Sohl and Koch OFR # 906: Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Pachymelania sp. n. sp.
White 1895
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Pachymelania n. sp. (Escondido) - originally entered as "Pachymelania n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca rostellata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Arca rostellata (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea cortex
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170 specimens | |||||||||
Crassostrea cortex (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Gabb 1876
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17 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Maverick |
Coordinates: | 29.0° North, 100.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 79.1° 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
Formation: | Escondido | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray lithified argillaceous 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: | Elm Ck / Elm Cr; USGS # 32842 | ||
Database number: | 4583 | ||
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 12:25:35 |
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] |