Sohl and Koch OFR # 723: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Anomalofusus sp.
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Anomalofusus sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes petrosus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Gyrodes petrosus (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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28 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
| Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) acutilineata
Conrad 1858
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Limatula acutilineata | ||||||||||
| Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad | ||||||||||
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Lima (Lima) pelagica
(Morton 1833)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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27 specimens | |||||||||
| Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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15 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
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
| Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei | ||||||||||
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia pectinis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
| Linearia pectinis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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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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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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| Clione sp. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Caldwell |
| Coordinates: | 29.8° North, 97.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.4° North, 76.8° 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 | Member: | lower | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray silty 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: | Martindale-1; USGS # 32203 | ||
| Database number: | 4489 | ||
| 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 12:12:02 |
| 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] |