Sohl and Koch OFR # 44: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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metazoan indet.
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Worm Tubes | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Dentalium sp. (ribbed) | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus sp.
Meek 1871
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44 specimens | |||||||||
Sphenodiscus sp. | ||||||||||
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
(Conrad 1857)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Discoscaphites iris
Conrad 1858
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Discoscaphites iris Conrad | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Morton 1834
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Eubaculites carinatus | ||||||||||
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Thylacus cretaceus
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Trobus buboanus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Trobus buboanus Stephenson | ||||||||||
Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
Turritella tippana
Conrad 1858
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella tippana Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Pyrifusus subdensatus
Conrad 1858
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Liopeplum rugosum
Stephenson 1955
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Liopeplum rugosum Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Moreidae
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Hercorhynchus (Haplovoluta) quadriliratus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) quadril - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus quadriliratus" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Con | ||||||||||
Graciliala decemlirata
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Oligoptycha sp.
Meek 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Oligoptycha sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna diversilirata
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cylichna diversilirata Sohl | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Nuculana sp. | ||||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula percrassa
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28 specimens | |||||||||
Nucula percrassa Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya (Pholadomya) occidentalis
Morton
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) occidental | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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? Thracia sp.
Blainville 1824
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Thracia ? sp. - originally entered as "Thracia ? sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula torta
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64 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula torta Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana (Con | ||||||||||
Cyclorisma parva
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Legumen ellipticum
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Legumen ellipticum Conrad | ||||||||||
Cyprimeria alta
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cyprimeria alta Conrad | ||||||||||
Cyprimeria depressa
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia metastriata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
Linearia metastriata Conrad | ||||||||||
Linearia pectinis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
Linearia pectinis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Solyma sp.
Conrad 1870
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Solyma ? sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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29 specimens | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella elegantula
Meek and Hayden 1862
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Tenuipteria argenteus
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18 specimens | |||||||||
Tenuiptereus argenteus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervillia ensiformis
Conrad 1858
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9 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Gervilliopsis ensiformis | ||||||||||
Gervillia ensiformis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gervillia sp. n. sp.
Defrance 1820
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gervillia n. sp. (thin and elongat - originally entered as "Gervillia n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna (Pinna) laqueata
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pinna (Pinna) laqueata Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea plumosa
Morton 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Ostrea plumosa Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca sp.
Conrad 1862
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Striarca sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Postligata wordeni
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Postligata wordeni Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Idonearca capax | ||||||||||
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis perbrevis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Limopsis perbrevis Wade | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Tippah |
Coordinates: | 34.8° North, 88.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.3° North, 66.1° 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 iris |
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Owl Creek | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic,gray argillaceous,calcareous sandstone | ||
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: | NE Ripley; USGS # 6875 | ||
Database number: | 4125 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-07-25 19:16:20 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
283. | N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1983. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) Mollusca from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the East Gulf Coastal Plain. USGS Open File Report 83-451:1-239 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/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] |