Sohl and Koch OFR # 55: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus sp.
Meek 1871
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Sphenodiscus sp. | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Baculites sp. (noded) | ||||||||||
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Eubaculites carinatus | ||||||||||
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Striaticostatum sparsum
Sohl 1964
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Striaticostatum sparsum Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella tippana
Conrad 1858
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella tippana Conrad | ||||||||||
Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutomorpha aspera
Dall 1907
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1 specimen | |||||||||
'Volutomorpha' aspera Dall | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Drilluta buboanus
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Drilluta buboanus Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes petrosus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton) | ||||||||||
Gyrodes spillmani
Gabb 1861
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani | ||||||||||
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb | ||||||||||
Euspira cf. rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Euspira cf. Euspira rectilabrum (C - originally entered as "Euspira cf. rectilabrum" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula percrassa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nucula percrassa Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Botula carolinensis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Botula carolinensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea plumosa
Morton 1833
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Ostrea plumosa Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Phelopteria linguiformis
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Phelopteria linguiformis (Evans & Shu | ||||||||||
Pteria sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pteria sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) acutilineata
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Limatula acutilineata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica
Conrad 1860
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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24 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Idonearca capax | ||||||||||
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris rotundata
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang | ||||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyprimeria alta
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cyprimeria alta Conrad | ||||||||||
Legumen ellipticum
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Legumen ellipticum Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cardium sp. | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan | ||||||||||
Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia pectinis
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12 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
Linearia pectinis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bryozoa (encrusting) | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Clione sp. | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Union |
Coordinates: | 34.5° North, 88.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 66.2° 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 conradi |
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Prairie Bluff | Member: | lower | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sideritic silty,sandy claystone | ||
Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Collection method comments: Sohl collection |
Metadata
Also known as: | ; USGS # 25489 | ||
Database number: | 4136 | ||
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 19:22:11 |
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] |