Sohl and Koch OFR # 804: Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Micrabaciidae
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Micrabacia sp.
Milne-Edwards 1849
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Micrabacia spp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula percrassa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nucula percrassa Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora appressa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cymbophora appressa (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Cymbophora wordeni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cymbophora wordeni (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyprimeria depressa
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Liothyris cf. carolinensis
Conrad 1875
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Liothyris cf. L. carolinensis (Con - originally entered as "Liothyris cf. carolinensis" | ||||||||||
Tellinimera buboana
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana" | ||||||||||
Tellinimera gabbi
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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28 specimens | |||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon cf. grandis
Wade 1926
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Nemodon cf. Nemodon grandis Wade - originally entered as "Nemodon cf. grandis" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca cuneata
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71 specimens | |||||||||
Striarca cuneata Gabb | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Gabb 1876
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) sp.
BruguiƩre 1796
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Lima (Lima) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Perissityidae
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Stantonella sp.
Wade 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Stantonella sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Euspira sp.
Agassiz 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Euspira sp. | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Medina |
Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 99.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 77.7° 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: | Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified silty sandstone | ||
Environment: | estuary/bay | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,replaced with 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: | Chacon; USGS # 32831 | ||
Database number: | 4527 | ||
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 12:15:23 |
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] |