liopistha protexta (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Cymella bella texana
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Cymella bella texana Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula inflata
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Corbula inflata Stephenson | ||||||||||
Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Corbula spp. | ||||||||||
Caestocorbula crassiplica
(Gabb 1860)
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Corbula crassiplica Gabb | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Antillocaprinidae
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? Titanosarcolites sp.
Trechmann 1924
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Titanosarcolites? sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella lineata
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Veniella lineata (Shumard) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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? Cyclorisma pumila
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Cyclorisma? pumila Stephenson | ||||||||||
Legumen ellipticum
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Legumen ellipticum Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora scabellum
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Cymbophora scabellum Stephenson | ||||||||||
Cymbophora subtilis
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Cymbophora subtilis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus hendersoni
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Isocardia hendersoni Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) bowenae
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synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Cardium (Granocardium) bowenae Stephenson | ||||||||||
Cardium (Pachycardium) wadei
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Cardium (Pachycardium) waldei Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina munda
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Tellina munda Stephenson | ||||||||||
Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Tellina spp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lycettia tippanus
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Cuneolus tippanus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris rotundata kaufmanensis
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Glycymeris rotundata kaufmanensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Inoceramus sp. c Stephenson 1941 | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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? Pteria ? linguaeformis
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Pteria? linguaeformis (Evans and Shumard)? | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervillia bryani
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Gervillia bryani Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Lima sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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? Radiopecten (Radiopecten) mississippiensis
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Pecten (Radiopecten) mississippiensis Conrad? | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras planoventer
Stephenson 1941
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Eutrephoceras planoventer Stephenson | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus sp.
Meek 1871
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Sphenodiscus spp. | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Diplomoceratidae
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Solenoceras reesidei
Stephenson 1941
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Solenoceras reesidei Stephenson | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites undatus
Stephenson 1941
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Baculites undatus Stephenson | ||||||||||
Baculites claviformis
Stephenson 1941
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Baculites claviformis Stephenson | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Kaufman |
Coordinates: | 32.6° North, 96.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.9° North, 73.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Nacatoch Sand |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | concretionary,glauconitic calcareous sandstone |
Lithology description: about 50 feet of greenish-gray massive slightly glauconitic sand with concretionary masses of calcareous sandstone containing fossils; concretions in a layer about 15 feet above the base are very fossiliferous, and are estimated to be near the middle of the formation; | |
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: 7545: L. W. Stephenson 1911, 12923: L. W. Stephenson 1924, 14098: L. W. Stephenson 1928 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Dallas highway, Pyles Hill, westward facing slope of Kings Creek valley, .6 mile west of the courthouse at Kaufman, Kaufman County; probably most of the fossils collected near Kaufman by Dr. T. W. Stanton in 1890 (see USGS 761) came from within the limits of this 50 foot section | ||
Database number: | 7493 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2000-07-18 12:00:01 | Last modified: | 2010-10-14 14:14:28 |
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] |