Sohl and Koch OFR # 57: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida
Hardouinia weatherbyi
corrected as Harduinia
Hardouinea weatherbyi deLoriol
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Reptilian tooth
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus ripleyanus
Hamulus ripleyanus Harbison
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Baculites sp. (Smooth-ovate)
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus Morton 1834
33 specimens
recombined as Eubaculites carinatus
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites sp. Meek 1870
1 specimen
Discoscaphites sp.
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton 1834)
29 specimens
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad 1857)
3 specimens
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Weeksia deplanata
1 specimen
Weeksia deplanata (Johnson)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Ellipsoscapha ? sp.
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845
3 specimens
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Gastropoda - Neritidae
? Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816
2 specimens
Neritina ? sp. - originally entered as "Neritina ? sp."
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
26 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae
Turbinopsis sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
originally entered as "Turbinopsis "
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus
3 specimens
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus
2 specimens
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
1 specimen
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Graphidula sp.
Drilluta cf. buboanus Sohl 1964
3 specimens
Drilluta cf. buboanus Sohl - originally entered as "Drilluta cf. buboanus"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Pyrifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
10 specimens
Napulus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877
1 specimen
Volutomorpha sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lowenstamia cf. subplanus
2 specimens
Lowenstamia cf. L. subplanus (Gabb - originally entered as "Lowenstamia cf. subplanus"
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
5 specimens
originally entered as "Pugnellus "
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
4 specimens
Pugnellus sp.
Pterocerella pontotocensis
1 specimen
Pterocerella pontotocensis Sohl
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora leprosa (Morton 1834)
13 specimens
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
11 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula carolinensis
2 specimens
Botula carolinensis (Conrad)
Botula ripleyana
10 specimens
Botula ripleyana (Gabb)
Lycettia tippanus
4 specimens
Lycettia tippanus (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864
3 specimens
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
4 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neitheops) sp. (Stewart 1930)
4 specimens
original and current combination Neitheops
Neithea (Neitheops) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad 1858
3 specimens
recombined as Limatula acutilineata
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
1 specimen
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conrad 1860
3 specimens
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia ensiformis Conrad 1858
7 specimens
recombined as Gervilliopsis ensiformis
Gervillia ensiformis (Conrad)
Gervillia sp. n. sp. Defrance 1820
1 specimen
Gervillia n. sp. (thin and elongat - originally entered as "Gervillia n. sp."
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) laqueata Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Pinna (Pinna) laqueata Conrad
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833
2 specimens
Ostrea plumosa Morton
Arctostrea falacata
1 specimen
Arctostrea falacata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
29 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
25 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
21 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
66 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
52 specimens
Cardium sp.
Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani
8 specimens
Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia pectinis
6 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia pectinis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen ellipticum
21 specimens
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp. Conrad 1869
1 specimen
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp.
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana
2 specimens
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana (Con
Cyprimeria alta
3 specimens
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
15 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Tenea parilis
4 specimens
Tenea parilis Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Clavipholas pectorosa
5 specimens
Claripholas pectorosa (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad 1858)
3 specimens
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea monmouthensis
1 specimen
Panopea monmouthensis Gardner
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Plectomya sp. Loriol 1868
1 specimen
Plectomya sp.
Laternula sp. Röding 1798
14 specimens
Laternula sp.
Anatimya sp. Conrad 1860
3 specimens
Anatymya sp. - originally entered as "Anatymya sp."
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
44 specimens
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
15 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
36 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Pontotoc
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 89.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.9° North, 66.4° 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:glauconitic,gray sandy siltstone
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:E Pontotoc; USGS # 25425
Database number:4137
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 19:22:23
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]