USGS 07573: Late/Upper Campanian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites claviformis Stephenson 1941
Baculites claviformis Stephenson
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium navarroi
Dentalium navarroi Stephenson
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus coonensis
Cadulus coonensis Stephenson
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea eretacea appressa
Tornatellaea eretacea appressa Stephenson
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula pulchella Shumard 1861
recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
Ringicula pulchella Shumard
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna secalina Shumard 1861
Cylichna secalina Shumard
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Haustator trilira (Conrad 1860)
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella trilira Conrad
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula terebriformis Stephenson 1941
Graphidula terebriformis Stephenson
Drilluta crassicostata
Drilluta crassicostata Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete inequalis
Paladmete inequalis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula microstriata
Nucula microstriata Gardner
Nucula waltonensis
Nucula waltonensis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814
Inoceramus sp. e Stephenson 1941
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Linter acutata
Linter acutata Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Ethmocardium (Ethmocardium) welleri
Cardium (Ethmocardium) welleri Stephenson
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. (Gabb 1869)
synonym of Trachycardium
Cardium (Granocardium) spp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina munda
Tellina munda Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus bulbosa
Isocardia bulbosa Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
? Cyclorisma pumila
Cyclorisma? pumila Stephenson
Legumen ellipticum
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora cancellosa
Cymbophora cancellosa Stephenson
Cymbophora scabellum
Cymbophora scabellum Stephenson
Cymbophora subtilis
Cymbophora subtilis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella lineata
Veniella lineata (Shumard)
Tenea parilis
Tenea parilis Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula rockensis
Corbula rockensis Stephenson
Corbula subradiata texana
Corbula subradiata texana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad 1858)
Leptosolen biplicatus Conrad
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Ctena parvilineata
Lucina parvilineata Shumard
Phacoides mattiformis
Lucina mattiformis Stephenson
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Navarro
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 96.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.9° North, 68.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian Ammonoid zone: Nostoceras hyatti
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nacatoch Sand
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Stephenson (1941) had this unit as Maastrichtian, Cobban and Kennedy (1995) have updated it to uppermost Campanian via ammonite zonation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy "limestone"
Lithology description: loose chunks of sandy fossiliferous limestone at road-side, but similar rock is in place in nearby fields.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: L. W. Stephenson 1911
Metadata
Also known as:Public road just south of the St. Louis and Southwestern R.R., 5 miles south-southwest of Corsicana, Navarro County;
Database number:7504
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2000-07-18 12:00:01 Last modified:2010-10-14 14:21:06
Access level:the public Released:2000-07-18 12:00:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

444. L. W. Stephenson. 1941. The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro group of Texas. The University of Texas Publication 4101:1-625 [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]