Sohl and Koch OFR # 105: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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| Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp." | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Trochocyathidae indet.
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| Trochocyathid coral | ||||||||||
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| Bryozoa (encrusting) | ||||||||||
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| Bryozoa (branching) | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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| Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras dekayi
(Morton 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Creonella sp.
Wade 1917
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Creonella sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
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Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
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Turritella paravertebroides
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Turritella paravertebroides Gardne | ||||||||||
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Thylacus cretaceus
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Thylacus cretaceus Conrad | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes abyssinus
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| Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Capulus spangleri
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Capulus spangleri Henderson | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Graphidula sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Graphidula sp. | ||||||||||
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Bellifusus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Bellifusus sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Stantonella sp.
Wade 1926
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Stantonella sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Pyrifusus sp.
Conrad 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Pyrifusus sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Sowerby 1814
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Dimyidae
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Atreta melleni
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Atreta melleni (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys (Radiopecten) mississippensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Chlamys (Radiopecten) mississippen | ||||||||||
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp.
Meek 1864
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp. | ||||||||||
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
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Pecten (Pecten) venustus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton | ||||||||||
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Chlamys (Chlamys) cretosus
Defrance 1822
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Chlamys (Chlamys) cretosus (deFran | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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11 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Lima reticulata | ||||||||||
| Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
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Plagiostoma ? woodsi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Plagiostoma ? woodsi Wade - originally entered as "Plagiostoma ? woodsi" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Paranomia scabra
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Paranomia scabra (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pteria sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea plumosa
Morton 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Ostrea plumosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Arctostrea falacata
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Arctostrea falacata (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
| Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra sp.
Say 1820
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Exogyra sp. | ||||||||||
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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50 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
| Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Idonearca capax | ||||||||||
| Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Arca sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
(Gabb 1869)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
| Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. | ||||||||||
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| Cardium sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp.
Conrad 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Aphrodina (Aphrodina) ? | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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? Lucina sp.
Bruguière 1797
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lucina ? sp. - originally entered as "Lucina ? sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Crassatella sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Vetericardiella sp.
Chavan 1969
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Vetericardiella sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica
(Morton 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho | ||||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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| Clione sp. | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Chondrites sp.
von Sternberg 1833
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| Chondrites - originally entered as "Chondrites " | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Naxubee |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 88.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.6° North, 66.3° 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: | upper | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandy,calcareous mudstone | ||
| 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: | S Macon; USGS # 31428 | ||
| Database number: | 4172 | ||
| 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 19:27:42 |
| 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] |