USGS 6470, Pontotoc: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi
collected by L.W. Stephenson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Linthia variabilis
Slocom 1909
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Hemiasteridae
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Hemiaster wetherbyi
de Loriol 1887
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Lima reticulata | ||||||||||
| Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Botula carolinensis
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
| Botula carolinensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia pectinis
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
| Linearia pectinis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus ripleyanus
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
| Hamulus ripleyanus Harbison | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Raninidae
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Carinatus galebishopi
Nyborg et al. 2017
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Nyborg et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Pontotoc |
| Coordinates: | 34.2° North, 89.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° North, 66.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow siltstone | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | L.W. Stephenson |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sohl and Koch OFR # 52 | ||
| Database number: | 4133 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Kosnik, M. Krause, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-11-17 21:00:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26335. | 1% 20600 | C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 63727 | T. Nyborg, G. E. Phillips, B. V. Bakel and F. J. Vega. 2017. A new genus and species of raninoid crab from the Upper Cretaceous of Mississippi. 91:291-298 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |