Sohl and Koch OFR # 624: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lithophagidae indet.
Lithophagid borings
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845
1 specimen
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. (Gabb 1868)
106 specimens
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Pugnellus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
32 specimens
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Napulus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Graphidula sp.
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
2 specimens
Drilluta sp.
Drilluta cf. major Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta cf. major Wade - originally entered as "Drilluta cf. major"
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
19 specimens
Bellifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Deussenia sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella sp. Wade 1926
1 specimen
Stantonella sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus
10 specimens
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus
1 specimen
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
10 specimens
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
3 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
5 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
5 specimens
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
8 specimens
Sphenodiscus sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites tippahensis
1 specimen
Baculites tippahensis Conrad
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
8 specimens
Crassatella sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
9 specimens
Trachycardium sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
2 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen ellipticum
3 specimens
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864
2 specimens
Cyprimeria major Gardner
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinidae
Caprinidae indet. d'Orbigny 1850
1 specimen
Caprinid indeterminate
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Clavipholas pectorosa
2 specimens
Claripholas pectorosa (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
2 specimens
Lucina sp.
Bivalvia - Myoida
Eufistulina sp. (Eames 1951)
7 specimens
original and current combination Eufistulana
Eufistulana sp. - originally entered as "Eufistulana sp."
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula carolinensis
1 specimen
Botula carolinensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
3 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
10 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
8 specimens
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
71 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
5 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833
4 specimens
Ostrea plumosa Morton
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Nucula sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Hunt
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 96.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.0° North, 74.2° 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:Corsicana Marl
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous,calcareous sandstone
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:Quinlin-1; USGS # 32169
Database number:4413
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2016-08-08 12:06:11
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
282. N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1984. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrate Fossils from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the west gulf Coastal Plain. USGS Open File Report 84-687:1-282 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]

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]