USGS 16162: Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus obnutus
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| Cadulus obnutus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Creonella triplicata
Wade 1917
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| Creonella triplicata Wade | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula pulchella
Shumard 1861
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| recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella | ||||||||||
| Ringicula pulchella Shumard | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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? Anchura caddoensis
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| Anchura? caddoensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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? Busycon sp.
Röding 1798
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| Busycon? sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete corbuliformis
Stephenson 1941
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| Paladmete corbuliformis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes subcarinatus
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| Gyrodes subcarinatus Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula chatfieldensis
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| Nucula chatfieldensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Nucula perequalis
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| Nucula perequalis Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Breviarca nolani
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| Breviarca nolani Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Breviarca plummeri
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| Breviarca plummeri Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides mattiformis
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| Lucina mattiformis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Cuspidaria sp.
Dall 1886
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| Cuspidaria spp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha formosa
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| Liopistha formosa Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Laternulidae
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Anatimya anteradiata texana
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| Anatimya anteradiata texana Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula rockensis
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| Corbula rockensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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| Cymbophora berryi Gardner | ||||||||||
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Cymbophora inflata
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| Cymbophora inflata Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus hendersoni
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| Isocardia hendersoni Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyprimeria depressa
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| Cyprimeria depressa Conrad | ||||||||||
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Aphrodina tippana
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| Aphrodina tippana Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Pleuriocardia (Trachycardium) eufaulensis huntanum
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| Cardium (Trachycardium) eufaulensis huntanum Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Ethmocardium (Ethmocardium) welleri
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| Cardium (Ethmocardium) welleri Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina munda
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| Tellina munda Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella quinlanensis
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| Crassatella quinlanensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Hunt |
| Coordinates: | 33.1° North, 96.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.4° North, 73.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nacatoch Sand |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous sandstone |
| Lithology description: calcareous fossiliferous concretions derived from marine sand, on slope about 20 feet above level of bottom land, probably above middle of formation. | |
| 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: 16162: L .W. Stephenson 1932, 16171: F. B. Plummer 1932 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Land of E. A. Stevens, northeastward-facing slope of Big Caddo Creek valley, 1.8 miles northeast of Quinlan, Hunt County; | ||
| Database number: | 7564 | ||
| 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 18:45:20 |
| 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] |